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1617.0 (April 5, 1988) Previous day - 1617.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Price of Mexican Oil To Far East DropsThe price of Mexican oil destined for the Far East fel

Shipping companies in Taiwan may be looking at smaller profits this year as the effects of the sharp

In a tenuous step toward deregulation, the Japanese Finance Ministry is reviewing the 50-year-old la

Isuzu Truck of America Inc. said that Budget Rent a Truck of Chicago has purchased 500 Isuzu diesel

The Brookings Institution today is publishing a two-volume study on economic interactions among nati

Tue., April 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 1.65

Japan's trade minister told U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield on Tuesday that the Reagan administration

For a U.S. employer who measures his labor cost in dollars, Mexico was the cheapest country last yea

AIR CARGO The cost of flying cargo to Africa and the Middle East is going up. 1ABurlington

-A-B-C-D- Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 1AAir France 10BAir New Zealand 10B

Two U.S. life insurers won bids to set up operations in Taiwan as part of an agreement between the t

Japanese teen-agers may not have noticed, but they've been eating fresher M&Ms since the stock marke

TOP STORIES: Trans-Pacific trade has grown at a phenomenal pace during the past two decades,

Novell's R. Noorda Named to ALPS BoardRaymond J. Noorda was named to the board of Automated

Borg-Warner Hikes ABS PricesPARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Borg-Warner Chemicals Inc. is increasing li

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale of three supertankers to Belmont VLCC, Boston, for

The Interstate Commerce Commission said it will allow Burlington Northern Inc. to sell its five mid-

Michigan insurance agents voiced opposition Thursday to proposed administrative rules that would op

Medical malpractice insurance companies should be required to hire hospital monitors to police the d

U.K. base lending rates probably will be cut by 0.5 percentage point to 8.0 percent if sterling rall

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The United States is going deeper and deeper into debt to the rest of the world despite recent progr

U.S. companies soon will have access to a new computer database offering information about millions

The Jamaican government and U.S. and Asian investors in the Kingston Free Zone are arguing over work

The Port of New York and New Jersey will turn its attention to exports in 1988 after earning a reput

U.S. and Brazilian sources are offering conflicting accounts of the temporary arrangements they've m

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Cashman Marine Works employees are a puzzled why a 1908 former Baltic sailing trader, raised from th

A U.S. Postal Service official says shipping all government mail on U.S. vessels could result in hig

The head of Crowley Maritime Corp.'s Alaskan sea-lift operations was awarded the Thomas Crowley trop

Ocean Transport & Trading PLC, the shipping and distribution group, announced a 29 percent rise in i

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Michael K. White was named chairman and chief executive at t

The Illinois Insurance Exchange reported gross premiums of $13.7 million in February, down nearly 30

Federal Reserve Board Governor Wayne Angell said Tuesday that he is uphappy that the nation's money

Taiwan Firm to Get Austrian TechnologyWEST CALDWELL, N.J. - Evergreen Superior Alloys Corp.

Japan will attempt to widen foreign access to its agricultural market while also securing basic dome

Japanese automakers have fallen short of their government's 2.3 million quota on car exports to the

The National Association of Realtors said today its housing affordability index fell slightly to 113