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A one-vessel ship line is challenging pillars of the New York and northern New Jersey waterfronts, s

Confirmation that South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. took a majority share in Germany's DSR Senator L

Lufthansa German Airlines' pilots have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, but flight attend

PANAMA CANAL FUTUREIS TOPIC OF CONFERENCEWASHINGTON - The future of the Panama Canal will be

1458 (Feb. 26, 1997) Previous day - 1460The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., which owns the British ports of Liverpool and Sheerness, reported a sm

The road to a bigger share of the heavy-truck market may be bumpier for Navistar Transportation Corp

Feb. 26, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 26, 1997 (a graph)*

White House delays in pressing for new trade negotiating powers are costing U.S. exporters to Chile

The coffee market has warmed up considerably in South Florida in the past year since last March.

The Clinton administration, under intense public pressure to end a policy that has shielded Indonesi

SUITS FILED TO BLOCKSALE OF GM DEFENSE UNITDETROIT - General Motors Corp. shareholders have

Japan will reject a U.S. demand for extension of the 1992 bilateral agreement on paper products trad

Mexican commerce officials have backed away from some tough labeling requirements that U.S. textiles

The best way to improve U.S. living standards is through a high-growth policy that expands trade, lo

''What a farce this certification issue is becoming.''

Under international pressure, Thailand is moving slowly to reform its child-labor practices.

Dozens of European companies are being investigated on suspicion they are breaking European Union la

EU, CENTRAL AMERICANLEADERS VOW CLOSER TIESTHE HAGUE - European and Central American foreign

''They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil,'' sang Frank Sinatra back in the 1940s. But that's n

Importers, beware: You're going to be shelling out more money this year for cocoa.A combinat

For Americans who consume an average of 11 1/2 pounds of chocolate every year, it's candy, not cargo

The loosening of government marketing regulations and the increasing move toward privatization in th

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 26, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Feb. 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 241.62 up 1.56 wh

Feb. 26, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Feb. 26, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 30

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

An outspoken opponent of the state's landmark electric deregulation bill signed into law last year w

Feb. 26, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Amoco Corp. and Shell Oil Co. have agreed to combine their operations in the historic Permian Basin

Wednesday Feb. 26, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 1.6millio

SUMITOMO CHAIRMANRESIGNS OVER COPPER LOSSTOKYO - The chairman of scandal-tainted Sumitomo Co

Enron Corp.'s move to sweeten the pot in its bid to acquire Portland General Corp., parent of Portla

Canadian pipeline companies are planning too much natural gas export capacity to the United States,

A proposal on the European Union's gas directive could be made to the European Commission's energy c