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U.S. business groups are backing a White House strategy to lobby Congress for China's admission to t

China and the United States signed several commercial agreements during the first full day of U.S. C

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 26, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 192.74 up 1.57 whi

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An advocacy group for seafarers is petitioning the United Nations to help free four gravely ill Ukra

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsDec. Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug.

Health insurers, pharmacists and consumer groups have pushed for a greater use of generic drugs for

Japan's troubled Mitsubishi Motors Corp. may form a capital tie with a foreign manufacturer, the com

Companies that insure the aviation industry should not worry about the Year 2000 computer bug causin

El Al Airlines' cargo division is about to deal with some new competition and a very old problem.

A boarding pass for the Titanic is listed as the top item at an auction scheduled on the 87th annive

The Export-Import Bank of Japan approved funds for Indonesia and Thailand under the $30 billion Miya

The EU Commission Monday approved the proposed takeover of Sweden's Volvo Car Corp.'s passenger car

With the help of U.S. technology, power-hungry Vietnam has begun construction of the first of two th

The Journal of Commerce/Bridge Transportation Index fell last week.Each of the seven sectors

European transport ministers, against the backdrop of increasing trade tensions with the United Stat

Efforts by the Port of New York and New Jersey to capture the North Atlantic container hub planned b

Several U.S. analysts said they see the potential combination of BP Amoco and Atlantic Richfield Co.

FUTURES - Mar. 26, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 25, 1999All life-of-contrac

Who says you can't do anything about the weather?Insurance companies can't change the weathe

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

Responding to concerns from the insurance industry, the Russian government has decided not to give s

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

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plans to invest $57 million to exapnd its Canadian passenger tire plant i

Russia appears to be nearing key decisions that would allow it to receive 250,000 metric tons of mea

March 29, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

March 29, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Would fire ants make it to California? Fresno County Agriculture Department entomologist Norman Smit

March 29, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of March 29, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

As the state of its finances becomes ever gloomier, Korea Life Insurance Co., the country's third-la

In a new survey of Y2K preparedness, 253 of 984 insurance companies have made inadequate progress, a

KITTY HAWK INC. appointed Raymond J. Lawlor vice president of international sales for its American I

he regional business development manager for express operator DHL in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, E.B. Bu

The election of a new leader for the World Trade Organization is considered too close to call.

FUTURES - Mar. 25, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 24, 1999All life-of-contrac