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SHIPSA.P. MOLLER ORDERSTHREE PRODUCT TANKERSLONDON - A.P. Moller has placed

1481 (March 17, 1997) Previous day - 1475The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONALOF WASHINGTON INC.The global logistics company named three individua

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 12, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Monday March 17, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

JAPANESE OIL COMPANYIN TALKS WITH AZERBAIJANTOKYO - Japan National Oil Corp. and three other

The plan to distribute natural gas in the northern border state of Tamaulipas will require an invest

After several years of delay, Mexico's airport privatization program appears to be moving, with new

Rotterdam stevedores Monday dismissed reports that general cargo berths face imminent strike action.

Police boats patrolled this northern Japanese port on Monday to head off protests by anti-nuclear ac

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Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

A first-time partnership between an auto manufacturer and an insurer offers lower insurance costs in

AGREEMENT REACHEDON TRAIN CREW PROJECTFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

BUYER IS SELECTEDFOR PORT OF IPSWICHLONDON - Associated British Ports, Britain's largest por

March 17, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGEMarch 17, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 22, 1996 - March 17, 1997 (a graph)

Bulgaria and the International Monetary fund have finalized a new standby agreement, the IMF mission

A government report that U.S. manufacturers, farmers and other freight shippers once hoped would fue

An agreement has been reached to prevent more states from putting sanctions on the shipment of Wyomi

Psssst! Want to buy a power plant - cheap? Now's your chance.In what some are calling the ''

March 17, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Carl Lindner, a big-time political fund-raiser and sometime Lincoln Bedroom guest, could gain a long

Monday, March 17, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Senior Hong Kong trade officials are rejecting grim forecasts that China's July 1 takeover could end

CIGNA CORP.Douglas E. Klinger was named president of Cigna Dental Health Inc., a subsidiary

The young girl, about 8 years old, frowned in concentration. The crane had overshot the hold, swingi

The battle between United Parcel Service and Federal Express Corp. for supremacy in the U.S.-Europe

BIDS TO OVERHAUL FERRYHIGHER THAN EXPECTEDJUNEAU, Alaska - Bids from shipyards vying for a c

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A State Department-led interagency group for hemispheric free trade has signed off on a plan to rais

The Massachusetts Port Authority may escape a serious financial bruising, thanks to a compromise pla

As of March 17, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Germany's two biggest shipping lines, Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud, called off merger talks Monday wh

MAJOR ANNOUNCESGENERAL ELECTIONLONDON - Prime Minister John Major on Monday set May 1 as the

March 17, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

Mexican Attorney General Jorge Madrazo caused a minor controversy last month by inadvertently sugges

Spurred by sell-offs of telecommunications companies, global privatization activity could raise $100

Three weeks ended Mar. 8, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded