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Apr. 6, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

After battling back proposed rate increases for several years, Japanese shippers are bracing for hig

As the world's trading routes open up and a growing number of medium-sized U.S. firms jump on the "g

Ever watch a magician pour a pitcher of milk into a rolled up newspaper and make the liquid disappea

The dollar held steady Thursday after hitting an overnight low against the yen, but remained vulnera

MEXICO TIGHTENS BELT, RAISES GASOLINE PRICESMEXICO CITY - Gasoline prices increased

Apr. 6, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

The unemployment rate in Romania reached 10.9 percent on Wednesday, the Romanian Ministry of Labor a

Japan's 20-year reign as the world's leading shipbuilder is running into troubled waters. To

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Three months after the controversial deregulation of intrastate trucking, a lot of people in Califor

Seven countries bordering the Indian Ocean have begun formal efforts to forge a trade and economic g

Western Germany's consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in March from February, and was 2.3 percent

As of Apr. 6, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

The results of the Uruguay Round agreement on world trade liberalization are disappointing compared

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 236.32 up 0.95

NY'S RANGEL SEEKS CUBA SUGAR BILL HEARINGSWASHINGTON - New York Rep. Charles B. Rang

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A subsidiary of ITT Hartford Insurance Co. insured for almost $2.7 million the Fulton Fish Market bu

India is to open its insurance industry to foreign companies within the next 18 months, a leading As

Australian oil explorers are hopeful about the potential of the Timor Gap after three promising oil

BOEING CO. (Seattle) - Ray Waldmann was named vice president of international business forthe aircra

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, '94 - April 6, '95 (a graph) (2

Thursday, April 6, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Drought, pests and a severe shortage of fertilizer are bedeviling Chinese farmers as they begin thei

Apr. 6, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Thursday voted to reform product liability

U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by a provisional 0.3 percent in February from Ja

Workers were voting Thursday on an agreement to end a 7-day-old strike at General Motors Corp.'s tru

Nearly all of China's oil refineries were underutilized last year as planners tried to balance produ

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Meeting a longstanding industry demand, the government relaxed age limits for secondhand vessels bou

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GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - Ann Godette was named vice president of fina

Lloyd's of London will be able to do business in Japan starting in April 1996, if a draft insurance

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U.S. government officials said India's trade policy for this fiscal year offers "significant new opp

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A revolution is under way at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and no one is happ