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EGYPTIAN TRADERS VISIT IRAQ, SEEK TO EXPORT ALLOWABLE ITEMS

A group of Egyptian businessmen arrived in Baghdad Friday to seek ways of exporting to Iraq items no

MANY IN JAPAN UNHAPPY WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR

Associated Press |

A majority of Japanese people are apparently dissatisfied with products and services offered by fina

KAMARCK TO SUCCEED BRODY AS EX-IM BANK CHIEF

Journal of Commerce Staff |

Martin Kamarck, a 46-year-old attorney, will become the Export-Import Bank's acting chairman Jan. 1,

QUOTE TO NOTE ON QUEBEC VOTE:

_ Jean Chretien |

"Once again, we have shown the entire world our country's great values of tolerance, openness and mu

US HEARING WILL EXAMINE SONY'S MEXICAN LABOR DISPUTE

Journal of Commerce Staff |

A labor dispute at a Sony Electronics plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, will be the subject of a one-da

SLOW-GROWING NEW YORK REGION LOOKS TO PORT TRAFFIC FOR RELIEF

The New York region's economy will continue to lag the rest of the nation over the next few years, b

FOREIGN RESERVES RISE IN SPAIN TO $37.7 BILLION

Knight-Ridder Financial |

Spanish foreign currency reserves totaled $37.701 billion at the end of October, up from $37.642 bil

MARITIME BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |

151-YEAR-OLD YARD TO CLOSE IN DENMARKCOPENHAGEN - Danish shipyard Burmeister & Wain

US EXPORTS TO GERMANY: WHAT'S UP AND WHAT'S DOWN

Source: Global Trade Information, Colombia, S.C.; The Journal |

KR-CRB FUTURES INDEXES

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 243.83 up 0.87 w

ECONOMY DRIVES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VOTE TODAY'S RACE MAY BE CLOSE

The state of the economy of this English-speaking Caribbean republic is playing a central role as vo

SPOT METALS PRICES

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

SPOT COMMODITIES

Nov. 3, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

LONDON OIL FUTURES

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 3, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

CHEMICAL PRICES

Compiled by Rosalie Spiller, Journal of Commerce Chemical |

As of Nov. 3, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

WASHINGTON ENERGY CO. POSTS FISCAL-YEAR LOSS

Journal of Commerce Staff |

Washington Energy Co. posted a $41.1 million loss on revenue of $420 million for the fiscal year tha

NEW YORK OIL FUTURES

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 3, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

NEW HAVEN RESIDUAL FUELS

Nov. 3, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

GASOLINE PRICES

Nov. 3, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

SPOT PRODUCT PRICES

Nov. 3, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

WEEKLY RAIL FREIGHT REPORT

For the week ended Oct. 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

COMMODITY / ENERGY BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |

WORKING WELLS DROWN OPEC PLEA OF STABILITYLONDON - OPEC Secretary-General Rilwanu Lu

TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |

ATLAS AIR LAUNCHES CONVERSION PROGRAMGOLDEN, Colo. - Atlas Air Inc. announced Friday that it

UAL CORP. TO DECIDE THIS WEEK WHETHER IT WILL BID FOR USAIR

United Airlines' parent UAL Corp. will decide this week whether it wants to pursue buying USAir Grou

LEGISLATOR SAYS "JUMBO DEDUCTIBLES' COULD AID FLORIDA INSURANCE MARKET

State Rep. John Cosgrove believes bold steps will be needed to help Florida's insurance market rebou

SWISS, DUTCH AIRLINES BEGIN CARGO FLIGHTS TO ATLANTA

From Wire and Staff Reports |

Swissair and Martinair Holland last week began new all-cargo flights between their homecountries and

EVEREADY MOVES FROM WORST TO FIRST IN NEW YORK'S AUTO INSURER RATINGS

Associated Press |

A small New York City-based company zoomed from worst to first last week in the New York Insurance D

CSX STUDY AIMS TO BOOST SYNERGY AMONG SUBSIDIARIES

Major changes in the future relationships between CSX Intermodal Inc. and its corporatesiblings - CS

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS INTRASTATE TRUCKING LAW

Chris Isidore |

A federal law prohibiting intrastate regulation of trucking is constitutional, the 10thU.S. Circuit

CANADA'S RESERVES DIPPED IN OCTOBER

Knight-Ridder Financial |

Canada's international reserves fell US$473 million in October to US$15.720 billion, the Finance Dep

GE, DAIMLER-BENZ TO MAKE LOCOMOTIVES

Associated Press |

GE Transportation Systems and ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation of Germany said Friday they will joint

TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |

DELTA, USAIR WIN TORONTO SERVICE RIGHTSWASHINGTON - The Transportation Department ha

TACOMA PORT IS ON TRACK IN BID TO EASE RAIL CONGESTION

WILLIAM DiBENEDETTO |

The Port of Tacoma is moving ahead with a plan to build a rail connection linking the port's North I

FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

Nov. 3, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

1542 (Nov. 3, 1995) Previous day - 1538 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

ON THE WATERFRONT - JERRY A. ASPLAND IMO SAFETY CODE WILL ONLY BE AS GOOD AS THE EFFORT MADE

Jerry A. Aspland |

Feb. 3, 2000: The Bulkcarrier is lost at sea - no survivors - no evidence. May 17, 2000: The

SHIP FIXTURE BREAKDOWN

Ship fixtures are a product of Knight-Ridder Financial, TNT, |

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

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE - FAST FACTS TOP FIVE WHEAT PRODUCERS, 1994

World Bank's Consultative Group on International Agricultural |

NEW AWARENESS LEADS EMPLOYERS TO EXPAND THEIR LIABILITY COVERAGE

HELEN R. MacLEOD |

Sexual harassment. The words sent shivers down the spine of Corporate America. With insuranc

SOUTH KOREAN BUSINESS BRASS: NO MORE BRIBES SCANDAL, CLEANUP MAY BRIGHTEN INVESTOR PROSPECTS

Top South Korean business leaders vowed to stop offering bribes amid concerns that a widening slush

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