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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

Mar. 8, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

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

956 (Mar. 5, 1999) Previous day - 967The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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

Bottlenecks at Ukraine's three major grain-handling ports have worsened and now threaten to reduce t

ustoms automation will dominate the conversations this week at the annual meeting of the National Cu

More than a year after they expected railroad competition to start, shippers in Mexico are still wai

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 4, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 185.25 up 1.20 w

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

Despite a disap- pointing set- back last Novem- ber at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation foru

he announcement last November that paper and pulp giants International Paper and Union Camp would me

This year exports are expected to help the U.S. paper and allied products industry rebound in the

fter months of wrangling, freight forwarders and manufacturers are still fighting over who will be l

The French export insurer known as Coface has opened subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Tokyo, making it

The federal government would help states prepare for natural disasters through a bill the House pass

A key House committee working on legislation to replace the Harbor Maintenance Tax said it will cons

It was just a few scant months ago that Canadian energy executives, whose companies pumped out large

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 4, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mar. 4, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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

he lines defining customs brokers, ocean forwarders and air forwarders have been blurring for years.

Establishing a good sales office in Beijing and finding and supplying the strongest niche needs o

Anybody can go through life keeping a low profile.What's unusual about the new director of t

growing number of smaller freight forwarders are spending thousands of dollars each to train employe

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Mar. 5: 956

'A shortage of logistics infrastructure is still a major problem in Mexico.'

The European Commission's recent dawn raids on eight major eurozone banks have so far given no concl

Germany's planned ''ecotax'' on fuel and other forms of energy would increase the cost of doing busi