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

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

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

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

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

PEUGEOT WORKERS VOTETO STRIKE BRITISH PLANTLONDON - Autoworkers voted Wednesday in favor of

Despite U.S. efforts to head it off, Iran has started tenders and equipment orders for a gas pipelin

The U.S. dollar declined on profit-taking Wednesday after failing to push convincingly above 122.30

China is poised to buy up to 100 Airbus passenger jets, signaling a long-awaited breakthrough for th

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 28, 1997 (a graph)*

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

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

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

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

''Unilateral sanctions are little more than postage stamps we use to send messages to other countrie

For thousands of exporters, June 1 is a day that might better be scratched from the calendar. That i

Northwest Airlines wants to reinstate service between Seattle and Malaysia.If approved by th

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

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

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

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

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

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

Latin American nations risk falling behind in the global competitive race if they fail to sign on to

Japan's appetite is rising as the nation prepares for its largest food and beverage trade fair, Food

ALABAMA PANEL BACKSMANDATORY AUTO COVERAGEMONTGOMERY, Ala. - A state Senate committee has vo

Don't sit at the front of an aircraft. Terrorists frequently use the first few seats to direct their

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

The Philippines may be willing to go along with a global deal to liberalize information technology,

They're slow, uninsured and could be coming to a highway near you.Golf carts and other slow-

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

RUSSIA'S FOREIGN CURRENCYPURCHASES UP IN JANUARYMOSCOW - Russians bought nearly $5.2 billion

OFFERS TO SELL* CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE 65. Sale directly from producer in China. Spec: Ca(ClO)

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

OFFERS TO BUYCredit information distributorsRef No.: 045858 Filed: 02-19-97Grade A c

WESTERN EUROPEREGIONALThe Dutch, Danes, Swedes and Austrians are still threatening t

There were signs this winter that Russian truck production was improving, but the good news isn't ex