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China says it will accelerate work on a $2.3 billion oil pipeline linking its western areas with nei

May 24, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The Village of Rosemont, Ill., and Allstate Corp. have announced that the Rosemont Horizon will be r

The future of the cargo division at Brazil's largest airline, Varig, is in doubt as the company unde

n the old days, say pre-1990, it used to be pretty simple to insure the liability of warehouse opera

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

India is planning to appeal a ruling by a World Trade Organization panel that said New Delhi's quant

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 21, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per to

FUTURES - May 21, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - May 20, 1999All life-of-contract

Taikang Life Insurance Co. said it became the first insurer in China to win an AA rating from an app

rucial improvements at New York area airports are stuck in a holding pattern, waiting for clearance

'We are not prepared to say the steel crisis is over by any stretch.'

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index is a growth indicator as well as a leading indicator

The official gazette of the Russian government has published a government ruling setting a 45 percen

Monday May 24, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

May 24, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from suppliers

Mercury Air Cargo, a ground-handling company, was misidentified in an article headlined ''Fiji's Air

hose strawberries sitting in your refrigerator may soon be enjoying a longer life.That's the

It is dawn on the Staten Island waterfront.The men standing on the clean, modern pier carry

Water levels that have sunk to 30-year lows in some parts of the St. Lawrence Seaway are forcing oce

Cuba warned that a trademark dispute with the United States could turn into a trade war that threate

Companies in the crisis-stricken economies of Asia are recovering more quickly than expected, but in

The first Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co. vessel in the liner company's new Pacific service arrive

An article that appeared on Page 1B on May 3 under the headline ''P&O Nedlloyd charts a fast course'

Roadway Express Inc. is introducing guaranteed, time-specific delivery for customers that use its st

Gasoline prices dropped 1.57 cents per gallon nationwide since May 7 to end a 2 1/2-month run-up in

Trans-World Group, a global conglomerate in metals trading and commodities, won a jurisdiction case

May 24, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

1043 (May 24, 1999) Previous day _1061The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

The quest for new business in the brutally competitive world of marine terminal operations has drive

President Daniel Moi of Kenya said here Monday that Kenya will switch trade from South Africa to mem

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 24, 1998 - May 24, 1999 (a graph)*

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

Nationsway Transport Service Inc., the venerable regional hauler of consolidated freight, has closed

A closely watched dispute over union representation of Union Pacific Railroad train crews will be th

German utility Viag AG on Thursday announced it had sold its 30.3 percent stake in Swiss-based freig

May 21, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

Beijing University economist Xiao Zhuoji has called for China's insurance firms to be allowed to inv

May 20, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o