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FUJI TAKES ISSUE WITH KODAK COMPLAINTFuji Photo Film Co. issued a report Friday to counter a

REGIONAL BLOCS Poland 1995: Crossroad of Opportunities. June 19. New York. Contact:

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A dispute between Swedish seamen and shipowners escalated when the seamen's union refused arbitratio

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

HOUSE VOTE NEARS ON ALASKA OIL BILLWASHINGTON - Legislation repealing the ban on exp

The Group of 7's determination to support the dollar will be tested this week, and any signs of weak

A plan floated by European Commission President Jacques Santer to stabilize currency markets, by ext

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 21, '94 - June 16, '95 (a graph) (2

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the watchdog environmental agency created to parallel

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Airlines are trying to block a $1.27 billion project to extend Bay Area Rapid Transit to the San Fra

Despite continued strong traffic, Burlington Northern Railroad has offered buyouts to hundreds of ma

China on Friday issued a veiled but sharp warning of retaliation against the United States if Washin

For the week ended June 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The slowdown in domestic cargo markets is accelerating, according to two current indicators of freig

The U.S. sugar industry wants to replace domestic marketing allotments with a more reliable market-o

ICC SETS JULY 19 DATE FOR BN ORAL ARGUMENTSThe Interstate Commerce Commission has set July 1

A People item published in the May 17 edition of The Journal of Commerce on 2B should have stated th

MK Rail Corp. Friday reported losses for both the first quarter of 1995 and the full 1994 financial

Demand for used paper as a raw material in manufacturing paper and related products issoaring. The p

The Transportation Communications Union has formally requested to be releasedfrom mediation

Gold is being sought more than ever in several fast-growing Asian nations as rising incomes are stim

Germany's Preussag Energie, part of the industry and energy group Preussag, said Friday it will form

Of 21 Brazilian oil workers locals, 17 have voted to leave the issue of a new strike up to national

Heigh ho, heigh ho. Logs are still major export items for such U.S. Northwest ports as Longview, Tac

OPEC: OUTPUT TO FALL IN FORMER SOVIET UNIONBRUSSELS - Oil production in the former S

Canada could relax import rules for foreign feed grains, including barley, corn and wheat, in 1995-9

Recently, shipping rates for lumber and other wood going across the Atlantic have been almost as fla

High-stock levels, excess mining capacity, and diminishing market shares in traditional industrial m

Developers of the Kensington gold mine north of Juneau, Alaska, have improved their plans enough to

Indonesia said a fresh raft of production-sharing oil deals showed it was still attractive to foreig

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is moving toward disbursing the first funds under a multibillion-dollar

North American exports of forest products are so strong that all carriers, breakbulk as well as cont

Enron Corp.'s giant power project in India is expected to go forward despite setbacks following a ch

Friday June 16, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

KUWAIT TO ASK OPEC TO PUMP UP ITS QUOTABRUSSELS - Kuwait will ask the Organization o

The forest products industry is knocking on wood. The paper and pulp markets are booming aft

1997 (June 16, 1995) Previous day - 1990 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in