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MEXICO RESPONDSTO NAFTA COMPLAINTMEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has formally responded

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HEALTH INSURANCE BILLFACES UNCERTAIN FUTUREWASHINGTON - Americans would be able to keep thei

The legality of new bulk vessel operating subsidies recently awarded by the Maritime Administration

Taking advantage of a just-concluded U.S.-Japan air cargo agreement, United Parcel Service is adding

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

Friday, March 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trade ministers meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, late last month to forge a Free Trade Agreement of t

The conglomerate owning Hong Kong's largest container handler has won the fight to build the colony'

DAEWOO DEVELOPSDEEP-SEA VEHICLESEOUL - South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. said it ha

French shipowners are bracing themselves for a difficult year due to slowed economic growth, overcap

Mar. 29, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Shippers in this country may lose a chance to get better, cheaper overseas transportation if the Uni

Ailing German shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG said on Friday its equity capital had been wiped out as a

Friday Mar. 29, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

When the National Industrial Transportation League and Sea-Land Service Inc. reached agreement last

RICHMOND ADDSANOTHER RUNWAYRICHMOND, Va. - Richmond International Airport would add a runway

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Shipper groups continue their bashing of the proposed Union Pacific Corp.-Southern Pacific Lines mer

Canada's new restrictions on imports and transshipments of U.S. grain will shut down a 5 million-ton

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

U.S., Mexican and Swiss law enforcement agents will question a senior New York-based Citibank office

SHELL TO IMPLEMENTMONITORING PROGRAMLONDON - Shell International will implement a monitoring

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As of Mar. 29, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Mar. 29, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 29, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Congress Friday sent to President Clinton a bill to free farmers from most federal controls on what

Businesses and homeowners in New York's urban areas will begin receiving nonrenewal notices from the

Texas short line Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad has formally withdrawn concerns ove

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

1448 (Mar. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1445The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

For the week ended March 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

BROWN TO LEAD GROUPTO BOSNIA AND CROATIAWASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown will

European businessmen are playing an increasingly active role in breaking down barriers to trade and

Quick! What accounts for the biggest portion of the U.S. trade deficit that no one cares anything ab

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 251.23 off 1.72

Britain's United Utilities was lauded by analysts but condemned by the opposition Labor Party last w

In at least one big Chinese city, the days when employers routinely fired workers who became pregnan