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The financial services industry is in the midst of a sea change known as convergence.Converg

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

Hong Kong would need to build several new towns and spend $91 billion over the next decade to house

Bestfoods has asked the Supreme Court to review a U.S. Customs policy that forces the company to lab

Australian Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith Thursday outlined further reforms aimed at incre

Calling the performance of the U.S. economy in recent years ''truly phenomenal,'' Federal Reserve Ch

The Kenyan banking crisis, in which five banks collapsed last year, has caused a lot of soul searchi

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

Russia's rail shippers will not have to pay more to move their freight until at least the middle of

Bulk trucker Trimac Corp. has bought the consulting business of Service and Administrative Institute

After going nearly three years without a new contract, the union representing flight attendants at N

Three weeks ended April 24, 1999, vs. similar 1998 periodCARS CARSLOADED LOADED<

THURSDAY MAY 6, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

Anti-dumping action by U.S. steelmakers against Russian hot-rolled steel imports has caused U.S. inv

Sharon K. ''Cher'' Brooks, congressional and public affairs director of the Maritime Administration

Time - and time-definite services - have waited for no airline or forwarder.Nor will Cargo 2

L Fredericks, manager of the Commerce Department's Harlem Export Assistance Center, warns applicants

Three South Korean industrial companies have finalized a deal to combine their operations.Th

Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan's Taliban militia have agreed to reactivate a 895-mile natura

A Lloyd's of London underwriting syndicate will cover risks in the Balkans, regardless of the war ra

An Indian state-owned intermodal operator plans to set up 13 more inland container depots in the cou

It isn't just carriers that find themselves on opposite sides of the ''roadability'' issue, an issue

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May 4, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

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

The man accused by Taiwan police of creating a virus program that knocked out hundreds of thousands

Greece is expected to ''comfortably'' meet all the criteria for joining theEuropean economic and mon

794 (April 29, 1999) Previous - 783The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

The World Economic Forum's annual Mercosur Economic Summit begins here today, with a focus on streng

The World Trade Organization scheduled a meeting Tuesday seeking to choose a new director-general, f

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, a watchdog for the large conglomerates, said Tuesday that it is

P&O Ports, a division of P&O Australia Ltd., beat out three competitors to buy 49 percent of the sta

Please fax material on personnel changes, upcoming events, deaths and other items to the Transportat

The Port of Jacksonville stands to advance a $26 million harbor deepening project if President Clint

May 4, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from suppliers

The nation's two major western railroads on Tuesday delayed and rerouted dozens of cross-country fre

The Baltic freight futures market has continued to pull away from the 12-year low it hit at the begi

China's eventual entry into the World Trade Organization may bring United Parcel Service a windfall,