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Wednesday Feb. 24, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

To learn what's happening in the fast-changing world of insurance, 24 hours a day,vsit The Journal o

The U.N. Development Program and Dun & Bradstreet have introduced the first global commodity code st

General Motors Corp. will cease production of its Opel and Vauxhall Sintra minivans, built in the Un

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

The Mississippi River barging operations of Japanese-owned Consolidated Grain & Barge Co., a large,

Singapore's Sembawang Marine & Logistics Ltd., having already shed several divisions, is quitting th

Ogden Corp. which has ties to the entertainment, airline food and fuel services industry, this week

Feb. 24, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Tempest Reinsurance Co., a subsidiary of ACE Ltd., has completed its first reinsurance contract to p

A Senate report on the Year 2000 computer problem warns a number of foreign countries and U.S. econo

As Nigeria moves closer to civilian rule with Saturday's presidential elections, a member of Congres

The International Finance Corp. has agreed to a debt restructuring plan for Thai Petrochemical Indus

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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. plans to buy Calfarm Insurance Co. from Zenith National Insurance Co

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

.S. negotiators met with Chinese officials in Beijing Wednesday aiming to loosen what are the most r

A federal investigation into a suspected shipment of nuclear materials to Pakistan has highlighted a

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 23, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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Almost one-third of Lloyd's of London's syndicates are expected to show a loss for the 1998 and 1999

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United Parcel Service has begun a biweekly Boeing 767 freighter service to Bombay, the company said

With the touch of a button, consumers in 24 states and the District of Columbia can compare rates an

Australian beef exports are expected to be unaffected by wrangling between beef producers and the co

Saudi Arabia has awarded a local company a contract to run the re-export zone at a port in the easte

Japan's NEC Corp. has begun production of semiconductors in a Shanghai joint venture.The pro

By repeatedly trying to pressure the European Central Bank on interest rates, Finance Minister Oskar

If you are shipping goods into Venezuela beware: The country's custom service has begun a crackdown

As of Feb 24, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Malaysia's state-owned petroleum firm Petronas and German chemical giant BASF have entered into a jo

A Washington state lawmaker recently introduced a bill to create the ''Health Care Patient Bill of R

Farrell Lines, the U.S.-flag carrier serving the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, has na

Global talks to eliminate duties on information technology products reached an impasse this week, se

Bangladesh's exports in the six-month period ended December 1998 were lower by 1.5 percent over the

China is now being fingered as a culprit in the U.S. import surge.If the Chinese market had

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 2 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 19, as compared with

Just wonder how many times someone, somewhere, has said that the container shipping industry is a s

A new, non-intrusive X-ray security system expected to come on-line later this year will give author

Harmon Industries Inc. has a contract worth about $3 million to manufacture and install wayside dete