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An International Monetary Fund loan of $4.8 billion went mostly to well-connected banks, and wasn't

Russian officials shrugged off suggestions on Wednesday that the Y2K computer bug could plunge the v

Australian unions on Wednesday appeared ready to end their bans against Indonesian trade as the Unit

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots $1,500-$1,600 per ton lots & in warehouse

A shipper at a U.S. trade mission in Oslo this summer had St. Lawrence Seaway officials shaking thei

The pilots of an Argentine flight that crashed in Buenos Aires two weeks ago killing 67 people were

Sept. 15, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

China will increase deficit spending in the next year to help pull the economy out of its deflationa

The Caribbean and Fiji delegates at a 17-nation African, Caribbean and Pacific sugar producers confe

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The trade leads are

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

British truckers are traveling hundreds of miles to mainland Europe - to fuel up.The gap bet

India defended the readiness of its key economic sectors for the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problem on

The European Commission on Wednesday announced its approval of a joint venture between Pratt & Whitn

Beleaguered Korea Life Insurance Co. has been declared insolvent and ordered to retire all its exist

Britain's unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in August, a 19-year low, according to government

'We're not just two countries side by side. We are economically integrated.'

US Airways Group said it would have no profit in the third quarter, falling far short of Wall Street

Germany's Eurokai KG has agreed to acquire a majority share of Contship Italia SpA, which owns sever

Sept. 15, 1999CURRENT: 1161 PREVIOUS DAY: 1143 The Baltic International Freight Futures

As health-care costs continue to rise, companies are having a harder time affording health insurance

DuPont Co., the largest U.S. chemical company, said Wednesday it was canceling or delaying more than

The owner of a tanker that fouled the Southern California coastwith a massive oil spill in 1990 has

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd AG, one of Europe's leading transport and tourism companies over the last quar

Property and casualty insurers say they are much better prepared for HurricaneFloyd than they were f

using joc chemical pricesMonday: Botanicals-Spices, Balsams-Gums, Waxes, Naval Stores.<

When Hartmut Mehdorn takes control of Germany's Deutsche Bahn AG on Jan. 1, he is likely to try to s

American Airlines said it was cutting some of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day flights because of l

Econocaribe Consolidators Inc. has relocated its New Jersey operations.The new address is 12

Companies based in member countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation will benefit from lower

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics on Thursday will host an open house at its expanded air cargo terminal

Sept. 14, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSESept. -- -

South Atlantic states were bracing for a direct hit from Hurricane Floyd, as the powerful storm cont

Hong Kong, known for its agility in trade and entrepreneurship, is stumbling over the next stage of

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The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service is adding Mexico to the list of countries eligible to ex

Chinese Internet companies were scrambling for answers on Wednesday after a government minister said

Sept. 15, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 26

Route Size Timecharter trip Weight $ DailyNo. 1 43,000 Contine

The eight-carrier Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement will add a surcharge to service contracts and