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967 (Mar. 4, 1999) Previous day - 975The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

The Hong Kong government proposed a $1.67 billion ''cyberport'' project that it said will provide th

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 3, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision this week ruled that workers comp insurers cannot be sued

Chile's 24 general insurance companies, not including reinsurers, saw profit rise 99.44 percent in 1

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Feb. 1999 (see Note 1

he closer relationships that shippers and carriers hope to forge under deregulation will begin next

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

More than 80 percent of Hong Kong's gross domestic product arises from the service sector. But with

he Department of Commerce knows the Internet has become the primary tool for international trade. I

An eminent domain statute passed this week by the South Dakota Legislature has prompted the Dakota,

European nonchalance toward its new currency, combined with sputtering economic growth on the Contin

Americana Ships, in an effort to strengthen its container service between North and South America, w

FUTURES - Mar. 3, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 2, 1999All life-of-cont

Philippine Trade and Industry Minister Jose Pardo sought to allay fears of capital flight after pers

China's eastern Shandong province is experiencing its worst dry spell of the century, affecting 2.1

Taiwan's Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine is tracking down the possible s

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 184.05 off 0.41

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Shippers soon could be paying more to move their goods northbound between the east coasts of the Uni

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsDEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SE

A standoff between two camps over whether the information in air cargo manifests should be disclosed

The United States is standing by its demand that China's bid for accession to the World Trade Organi

Americans sit on, eat at and otherwise use one-third of all the furniture produced in Malaysia, whos

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. and 567 employees who operate, maintain and supervise the w

Steelmaking capacity in emerging economies is projected to reach 504.9 million tons per year in 2000

Mar. 4, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Annual inflation for the 11 euro zone countries was 0.8 percent in January, unchanged from December

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Mergers & acquisitions within the insurance industry rose to a record 565 transactions in 1998, shat

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 1, 1998 - Mar. 4, 1999 (a graph)* A

ew U.S. trade sanctions levied against Europe on Wednesday have made importers of European goods fea

A towboat pilot union's long voyage to bargaining power is growing even longer after employees at a

Egypt's chief negotiator in trade talks with the European Union will visit Brussels Sunday in an eff

The Hong Kong government will increase its spending on electronic commerce to retain the territory's

The normally smooth trans-Atlantic commerce between Europe and the United States - possibly the worl

A federal judge here this week sentenced former San Francisco police officer William Parenti to an e

After a delay of several months, a joint venture of Royal Dutch/Shell and Britain's Cairn Energy PLC

Japan, whose economy was the envy and fear of the world 10 years ago, is on the brink of an indefini