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Aug. 20, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

NORTH AMERICARepresentaciones Guadalajara '96. Sept. 3-5. Mexico City. Contact: U.S. Trade C

AFRICACote d'IvoireInternational companies attempting to establish operations in Cote d'Ivoi

A long-awaited additional rail line between Beijing and Hong Kong will open Sept. 1, four months ear

Random thoughts after nine hours of watching last week's Republican National Convention. Bob Dole de

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CRUDE STEEL OUTPUTDECLINES IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's crude steel production fell 6.5 percent f

In my last column on main carriage transport documents. Point 3 should have read as follows: ''They

The Journal of Commerce's transportation section welcomes announcements of industry news.Per

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 251.97 up 2.42 whi

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole would open the Arctic Nati

NEW LAW GIVES DOCTORS21 DAYS TO PLACE CLAIMSTRENTON, N.J. - Banking and Insurance Commission

The Central European Free Trade Agreement (Cefta) was established by members of the Visegrad Group -

The chairman of the Insurance Regulatory Authority, N. Rangachary, was given more powers by the gove

Longshore locals in San Francisco and Southern California have voted down a proposed three-year coas

The United States posted an $8.1 billion trade deficit in June, sharply down from an unusually high

The containership California Hermes, smoldering and crewless in the North Pacific, is limping into p

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Faced with evidence of a cooling economy and subdued inflation, the Federal Reserve Board Tuesday le

CHRYSLER TO BUILDTRUCK PLANT IN BRAZILSAO PAULO - The U.S.-based automaker Chrysler will bui

''Where most ports are in maritime and want to get into real estate, we're the opposite. We're in re

GENERAL MILLS SUESINSURER FOR $168 MILLIONMINNEAPOLIS - General Mills Inc. has filed a lawsu

The state port has hired an operations director and a fiscal officer, part of a new management team

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed using a sledgehammer to squash a problem most

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 20, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Tuesday Aug. 20, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Despite building and expanding petrochemical plants at a frantic rate, many with foreign help, China

Asia is looking for a fresh commitment from the United States following the presidential elections,

Global trade in 1995 grew by 19.5 percent from the previous year, the highest rate since a 22.6 perc

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 20, '96 (a graph)* A

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Union Pacific Railroad stands to make a mint from vague wording in last week's Surface Transportatio

CAROLINA SHIPPING CO.Paul L. Barbro was named president of Carolina Shipping Co., a ship age

An airport cargo handler was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for stealing credit cards from a

In a trend expected to accelerate in the next few years, small Japanese ports like Sendai and Niigat

PROPANE CARRIER CHARGEDWITH LOG FALSIFICATIONWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A suburban New York propan

Two train crewmembers died Tuesday in a fiery head-on collision between two CSX Transportation train

After a gang violently took $9.9 million in electronic parts and equipment from a firm in Irvine, Ca

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo