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The German interest rate cut has eased tensions in Europe and in the process improved the outlook fo

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 25, '95 - Aug. 23, '96 (a graph)* A

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Aug. 23, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Insurance regulators in Hong Kong are mounting an exhaustive study into the level of underlying rese

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance has asked a judge to set aside a $145 million punitive damage

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Friday Aug. 23, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Mining companies from Australia and Canada have created a consortium to explore for gold in Guyana's

A year ago, the Tampa Port Authority had high hopes for the former Tampa Shipyards property on the S

FIRM LOWERS ESTIMATEFOR GLOBAL COTTON CROPCHICAGO - Forecasting firm Cotlook Friday estimate

Olav Rakkenes is a natural optimist. But even he wondered at times if Atlantic Container Line could

After a brief slowdown - a lull prompted by overbuilding two years ago - the pace of intermodal faci

Transportation equipment manufacturers failed to share in a 1.6 percent July jump in factory orders

GUARANTEE LIFE UNVEILSPREMIER INDEX ANNUITYOMAHA - Guarantee Life Insurance Co., a wholly ow

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 249.80 off 0.04

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 23, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

TNT Express Worldwide has launched GlobalPak, a prepaid package that can be sent anywhere in the wor

Do airline industry cargo community systems (CCSs) have a future or is their role destined to be tak

There is a Chinese proverb that says ''When the wind blows, you can either build windbreaks or windm

Trade policy in a second term for Bill Clinton would look a lot like the administration's approach d

1119 (Aug. 23, 1996) Previous day - 1117The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 23, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 23, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The tragic explosion of TWA Flight 800 has propelled our leaders to the usual political hysteria. Wh

Customs problems still plague air couriers in a host of countries, where bureaucracy, corruption, pr

The United Kingdom's CCS-UK is the first cargo community system to offer an Internet connection. It'

SHIPSMARITRANS TO SUEOVER SPILL LAW LOSSESPHILADELPHIA - A leading U.S. tank barge o

Austrian state police are investigating whether domestic companies were involved in exporting chemic

KOMI REPUBLIC GETSGERMAN CREDIT LINEFRANKFURT - Germany's AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft and

For the week ended August 17, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

The first Asian spider has been caught in an anti-piracy operation conducted by two business groups

Do you remember 1973? North Carolina Sen. Sam Irvin was chairing the Watergate hearings, while the r

ASAHI TO SET UPPLANT IN SINGAPORETOKYO - Asahi Chemical Industry Co. will set up a company i

The Czech Republic, still trying to right itself economically three years after its split from Slova

When it comes to security at the nation's airports when James Motherway speaks people tend to stop a

An aggressive bid by a group of Pacific ship lines to capture a larger share of beef and pork shipme

Like an insatiable sponge, businesses and public agencies in the former communist states of eastern

Friday, Aug. 23, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

LOGISTICS GROUP NAMESMCINTYRE VICE PRESIDENTOAK BROOK, Ill. - Maria A. McIntyre was named vi