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After some lengthy delays, Hong Kong's largest operator of container terminals has formally taken ov

1414 (Mar. 5, 1997) Previous day - 1417The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

EGYPT BEGINS SELL-OFFOF STATE-OWNED RICE MILLSCAIRO - Egypt has put a large state-owned rice

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 5, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

As of Mar. 5, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.82 up 2.25 wh

Mar. 5, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Mar. 5, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

France's environment minister called for a new safety study of the world's largest fast-breeder nucl

Mar. 5, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 30.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 4, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Mar. 5, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

If you want to stay ahead of the competition - indeed, if you don't want to fall behind - you'd bett

Giant insurer State Farm and other insurance companies could be hit by a fusillade of claims arising

HONG KONG, MYANMARSIGN AIR PACTHONG KONG - The Hong Kong government said it signed an air se

SHIPSGERMAN SHIPOWNERSMAY FLY FOREIGN FLAGSHAMBURG - About 250 out of a tota

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Shipping lines that carry toys, footwear and other imports from Asia will decide next week how much

Shippers and barge operators said traffic along the Ohio and Illinois rivers remained snarled becaus

In what is being described as reregulation, domestic freight forwarders may be required to register

HUTCHISON SET TO OFFERDEREGULATION PROPOSALWASHINGTON - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas,

EMERY WORLDWIDEEmery Worldwide named Michael Massie to the newly created position of directo

Airborne Express, the air express and freight firm, is expanding its transportation services to incl

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey this week said it sold the Columbia Street Grain Termina

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS UNIONBACKS CHILD-RESTRAINT BILLWASHINGTON - The Association of Flight Atte

Cost-conscious rail shippers have formally organized the Alliance for Rail Competition to press for

Scientists are focusing on the barnacles' senses of smell, sound and touch while looking for ways to

After months of claims by airlines about high fees at Hong Kong's new airport, the authorities launc

The U.S. Agency for International Development has given a $3 million grant to Cote d'Ivoire's former

U.S. inventories of crude oil declined by 7.6 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 28, compared wi

Wednesday Mar. 5, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

No crisis, no issue, so U.S. dependence on imported oil has been increasing with scant notice, risin

An attempt by the largest municipally owned power company in the United States to prepare for compet

PROTESTERS FAIL TO STOPGERMAN NUCLEAR CONVOYGORLEBEN, Germany - A bitterly opposed convoy of

Associated British Ports, Britain's biggest port operator, Wednesday unveiled pretax profit of 93.5

Mar. 5, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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A ship carrying nuclear waste from France to Japan is expected to arrive soon, an environmental grou

Kitchen talk travels like a wire-guided missile - by eye contact. Cheeks flush. Lips quiver. You can