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Officials at the northern Port of Tianjin said Thursday that a new petrochemical wharf has started o

Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. has moved its corporate headquarters from Manhattan to its own build

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

764 (Mar. 25, 1999) Previous - 760The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays p

Albert S. Jacquez, administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., announced that nine

Ted Prince, the former chief operating officer of ''K'' Line America Inc. and now a transportation c

European Union leaders inched closer to an agreement Thursday on a landmark budget deal that would p

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March 25, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

U.S. exporters won another battle in their fight to change a proposed United Nations agreement that

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle on Wednesday said Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott has prom

The Federal Maritime Commission has ordered the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement carriers to pro

Seek and you shall find.That was the philosophy of more than two dozen small business ow

The ocean trade lane connecting the east coasts of the United States and South America is beginning

Indonesia is moving to break the oil and gas monopoly held by state-owned Pertamina, with hopes of c

Thursday March 25, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. and Canadian natural gas producers have agreed on a landmark toll system

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

As bombs fell on Yugoslavia for a second day, analysts warned that relations with Russia could suffe

Morocco's former Trade Minister Hassan Abouyoub has withdrawn his candidacy to lead the World Trade

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 22, 1998 - Mar. 25, 1999 (a graph)*

Senior House transportation lawmakers from President Clinton's own party have rejected the administr

More than six years after the creation of a single European market, trucking stands alone as the las

A lawyer quoted in ''Exporters appeal ruling that reduces harbor tax refunds'' (March 25, Page 10A)

FUTURES - Mar. 24, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 23, 1999All life-of-contrac

Higher-value, consumer-ready food items are the big growth area for U.S. exporters of agricultural p

Mar. 24, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

'If growth does happen, it will be short-lived.'

Mexico registered a preliminary February trade deficit of $362 million, the lowest in nine months.

A World Trade Organization panel found that the payment of grants by Australia to its automotive lea

Groups concerned with seafarers' welfare have arranged for a dozen rooms at a Brooklyn YMCA to be ma

Emery Worldwide is adding 30 cities in 13 European countries to its international guaranteed service

Euroatlantic Container Line will enter the trade connecting the U.S. East Coast and the west coast o

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has agreed to acquire the ongoing reinsurance business of Ves

The government of Samara, in Russia's Volga River region, is angry at a group of western investors l

Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex this week declared force majeure on term oil contracts with s

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 24, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of March 25, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Econocaribe Consolidators Inc. will launch direct, all-water weekly service to Kingston, Jamaica, ne

Poland and Israel have agreed to open their markets to imports of Argentine beef, given the ending o