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Apr. 19, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

''I had to take a vacation when I went home.''

A rail freight service linking Rotterdam and Mannheim will be launched in June, providing ocean carr

The wheels finally are rolling for the reopening of the Stampede Pass across the Cascade Mountains a

JAPAN PRESSES FOR ENTRYOF CHINA INTO WTOKOBE, Japan - Japan wants to place China's entry to

The Risk and Insurance Management Society is going online.RIMS will announce at its annual m

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Supporters of a plan to put California into the earthquake insurance business are becoming increasin

Employers in Illinois would pay higher fees to bail out a fund that pays cost-of-living increases to

STRIKE CANCELS SOMEAIR FRANCE FLIGHTSPARIS - Air France Europe, part of the Air France group

British entrepreneur Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, is planning to launch a s

Pakistan plans to open a trade center in Rotterdam to catch up with competitors like India and sell

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 257.23 up 0.79 w

While Russia is expected to be self-sufficient in grain this year, it will continue to buy North Ame

The global insurance industry sits on huge pots of money - the combined surplus of U.S. property/cas

China's propaganda machine on Friday accused the United States of trying to ''dominate the world'' i

Japan, for the first time ever, exported more goods to its Asian neighbors in the last business year

EVA Airways Corp., Taiwan's first privately owned international airline, is embarking on a growth st

Mexico's finance ministry has offered holders of Brady Bonds that expire in 2019 a chance to swap th

OIL EXPLORATIONCONFRONTATION LIKELY HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam has given the U.S. oil company

International Petroleum ExchangeApr. 19, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The trace of karnal bunt wheat fungus found in breeder stock on four acres of land near Moses Lake,

CROATIA LINE OPENSN. AMERICAN CENTERRUTHERFORD, N.J. - Croatia Line recently opened its Nort

DESPITE SALE, SCOTTPLANS BUSINESS AS USUALTORONTO - Canada's Scott Paper Ltd. said it sees n

Truck drivers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor area are flooding the California Employment Devel

West Coast longshoremen and employers are bracing for tough, contentious contract negotiations this

Despite Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads getting the Chemical Manufacturers Association

A law defining future development and further reforms to French ports will be unveiled by the govern

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 28, '95, - April 19, '96 (a graph)

Three Weeks Ended April 11, 1996, vs. Similar 1995 PeriodCars CarsLoaded

For the week ended April 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Japan's imported pork and beef market will beheading toward a few roadblocks this fiscal year ending

Apr. 19, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

In what seems an ironic parallel to efforts by Quebec to secede from Canada last year, the Canadian

ALLSTATE'S PROFIT FELL22 PERCENT IN 1ST QUARTERNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Allstate's first-quarter n

Mexico's ambassador to the United States, Jesus Silva-Herzog, denied that delay in bidding for Mexic

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

MEXICO UPHOLDSSTEEL PENALTIESMEXICO CITY - Mexican commerce officials have upheld unfair-tra

The European Union will warn the United States today that it is considering retaliating against new