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Higher rates for a handful of transportation services last year helped produce the largest increase

China's unpredictable shopping sprees keep traders in raw materials on their toes.With 1.2 b

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 242.17 off 0.21

Jan. 9, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

COLOMBIA, CHILE REVISEZERO CUSTOMS TAX LISTBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia and Chile have increa

Congressional leaders this week said they want to give President Clinton the authority he needs to n

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 8, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

''The United States has been the driver in trying to initiate free trade in the Americas, and yet ov

After months of deliberation, the Clinton administration kicked off its formal lobbying effort this

The way Maria Reba sees it, having two teen-agers prepared her well for being in charge of Customs p

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 9, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCYSEEKS LAUNCH SITE PARTNERSPARIS - Europe's space agency, which dominate

General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG have been holding secret talks to solve their dispute over th

China ordered two 747 airliners from U.S. aviation giant Boeing Co. Thursday in a multimillion-dolla

The new Congress is likely to cut taxes this session, but fundamental reform of the tax code is at l

Thursday Jan. 9, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

CHINA LEADER PROMISESRESPECT FOR HONG KONGBEIJING - China will leave Hong Kong's affairs to

JUSTICE DEPARTMENTINDICTS CFC SMUGGLERSWASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced indictm

Weapons-grade plutonium - the most toxic and dangerous substance known to man - may be headed to a c

Only table.

A consumer group Wednesday prodded the U.S. Agriculture Department to ban beef companies from proces

CSX CORP.Arnold I. Havens is the Richmond, Va., transport holding company's new vice preside

Saudi Aramco is preparing to acquire a 33 percent-35 percent stake in Petrogal, becoming a strategic

TURKISH FREIGHTER SINKS,KILLING AT LEAST FOURROME - At least four crew members were drowned

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WEST COAST STORMS COSTINSURERS $280 MILLIONRAHWAY, N.J. - Property Claim Services said the w

Ocean freight rates will have to rise eventually if carriers are to maintain an acceptable level of

Two new natural disaster bills were introduced in the House this week, but several insurance groups

Ivans, the insurance industry's leading provider of network and EDI services, has bought software pr

LLOYD'S OF LONDONThe governing Council of Lloyd's re-elected Sir David Rowland as the market

The rules for calculating oil spill costs still need refinement.That's what insurers think o

A UK3.2 million ($5.4 million) settlement has been agreed between Lloyd's of London, Stephen Merrett

Philippine life insurance companies are aiming to insure 20 percent of the population within three y

Sector December '96 Index Percent Change Percent Changefrom December '95 f

A maritime corruption trial that began this week in Philadelphia is a tale with three themes: an ind

SHIPS'K' LINE LISTSPORT ROTATIONTOKYO - Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. Wednesday

This may be the year Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., achieves his highest legislative priority: Removing ro

FLIGHT 800 PLANE TOO OLD,VICTIMS' RELATIVES SAYPHILADELPHIA - Survivors of a couple killed i

Jan. 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1510 (Jan. 8, 1997) Previous day - 1511The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo