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Four foreign insurance firms received confirmation of their licenses for new China ventures last wee

Chile has decided to move the bidding process on some infrastructure projects ahead six months, Publ

The African Development Bank agreed to lend $287 million to help Morocco modernize its telecommunica

May 13, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HI

The Federal Open Market Committee is likely to adopt a tightening bias at Tuesday's meeting, but don

Knowledge and how a company manages it may determine how successful a firm is.Sound a little

Tornadoes that roared through Oklahoma and Kansas in early May destroyed property estimated to cost

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents have urged members of a House panel to cha

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New York Mercantile Exchange - May 12, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Dubai Ports Authority and a Saudi partner were awarded a 20-year contract to manage the southern con

If you build it, will they come?Transportation companies are spending thousands of dollars b

Not set for the net yet? Maybe it's time for you to take the plunge and join the emerging cybersurfi

Foreign insurers operating in China have called on the country's insurance watchdog to relax investm

May 12, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

May 13, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

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

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

The eight ship lines in the Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement decided on Thursday to raise rates i

Some U.S. senators doubted Thursday that Congress will approve the imposing of more than $600 millio

Customs is giving U.S. importers of textiles and apparel from Taiwan until the end of the month to c

Telefonica International of Spain and Tyco International Ltd. announced the joint development of a $

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsFeb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 10, 1998 - May 13, 1999 (a graph)*

Insurance companies underwriting cargo and tractor-trailer risks must attack two familiar villains o

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York has acquired Land Title & Survey.Land

Salvadoran energy regulators expect to complete the sale of majority shares in three thermal generat

ounterfeiting and its close corollary, product ''knock- offs,'' cost U.S. companies billions of do

For further information:These trade leads are supplied by WTCA On-Line, a service of the Wor

The European Union headed for a trade showdown with the United States after confirming it would not

U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin Thursday said his decision to leave the administration should n

FUTURES - May 12, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - May 11, 1999All life-of-contract

Customized Transportation Inc., the logistics subsidiary of CSX Corp., is building and will operate

May 13, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

South Korea's LG Group is viewed as the front-runner in the race to take over ailing Korea Life Insu

May 13, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

China will withdraw promised tax breaks if companies don't fulfill pledges to bring foreign capital

ver the past few years I have told you why your company has to be on the Internet in order to expand

Production of Russia's popular subcompact car, the Oka, suffered a serious setback recently when NAT

Sony Corp. said Thursday it would form a joint venture to lease personal computers and broadcasting