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Securities firms in Egypt will be required to carry professional malpractice insurance under a new p

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

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

The U.S. dollar plunged to a three-year low of 107.55 yen last Thursday, before the Bank of Japan su

The European Union's position on agriculture at the World Trade Organization's millennium round talk

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Is the Internet the great equalizer that will allow small, cash-strapped Latin American companies to

U.S. exports to the east coast of South America, after surging in July, have tapered off, and shippe

Poland's Treasury Ministry has confirmed that it has received two binding offers for a 30 percent st

American General will buy Financial Life Cos., the parent company of North Central Life Insurance Co

Argentine authorities are investigating the local unit of U.S. air-cargo carrier Federal Express Cor

Sept. 10, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 26

Sept. 10, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGU

Canada's new trade minister appeared ready last week to follow in his predecessor's footsteps, pledg

Despite a recent increase in political tensions, the two Koreas may work together in the maritime fi

The United States has only a few hundred troops left in Panama as it continues preparing to withdraw

German shippers are bracing for possible changes in federal policies as a new transport minister fro

Shippers, intermodal operators and freight forwarders in Germany are complaining about the national

September 10: 1107

Sept. 10, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

'They're going to pull up and start shooting. That's the way they do it.'

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 94.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is confident that the 20-year maritime infrastructure plannin

he presidents of major trans-Pacific shipping lines will meet in San Francisco on Oct. 1 to discuss

China Shipping Group, the rapidly expanding Chinese container line, said it will begin a service con

When Eckhard Kupfer was working as a salesman in New York City in the late 1960s, he had only one cl

With the stalwarts of the Latin American economy heading in opposite directions, politically charged

Three disabled workers, their benefits long ago cut off, have lived in a tent for six weeks outside

DSR-Senator Lines will appeal a ruling by the European Court of First Instance requiring the carrier

There are only a few spots in Latin America where the transshipment of international cargo is heavil

Sept. 10, 1999CURRENT: 1107 PREVIOUS DAY: 1086 The Baltic International Freight Futures

Sept. 9, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSESept. 1200.0 120

Independent truckers in the Southeast are mounting a new campaign to organize drivers at four ports

Sept. 9, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Brazil and its high-cost ports remain a major problem for ocean carriers and shippers.The na

For U.S. ports in the South Atlantic, the threat posed by the Freeport Container Port is rapidly bec

The bust-or-boom cycle for rail grain transportation peaked last month, but it remains to be seen wh