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SENATE PANEL OKS SLATERFOR TRANSPORT SECRETARYWASHINGTON - The Senate Commerce Committee Wed

1387 (Feb. 5, 1997) Previous day - 1375The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Japanese and European negotiators this week failed to resolve an international dispute over Tokyo's

World Bank President James Wolfensohn, buoyed by reports of ''a new dynamism'' in sub-Saharan Africa

U.S. importers will see the universe of available Chinese textiles shrink by several million square

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

HAWAII STATE SENATORSHEAR DEBATE ON TAX CREDITHONOLULU - Representatives of domestic insuran

Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. Tuesday raised its hostile bid for Clyde Petroleum PLC, but the British o

NATIONAL LIFE OF VERMONTPatrick E. Welch is to be elected the Montpelier, Vt., company's cha

Zurich Centre Group-U.S. with two partners has agreed to take over financially troubled Golden Eagle

A project to deepen shipping channels at the Port of Oakland is continuing as scheduled, despite the

Atlantic Container Line, the trans-Atlantic carrier, almost doubled profit last year.The com

Trucking companies that haul agricultural products are pushing an innovative plan to prevent driver

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Workers at France's state-owned railroad staged a strike Wednesday to protest cost-cutting restructu

A new battle between auto insurers and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani heads to a New York state cou

SHIPSCREW THAT RAN AGROUNDWAITED TO CALL FOR HELPMIAMI - Six hours passed be

Air freight is taking off worldwide, but experts say difficult international relations and strained

Japan voiced strong displeasure at Moscow's view that the sunken tanker Nakhodka collided with an un

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

President Clinton will visit Mexico April 11-12 and make a separate trip to Barbados, Costa Rica, Br

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 4, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

U.S. and European officials reported major progress this week in talks on their respective meat impo

A senior U.S. official on Wednesday sharply criticized the way Australia sells wheat in foreign mark

BLUE STAR (NORTHAMERICA) LTD.H. Fredrik Ervell was named pricing supervisor for Blue Star in

Downriver log barging from the shallow-water Port of Clarkston, Wash., on the Snake River, could exp

TWA BOARD OF DIRECTORSWARNED OF POSSIBLE SUITST. LOUIS - The 15,000 owner-employees of TWA h

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

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 9, 1996, - Feb. 5, 1997, (a graph)*

The mid-January frost that took most of Florida's agriculture industry by surprise was far less dama

ENRON'S INDIA PROJECTGETS BACK ON COURSEBOMBAY - Construction of India's largest private pow

A new inland pricing structure in Europe is being tested by members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference

An official with Canadian Pacific Railway Wednesday said allegations that the railways are to blame

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday advanced its bid to acquire Conrail Inc. by buying nearly 10 percen

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

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

Cargill Inc. is still interested in selling wheat and rice to North Korea, despite reports that the