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1428 (Mar. 26, 1996) Previous day - 1425The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Asian economies are pumping massive investments into port development in competition for rapidly gro

The chairman of Gazprom, a giant Russian energy company, came to the United States to get loans from

A tug hauling a barge loaded with mud dredged from the Port of Oakland sank last week 15 miles west

Mar. 26, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

While the damages resulting from the oil spill off a South Kingstown beach will be tallied for month

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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

INSURANCE PANEL RACEATTRACTS TOWN MANAGERDOVER, Del. - Jan Almquist, manager of the

Western Germany's consumer price index rose 0.5 percent in February from January, and was up 1.4 per

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that national banks operating in small towns can se

The United Kingdom's gross domestic product rose by a real, seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent in the f

Italian industrial production is expected to rise a seasonally adjusted 2.6 percent in March from Fe

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has approved the establishment of five more local insurance compan

Halifax Building Society, Britain's largest home mortgage lender, said Monday it was buying Clerical

TIG HOLDINGS INC. (New York) - The board of directors of TIG Holdings Inc. nominated George D. Gould

Citation Insurance Group saw a significant turnaround in its bottom line with 1995 net income of $93

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to file a declaration in a California cour

With the protectionists stopped, the Philippines' insurance industry seems set for rapid expansion f

The smell of burning wood wafts through the air. Tall pine trees shade some of the tents and campsit

There is an old saying about short-line railroads: ''We're not as long as the big guys but we're jus

At 47, Barry Williams has 24 years with P&O Containers and carries the undescriptive title of direct

A dramatic rise in the number of alien organisms brought to San Francisco Bay inside ballast tanks i

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The International Intermodal Expo, a springtime rite for the transportation industry, opens an earli

In another cautious step away from its customary avoidance of industry entanglements, China's main s

The Clinton administration has refused to use the existing rights of three U.S. carriers as bargaini

Speculation ran rampant Monday over how U.K. exporters would fulfill their beef contracts as more co

COAST GUARD CONTRACTGOES TO BOLLINGERWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard awarded an $8.9 million co

A construction company has won a concession for the multiple-use terminal at Mexico's important Gulf

The members of the United Nations made a breakthrough this weekend after two years of negotiations,

A few years ago the management of Stemilt Growers Inc., one of the largest apple shippers in Washing

British services and marketing conglomerate Inchcape PLC on Monday reported a 92 percent drop in pro

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 25, '96 (a graph)(2)

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Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Monday, March 25, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 20, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

COMMENTS STILL COMINGON UP-SP MERGERProponents and foes of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacifi

For the week ended March 16, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled