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WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Pakistan has called on wealthy textile and clothing importing countries, such as the United States,

Mexico registered a trade deficit of $284 million for February, down from a preliminary government f

Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, unveiled more banking reforms to strengthen the secto

Phoenix Home Mutual Life Co. said it would buy New London rust, a unit of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says the crisis in Kosovo may delay action on reform.

854 (April 14, 1999) Previous day - 856The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

A European Commission inspection team is in Britain to check whether the the country is meeting the

While political infighting continues to hamper the Port of New York and New Jersey's bid for a North

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry paid an estimated $1.9 billion to homeowners and busin

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

Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji launched a broad attack on U.S. perceptions of the trade deficit w

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

Freight rates in the booming Asia-to-Europe ocean trade will rise $300 per 20-foot container and $60

as of April 13, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Indonesia's foreign reserves stood at $15.8 billion as of March 31, up $1.4 billion from the previou

A U.S. company is among four finalists up for a minority stake in a soon-to-be privatized port in In

South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy said Tuesday the government will repay $3.7 billion in

The United States and members of South America's Mercosur trade bloc met Monday to form a common str

Managers at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport are holding firm on charges, which many cargo carri

The U.S. Department of Defense announced an unusually large tender for jet fuel amid its ongoing air

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYALUMINUM INGOTS_ $1,500-$1,600per to

t looks as if companies will face a revised ISO 9000 international quality assurance standard some

U.S. imports from industrialized and longstanding trading partners have a good record of complying w

The European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of British insurer Guardian Royal Exchange

The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that considerable economic and political risks lie ah

Global port operator Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd. faces a serious roadblock in its bid to buy into R

The trans-Pacific trade lanes are about to get a new player.Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement

FUTURES - April 12, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 9, 1999All life-of-contra

Roadway Express Inc. said first-quarter net income increased 20 percent to $7.9 million, or 42 cents

April 13, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead P

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 188.54 off 1.21 wh

U.S. companies whose employees travel overseas with professional tools and hardware that they bring

Iran has asked the World Trade Organization to resume membership negotiations that have been on hold

NORTH AMERICAInternational Fresh-cut Produce Association. April 15-17. Tampa, Fla. 12th annu

It may be a contradiction, but the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation produces one of the world's m

Y2K-related local and regionwide power outages at the dawn of the new year could result in costly pr

Trans-Pacific importers and container lines, mindful of the congestion that strangled the ports of L

ICSA Inc., the Internet security arm of analyst Gartner Group, will host a symposium for insurance p