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Is Romania the next diamond-in-the-rough market for insurance brokers?Marsh & McLennan Inc.

Swiss industrial production fell 2.0 percent year on year in the fourth quarter 1995, while new orde

A fungal disease with a funky name, karnal bunt, left ships full of U.S. grain treading water for a

The world's densest concentration of large, modern containerports dots the coast of North Europe, bu

BOARD SEEKS COMMENTSON SERVICE PRESERVATIONWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board ann

While ports still boast about the shipping lines they attract, these days they are just as likely to

NOBLE TO ACQUIRENEDLLOYD DRILLING UNITHOUSTON - Noble Drilling Corp. and Royal Nedlloyd NV,

A brand new container facility in southern Italy has secured two coveted prizes in recent weeks as c

Homestake Mining Co. said Wednesday it has exercised an option that will permit the company to acqui

A mere 150 miles from Rotterdam, the world's busiest seaport, is the world's largest river harbor -

Fueled by heavy demand for exports and livestock feed, corn futures prices hit record highs last wee

The battle for supremacy among Europe's seaports has moved from the waterfront to the continent's hi

Russia, shrugging off concern about the safety of its civilian nuclear installations, plans to bring

A man who admitted helping the Colombo crime family steal more than $200 million in federal fuel tax

1363 (Mar. 15, 1996) Previous day - 1355The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Danish Port of Ensted, Ijmuiden in the Netherlands, and Britain's Redcar may not be household na

When the Hellespont Grand, one of the largest tankers in the world, called at the French oil termina

Mar. 15, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

When a roll-on, roll-off ship filled with 5,000 autos worth $25,000 each arrives in port, the motto

The Indian government assured U.S. business leaders that it will revamp its procedures for privatiza

With the backing of the Canadian government, Canadian Airlines International and its partner, Americ

OOCL BEGINS ROUTEFROM JAPAN TO MALAYSIAHONG KONG - Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. has i

Shippers of truck and ocean freight through Philadelphia face days of long delays and high tolls aft

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Mar. 14, '96 (a graph)(2)

The Clinton administration is ''looking forward to a very successful'' meeting next week toward adva

With a two-week perspective, overseas executives said they liked China's latest round of foreign exc

Thursday, March 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Representatives of the Teamsters union, meeting here Tuesday, announced plans for a publicity campai

The U.S. dollar followed bond prices higher Thursday, on news of an unexpected decline in February p

Norway's central bank cut its inflation forecast for 1996 to 1.25 percent from 2 percent previously.

Freightliner Corp. kept up a strong pace of deliveries in the heavy-truck industry in February as ma

Singapore's manufacturing output in January surged 25.8 percent from a year earlier, the Economic De

Germany's first-quarter gross domestic product is likely to fall a seasonally and calendar-adjusted

A report on shipping reform to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is drawing

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

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Mar. 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Mar. 14, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent