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Vietnam is accelerating a smoldering territorial dispute with China, embroiling two U.S. oil compani

The Senate has leapfrogged over the House in scheduling hearings on a bill reforming the 15-year-old

The former U.K. agent of bankrupt ABC Containerline is planning to start a liner shipping service be

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

Strategic planning for logistics providers will pay for itself by helping companies avoid the pitfal

Apr. 12, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

A bitter battle for control of the fledgling telecommunications sector in Laos may reflect wider con

UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR PLANTREPORTS MINOR LEAKKIEV, Ukraine - A minor leak occurred at a Ukrainia

China is cutting its target for coal exports this year by 10 million metric tons, or 25 percent, say

A final vote in the state Legislature is expected to reinforce state Senate approval of a revived bi

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

Friday, April 12, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

S&P LOWERS RATINGOF ALLIANZ FINANCENEW YORK - Standard & Poor's has lowered its commercial p

1450 (Apr. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1454The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL INC.PittsburghAmount of contract: $6,487,885.Contract descript

The Paris airports authority is counting on Federal Express to boost cargo traffic after being outpe

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A California state agency gave preliminary approval to a 132-mile pipeline that would carry crude oi

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 12, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The largest auto insurer in Massachusetts says that unless a state law is changed, as many as 90 per

Farmers have been given until May 2 to obtain catastrophic-risk protection coverage for their spring

TANKER LAWSUIT BEGINSIN ENGLISH HIGH COURTLONDON - Investors in a failed tanker fund seek $7

Hoping to head off a politically imposed solution to the congestion problem at the ports of Los Ange

The Port of Seattle is starting the long and expensive process of acquiring properties and relocatin

The South still hails it King Cotton. Yankees describe it as the natural fiber. But to many commodit

The ever-tighter links between Hong Kong and China seem to be proving helpful in moves to revive the

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 11, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Thursday Apr. 11, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Eastman Chemical Co. is switching the site of its plant to produce what are called oxo chemicals to

Builders Transport Inc. spent about $750,000 it didn't have last year complying with federal drug an

A Malaysian bulk operator is the latest to announce an increase in fleet size, backing government ca

Thursday, April 11, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Supply chain managers better get used to the idea of continually revamping their distribution system

The Russian people would be eating much better today if wholesale distributors could get food from t

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lo

Apr. 11, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Lloyd's of London has accused the California Department of Corporations of releasing ''grossly inacc

The Clinton administration has called a well-timed truce in an interagency turf war over exports of

WESTERN PACIFIC PLANSTO BUY BOEING 737SSEATTLE - Western Pacific Airlines, a new-start disco

Spain's unemployment rate in March was 15.30 percent, down from 15.44 percent in February and 16.47