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The start of trading Thursday of Mexican treasury bills on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearly co

For shippers and air freight forwarders, relief is arriving from cargo fuel surcharges imposed last

Stanford A. Erickson, who has held a number of top jobs at The Journal of Commerce over the past dec

European Union finance ministers and central bankers Saturday will discuss the mechanics of launchin

Albert Herberger is ready to sail off into the sunset.The retired Navy vice admiral, who hel

CHINA REINS IN FEESON FOREIGN INVESTORSBEIJING - China's capital city has introduced a ''car

Officials of the biggest oil project in the Caspian Sea said this week that Russia's new schedule fo

A new California-based airline is one of a small field of start-ups willing to brave the head winds

U.S. and European Union negotiators are trying to avert another trans-Atlantic trade brawl tied to t

In its first submission to a World Trade Organization dispute panel Japan on Thursday dismissed as c

The European Union is facing competing pressure from consumer and industry lobbies as it prepares fo

Cuba's conflicting signals about how deeply and quickly it will expand the small opening to private

They help run Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the United States, conveyer belts at beer-making plants

''We don't wish to contribute to a repetition of the Heaven's Gate deaths.''

MYANMAR SAYS EU MOVEWON'T HURT ITS ECONOMYYANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar on Thursday dismissed a

The head of the North Atlantic ocean liner cartel Thursday came out in support of a federal probe of

OFFERS TO BUY* GILLETTE PRODUCTS. Gillette Sensor I and/or II packed in five pieces per pack

BOMBARDIER SET TO BUILDJET COMPLETION CENTERMONTREAL - Bombardier Aerospace announced plans

It's snowing heavily in Duluth as I write this. The snowplows and sanding trucks are out there doing

Landstar Poole Inc. has a new president and an old strategy - cutting back on the size of the fleet

Ending a two-year slide in North Atlantic market share, container traffic was up at the East Coast's

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

An investigation into the fire that badly damaged the tunnel between England and France last year fo

A harbor pilot who fled to the bathroom minutes before his ship smashed into a crane at the Port of

SAILOR HAS SURGERYAFTER AIRCRAFT MISHAPSYDNEY - A sailor from the U.S. aircraft carrier Inde

The Port of Tacoma, Wash., will open the millennium on a high note after approving a 30-year lease t

Heeding the pleas of Midwest rail shippers for dependable long-term rail service, the Surface Transp

AIRGROUP OPENS FACILITIESIN TEXAS, OKLAHOMABELLEVUE, Wash. - Airgroup Express announced the

Here we go again. Unless some people change their myopic views soon, railroads and motor carriers wi

WORLD BANK: VIETNAMMUST BOLSTER ECONOMYHANOI - Vietnam needs to build up its financial secto

Importers and retailers here are lashing out at Mexican Commerce officials over new product labeling

A reversal of government aviation policy quashed one joint venture and imperils another involving a

Government finance chiefs will focus on infrastructure development at a meeting in the central Phili

1481 (April 3, 1997) Previous day - 1493The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GERMAN GROUP BUYSSTAKE IN LATVIA OIL FIRMHAMBURG - A consortium of Germany's major gas suppl

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

April 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1102 (April 3, 1997) Previous day - 1107The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 244.08 off 1.75

As of April 3, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su