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Oil prices should remain stable in the $18- to $19-a-barrel range over the rest of this decade, acco

A 9 percent stake in Russian natural gas monopoly RAO Gazprom will be sold to foreign investors afte

A proposal to open the Polish rail system to competition for the first time in over 50 years could b

Legislation that would change New York's workers' compensation system moved to a conference committe

Just two weeks after being hit with the threat of 100 percent duties on $2 billion worth of textile

HONG KONG WILL RETAINFINANCIAL ROLE, CHINA SAYSTOKYO - Hong Kong will remain an internationa

A special U.N. investigator will examine charges of embezzlement of funds at the United Nations Conf

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A new proposal to open Japan's market to U.S. paper products is on the table, but don't expect quick

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 252.25 off 1.62

As of May 31, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

CANADIAN DEVELOPERSSUBMIT GAS FIELD PLANHALIFAX - A proposed C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) natu

CROP INSURERLOOKS TO EXPANDGREAT FALLS, Mont. - Crop Growers Corp., the second-largest servi

The number of earthquake insurance policies underwritten by non-life insurance companies in Japan re

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Housing starts are off to a strong start this year, giving a boost to forest products companies. Mea

SHIPSCAPTAIN, OFFICERSHELD IN DEATHSHALIFAX - A Taiwanese ship captain and six offic

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 9, '95, - May 31, '96 (a graph)(2)D

CHINA'S MFN STATUSFORMALLY EXTENDEDWASHINGTON - President Clinton formally extended China's

FEDEX PICKS ANCHORAGEFOR EXPRESS FACILITYANCHORAGE - Federal Express Corp. plans to open an

A strike by about 14,000 power workers in Sri Lanka last week brought into the open differences amon

As in real estate, the mantra of forest products producers in search of a port is ''location, locati

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 31, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 31, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent a request to the White House seeking authority to releas

If you're wondering what's happening to the Canadian forestry industry, you're not alone.The

CSX Intermodal Inc. announced plans Friday to build a 500-acre intermodal terminal 20 miles outside

KWE ESTABLISHESAFRICAN AFFILIATEROSYLN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - Kintetsu World Express established it

A unanimous decision by a U.S. government bank to turn down loans for a giant dam in China added fue

Mexican Commerce officials have opened unfair trade investigations into U.S. exports of fuel additiv

The State Ports Authority, which is being sued by a newspaper challenging its secret search for a ne

May 31, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Overweight containers are a bigger problem than most people, including a fellow columnist on these p

Placing Arizona and sections of California, New Mexico and Texas under a wheat fungus quarantine cam

For the week ended May 25, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

Two distributors and a medical claims processor expanded operations in Spokane, Wash., a growing bus

Expectations of a half-point increase in U.S. interest rates at the July Federal Open Market Committ

The Panama Canal, one of the world's great shortcuts, was scheduled to begin a week of repairs Sunda

China's booming export trades could soon extend to seafarers.Chinese authorities are eager t