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Mar. 19, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unlea

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

Three weeks ended Mar. 13, 1999, vs. similar 1998 periodCARS CARSLOADED LOADED

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has been sued in Florida by 42 residents who say the insurer engaged

Ford India Ltd. will launch a car later this year specifically targeting the Indian market, Ford Mot

The nation's top computer makers urged President Clinton to back new reductions in export limits for

How do you tie together a business that produces and sells hundreds of thousands of high-tech, t

China Airlines said 10 main computer systems have been checked and revamped to accept the year 2000

GeoLogistics Corp. has signed an alliance deal with Lufthansa Cargo AG.Under the deal, GeoLo

Florida Democratic Senator Bob Graham is launching a federal task force to study port-related crime

AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications PLC are in final negotiations to buy a combined 30 percent

982 (Mar. 19, 1999) Previous day - 987The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

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

The Insurance Institute of America has published a text book, ''Insurance Uses of Technology,'' and

The Clinton administration hasn't submitted its proposal to replace the harbor maintenance tax to Co

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 22, 1998 - Mar. 19, 1999 (a graph)*

Canadian air cargo carriers are getting ready to implement surcharges to recover air navigation serv

New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, on a visit to the Argentine capital, told reporters that she

Viktor Gerashchenko, chairman of Russia's Central Bank, said Friday he expected about 1,000 regional

Daniel Novakovich, supervisor of project transportation for Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will be th

Columbus Line, through its South Seas Steamship Line unit, is expanding its capacity in the trade be

Brazilian lawmakers finally approved a controversial tax on financial transactions last week, cleari

In theory, Marseilles should be speeding ahead in the Mediterranean port race. In practice, it is in

Europe's steelmakers fear protectionism is behind last week's vote by the U.S. House of Representati

Mar. 19 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

U.S. Customs is proposing that vessel equipment off-loaded for repair at a U.S. port and then return

Inchcape Shipping Services, the largest ship agency, said its software is fully compliant with Year

The Clinton administration has been ordered by a federal judge to take action against illegal drift-

The Confederation of European Iron and Steel Industries, known as Eurofer, has filed a dumping compl

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 187.56 off 0.87

FUTURES - Mar. 18, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 17, 1999All life-of-con

France's transport industry has discovered there is no safe hiding place from the forces of deregula

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U.S. farm product exporters fear they could lose their marketing advantage with Mexico if free trade

U.S. manufacturers charge that the Customs Service, in recent months, has practically flung open Ame

Friday Mar. 19, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The board of Japanese vehicle manufacturer Nissan will examine French carmaker Renault's merger offe

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The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

'You can have strong priority for national security and still deal with China.'