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Feb. 28, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Orders for western German plant and machinery rose a real 2 percent in January from January 1993, ac

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

A maritime-union attorney said he expects a ruling within 60 to 90 days on a labor lawsuit seeking t

Brazil launches a new inflation index today, the second phase of Finance Minister Fernando Henrique

The European Union was close to agreeing on terms for Sweden and Finland to join its ranks next year

The United States was willing to accept a 75 percent reduction in Japanese lumber tariffs instead of

The U.S. investment firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. on Monday opened its first China office in Beijing.

ILL-TIMED FORUM OPENS ON MIDEAST PROSPECTSJERUSALEM - Israel, under the cloud of the

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's April 15 deadline for filing income taxes draws near once more.<

The Federal Maritime Commission's attempt to clarify the conditions under which it would challenge a

Feb. 28, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

INDONESIA PLANS TO LIFT SOY IMPORT BARRIERSSINGAPORE - Indonesia is expected to lift

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor warned Monday that the Clinton administration will act again

SYDNEY STRIKE CONTINUES AS ARBITRATION FAILSSYDNEY, Australia - Australian governmen

An on-site job training facility at the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is being developed by

France's unemployment rate in January stood at a seasonally adjusted 12.2 percent, unchanged from re

About 2 million workers in Romania went on a one-day strike Monday to protest lack of economic refor

The Supreme Court last week made it easier for litigants to file their maritime personal injury laws

The French state-owned shipping company Societe Nationale Corse Mediterranee (SNCM) has bowed to gov

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 227.45 off 0.93 which compares w

The Interstate Commerce Commission's contention that an undercharge claim is invalid if a bankrupt m

Faced with strong union opposition, the National Mediation Board has backed off from a decision to c

Senior officials from the Chicago Board of Trade applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's deci

CSX Corp.'s venture linking eastern North America with Mexico via a rail-water service across the Gu

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +2.622/22 96.22/23 96.32/24

China is confident it will be accepted back into the world's main trade body by 1995, declaring it h

NORTHWEST'S CHIEF TO GIVE BACK BONUSMINNEAPOLIS - The chief executive of Northwest A

Last week's death of a crane operator has raised questions of plant safety at ABC Rail Corp., a make

The Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement has had greater impact on Canada's chemcial industry than eit

Monday, Feb. 28, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

China will replace its foreign exchange swap centers with foreign exchange trading centers in Shangh

Top Asian airline executives agreed to combine forces to try to scrap longstanding agreements giving

Truck engine failures are a national problem caused by the new low-sulfur diesel mandated by the fed

The Federal Railroad Administration has shaken up the leadership of a safety office that organized l

A U.S. District Court judge here has delayed until March 22 a formal hearing into the challenge of t

Debt rescheduling for Niger and Senegal will top a relatively light two-day agenda when the Paris Cl

Say "Landstar" to a loading dock manager for most medium-sized companies in America and you are like

The U.K. seasonally adjusted narrow money supply measure rose 0.9 percent in February from January a

The Interstate Commerce Commission has officially reinstated motor carrier contract requirements it