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Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn said industry sources are estimating insured property damage in

Homestake Mining Co. said Monday it is buying Argentina Gold Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, for

Mar. 8, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

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

Saudi Arabian and Iranian oil ministers said Monday that market surplus must be eliminated if oil pr

Royal Caribbean, the second-largest cruise-ship operator, will begin Internet ticket selling this ye

Chinese police have arrested about 20 pirates charged with killing 23 Chinese sailors and robbing a

Container line Mitsui O.S.K. Line (America) Inc. unveiled a Web site at http://www.mitsuiosk.com.

'I feel like they want to put me out of business.'

CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORTPresident Elliott Burnside announced several senior-level organiza

Brazilian financial authorities are readying to head out on a ''road show'' later this week to New Y

The elimination of the state's second-injury fund seemed more certain last week when the state Senat

Monday Mar. 8, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Mar. 8, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 186.53 up 1.28 whi

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ou know there's money to be made in a region when the world's biggest companies and scores of mom-a

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The South Korean government plans to sell Korea Life and Koomin Life in March and five other small l

Bonnie Green, a maritime industry consultant and former APL Ltd. executive, has joined the Maritime

Ireland's Enterprise and Trade Minister Mary Harney said Monday that Tellabs would create 200 new jo

Ghana has announced a package of incentives, including 100 percent exemption from income taxes on pr

Legislative machinery vital to Thailand's economic recovery still faces delays, with liberalized for

U.S. Customs is getting tough with importers claiming duty preferences under the North American Free

The European Union and the United States grappled over their banana dispute Monday in a World Trade

California state Treasurer Phil Angelides last week called for an independent audit into the Califor

Aon Corp. acquired Resource Financial Corp. of Dallas.Through its principal subsidiaries, Re

Having lobbied for several years on the advantages of natural gas, Royal Dutch/Shell now hopes it wi

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Mar. 5, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Mar. 5, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

FUTURES - Mar. 4, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 3, 1999All life-of-cont

Anthony Cangelosi is operating on a higher plane these days, thanks to his recent mastery of the ext

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

ichael Katz learned how to deal with customers from his mother.In 1944, in Allentown, Pa.,

ome of the world's densest forests are in the United States, but forest product companies here may h

Mar. 5, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HI

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U.S.-flag carriers on the Great Lakes hope to increase shipments to Canada again this year, riding w

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher gave a tepid review Friday of bilateral U.S.-Japanes