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Thursday Feb. 1, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Lee Douglass said his department won't meet this week's state deadli

State Farm Insurance Co. is raising its homeowner insurance rates by anaverage of 0.3 percen

Punxsutawney Phil may be looking for his shadow this Groundhog Day, but property/casualty insurers a

Moody's Investors Service gave its first insurance financial strength rating to the long-term fund o

Business representatives in Bangladesh are urging the government to expand the container terminal an

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Since the dawn of shipping, cargo owners have been concerned with having their goods transported in

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

RECENT VESSEL SALES SaleDate Vessel Year PriceRepo

The Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka handled a record 1 million boxes in 1995, generating income of 5.5

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

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

A Swedish shipbroking firm is accusing oil companies of flouting their own safety standards and cont

1494 (Feb. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1503 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The European Union's energy ministers will spend the weekend trying to pin down an elusive agreement

RUSSIAN GOLD MINES NEED FRESH INVESTMENTVIENNA - Russian gold mines could see output

The next round of bidding for eight basic telephone licenses in India will probably be thrown open t

The huge truck bomb that gutted Colombo's prime commercial area will badly hit Sri Lanka's important

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

FORD'S JAPANESE ADS RILE EUROPE'S CARMAKERSAn advertising campaign in Japan by Ford Motor Co

British Airways is considering a legal challenge to the European Commission's approval Wednesday for

The Federal Reserve Board's Open Market Committee agreed Wednesday to ease monetary policy more emph

The U.S. dollar is expected to surge ahead after the Federal Reserve cut U.S. short-term rates by on

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

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. wasted no time in selecting the first 1,200 miles of track the co

Continuing confusion over whether Mexico is preparing to ban 53-foot trailers has caused several maj

It was not Washington budget cutters but a rising workload that led the U.S. Customs Service to reor

Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 1.0 percent in 1995 compared with 1994, the Central Bureau o

Yellow Corp. announced Wednesday it sank even deeper into the red last year than in 1994, when it wa

LEP INTERNATIONAL COMPLETES BUYOUTMARIETTA, Ga. - The management buyout of LEP Inter

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 3, '95 - Jan. 31, '96 (a graph) (2)

China, basking in unusual pleasure over its safety record, is proposing to invest about $1 billion t

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.45 up 0.79 wh

Jan. 31, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 31, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Rates charged by the Doctors' Co. for medical malpractice insurance policies are going up an average

AIG TO ACQUIRE HONG KONG COMPANYHONG KONG - American International Group reached an

The California insurance commissioner rescinded a significant increase in the fees companies pay to