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While freight-rate discounting is roundly reviled as a possibly fatal disease for the trucking indus

International Petroleum Exchange July 8, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

NM MINE WORKERS APPROVE LABOR PACTUnion workers at Phelps Dodge Corp.'s mine at Chino, N.M.,

The Marine Society of the City of New York will hear Capt. Brian Hope of ''Project Liberty Ship" dis

French docks will be crippled again this weekend by a 48-hour dockworkers' strike to protest the sta

A group of Cuban American entrepreneurs from Miami are visiting Cuba to study the nation's economy a

California trade interests are pressing state officials to become more involved in lobbying to becom

PERFORMANCE: While total annual sales hovered between $19 million and $23 million, Washex

The Arab Monetary Fund has completed a study on gulf stock markets with the aim of upgrading dealing

Gasoline inventories fell 3.1 million barrels in the week ended July 7 compared with the previous we

1393 (July 8, 1993) Previous day - 1410 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Commercial insurance companies expect losses approaching $250 million stemmingfrom Mississip

Canadian miners say "green" government rulings at home are forcing them to pack up their drills and

As of July 8, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

July 8, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Thursday, July 8, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The International Energy Agency estimated that crude oil production in the former Soviet Union in 19

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

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

The 1993 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award will be presented by the United Seamen's Service (USS) to Se

Thursday July 8, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

This week's announcement in Tokyo of a "breakthrough" in the Uruguay Round trade liberalization talk

U.S. agricultural exporters are paying an estimated 18 percent more in ocean transport costs than th

The U.S. dollar rose against the yen Thursday, but fell slightly against the deutsche mark.

From his office in a secluded plant in the Laurentian mountains, Naji Barsoumdrew a 200-mile

The Teamsters union, rattled by last month's shutdown of a large New England trucking firm that resu

Columbus Line Inc. said here that it presented Capt. Klaus H. Halstrick, master of the Navicana cont

Several industry members will testify on behalf of multiple-year reinsurance contracts before a Fina

A major shipping conference, facing antitrust action by the European Community Commission, Thursday

Florida Power & Light Co.'s allowable profit was reduced by roughly $50 million this week by state u

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has issued two decrees on the first stage of privatization of Norils

The state legislature adjourned Thursday apparently without acting on a proposed bill to increase by

CALIFORNIA WORLD TRADE COMMISSION (Sacramento) - Gov. Pete Wilson appointed Roger J. Baccigaluppi of

Apple Computer Inc.'s decision to pare 2,500 from its payroll will have little effect on its efforts

A European Community energy charter treaty is needed before the end of this year to get foreign inve

July 8, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

CALIFORNIA TO LIQUIDATE CAL-AMERICAN INSURANCECalifornia insurance regulators will o

Carolina Freight Corp. reported a second-quarter loss of $548,000 on revenue of $196.7 million.<

It could take 30 more years before Russia is able to enjoy an effective legal system that governs tr

A story on Page 3B in the June 23 edition concerning R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem, N.C