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International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 26, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mar. 1, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board will be among the issues before the Senate's Sur

he following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curren

Sri Lanka's export growth slowed sharply last year as tea prices fell on the back of the Russian rub

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

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., will reintroduce a cargo theft deterrence bill as soon as he can fi

ruckers plagued by deadbeat forwarders and shippers may find a solution to their cash-flow headaches

The number of U.S. property/casualty insurer insolvencies dropped to eight in 1998, from 24 in 1997,

Mar. 1, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

Independent Container Line Ltd. has introduced a ship called the ''Independent Action'' on its weekl

Crowley Maritime Corp.John Calvin was named director of business planning for this Oakland,

U.S. and Brazilian negotiators traded concessions at a maritime summit meeting in Brazil late last w

hen an estimated 450 air freight forwarders and pick-up and delivery truckers roll into Las Vegas

Towne Air Freight says it is driving hard to keep its customers' freight secure.The South Be

o much for a leisurely retirement.Gary ''Duke'' Downey, former chief executive of Towne Air

A man who claimed he was fired from a bank vice president's job because he was only 25 years old has

Japan's Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of the United States for

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

Mar. 1, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

FUTURES - Feb. 26, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Feb. 25, 1999All life-of-co

As of Mar 1, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

West Marine Inc. named Patrick J. Murphy senior vice president of distribution and logistics.

Allianz, the largest insurer in Europe, has threatened to move out of the country if the government

PennCorp Financial Group will sell its United Life and other insurance units to ING America Insuranc

Feb. 24, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hi

'It is the Germans who always were viewed as the anchor to stability.'

Japan should embark on a ''reflation'' policy to ease the recession plaguing the country, senior Int

Corruption at Thailand's Port of Klong Toey, located in a corner of this capital city notorious for

Thailand is expecting better economic and export growth in 1999 after a dismal 1998, senior official

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

W hether you call them export processing zones, industrial parks, special economic zones or foreig

CF Mexico, a subsidiary of Consolidated Freightways, is the first consolidated freight hauler to bec

Feb. 25, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The European Union has signaled it will not join U.S.-led efforts to remove by December tariffs on e

U.S. disk drive maker Seagate Technology Inc. said it would invest more in Asia and continue to use

Italy continues to confound the critics and the cynics.The country is rapidly shedding its m

For the bustling ports of the northern Mediterranean - Barcelona, Marseilles-Fos, France, Genoa and

Seeking to finance the California Insurance Department's stepped-up efforts to curb insurance fraud,

Economic growth, deregulation and falling tariff and other trade barriers are making European countr