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In a major step intended to improve the health of Japan's bad-loan-ridden banking sector, 15 major b

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 3, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

As of Mar 4, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

It may be painstakingly slow, but at least one expert says China is on the right track in developing

Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance of Nebraska rolled out an Internet sales effort for its annuities

Wilhelmsen Lines, the world's largest operator of roll-on, roll-off and car carrier services, has or

The Port of Hamburg is planning an ambitious marketing campaign for this year, the port said in a st

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A BP Amoco-led oil consortium working in Azerbaijan will close after test wells in its offshore cont

A California appellate court panel in Los Angeles on Tuesday voted 2-to-1 to affirm a $380 million p

An Internet-based system that tracks employee absenteeism can help management improve health care an

Mar. 3, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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

Stevens Air Transport has opened its first office in Canada.The facility, located in Mississ

Belgium, finally catching up with its European Union partners, has promised to institute long-awaite

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 1, 1998 - Mar. 3, 1999 (a graph)* A

A federal agency dealt a severe blow Tuesday to a Japanese supercomputer maker's legal war against t

The United States said it will review a new $1 billion Iran-Europe oil deal for violations of U.S. s

MSF, a white-collar union, attempted Wednesday to deliver a giant aspirin to Bank of England Governo

Natives in Quebec and Labrador are vowing to launch an international lobbying campaign to stop two h

The United States may be ready to reopen trade with Cuba after 2000, Commerce Secretary William Dale

The Bank of Japan flooded the Tokyo money market with reserves Wednesday, driving the overnight call

Mar. 3, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

FUTURES - Mar. 2, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 1, 1999All life-of-cont

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House action on two key trade measures - the Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Africa trade bill -

Navigational aids have been installed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to help ships av

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsNov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Au

U.S. companies operating in Mexico are clamoring for companies that can provide total logistics pack

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Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said a port

The cost of shipping your goods from Europe to Asia is about to climb as demand is picking up in Asi

The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.'s first Washington fly-in, ''RIMS on the Hill,'' will

The New York Department of Insurance is considering allowing life insurers to invest more than the 1

Jamaica charged both the United States and the European Union Wednesday with jeopardizing the global

Wednesday Mar. 3, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 2, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 184.46 up 0.29 wh

The ''millennium bug'' and its potential impact on the transportation industry will be the focus of