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The bulk shipping boom that is catapulting ocean freight rates to new highs almost daily hasn't peak

Signaling growing alarm at rocketing grain prices that are fueling inflation, China is banning rice-

The article headlined "NAIC Considers Sanctions to Try to Break NY Impasse," which appeared on Page

BRAZIL'S ESPIRITO SANTO SEES COFFEE CROP LOSSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's state of E

For a country where even getting hold of money was a problem for long periods, China has taken with

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has drawn the ire of leaders of the Chicago Board of Trade

Consolidated Freightways Inc. said net income for common shareholders in the third quarter, before a

As of Oct. 25, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

In a move designed to gain more control over its Mexican operations, Burlington Air Express has spli

The Port of Brownsville, the closest Texas seaport to Mexico, is expected to ratify a transfer agree

The fire that killed at least 20 people aboard a South Korean sightseeing boat spread so quickly tha

Japan's sluggish economy is being rocked by a loan problem more painful than widely acknowledged, tw

The following taxes are in force in Belarus: 1. A 20 percent value-added tax is paid by comp

Oct. 25, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Algeria wants to increase its oil output to 1 million barrels a day from about 750,000 barrels a day

When they attend a summit of Pacific Rim leaders in Indonesia next month, U.S. trade representatives

Ashland Oil Inc. refined its profit margins in the last fiscal year, reporting its best results sinc

1871 (Oct. 25, 1994) Previous day - 1866 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is scrapping most of its aging fleet of breakbulk freighters by July 1995

The main mission of the Export-Import Bank of Japan's office in Mexico is to provide strategic fundi

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified four sites in West Maui for a second commercial harb

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Inside the Washington Beltway, even the most dramatic firings are painted as orderly, voluntary resi

Two Indonesian companies run by children of the country's president have won contracts for container

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement will announce, possibly this week, a general rate increase

Singapore has urged Asian airlines to liberalize their air traffic rights to maintain the region's g

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +16.5610/18 107.410/19 107.510

Air Express International, in a move to strengthen its position in Germany, has acquired Kern Intern

Illinois Central Corp. and Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. called off their planned $1.6 billio

For the week ended Oct. 15, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Shippers in the Midwest overwhelmingly prefer using short-line railroads to Class 1 railroads, accor

CARGOLUX STARTS SERVICE BETWEEN ICELAND, CONN.WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. - Cargolux Airlines Inter

The competition to elect a chief to oversee global trade has hardened into three regional camps - th

Japan's government is scheduled today to formally ratify a $60 billion, six- year farm aid package d

Jordan could emerge a major trade and transportation hub in the Middle East as a resultof the peace

Monday, Oct. 24, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r