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The International Underwriting Association of London, which merged with the Institute of London Unde

The American Insurance Association of Washington says it is drawing up a business plan to recruit ba

Feb. 18, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 18, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

HUAL AS, the Norwegian car carrier, said it will enter the trade between the United States and the D

Three weeks ended Feb. 13, 1999, vs. similar 1998 periodCars CarsLoaded Loaded

Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Value Prior 2 Mos. 1997 1996Mil. $ Mo.

Ottawa will be the site of a meeting of the North American Free Trade Agreement Commission April 22-

TradeCard said the private equity investment firm of E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. has agreed to invest

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 17, 1998 - Feb. 19, 1999 (a graph)*

The trade leads are generated from around the world on a daily basis by The U.S. Commercial Service.

Feb. 19, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Feb 19, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

FUTURES - Feb. 18, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Feb. 17, 1999All life-of-co

Labor leaders meeting here warned Washington that organized labor is not content to fight just for l

France could move to end its historic hostility to cuts in farm subsidies today.Such a decis

Turner Corp.'s Turner Construction Co. unit received a $5.4 million contract from Toyota Motor Manuf

While economists say that Mexican trade over the next six months will largely depend on the

California's insurance regulator has filed suit against French bank Credit Lyonnais and other compan

843 (Feb. 19, 1999) Previous day - 831The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Friday Feb. 19, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

Latin America's ability to emerge quickly from Brazil's fiscal crisis is intimately tied to Japan's

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)DECEMBER 1998 NOVEMBER 1998 CUMULATIVE 19

The northern Port of Dalian said it handled 75.1 million metric tons of cargo in 1998, up from 70 mi

Feb. 19: 843

Despite the prospect of possible damage to Mexico's plastics industry, the Commerce Ministry decided

The Tampa Port Authority appointed George Williamson port director.Mr. Williamson, a longtim

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, includethe fo

The problems with Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa exports this season could have been avoided if there had bee

BP Alaska, an arm of British-American oil giant BP Amoco PLC, is slashing capital spending this year

Feb. 19, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

ederal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony to Congress o

It's only February, but West Coast ports and shipping lines have already scrapped their conservative

Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Value Prior 2 Mos. 1997 1996Mil. $ Mo.

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

Small and large shippers are finding the U.S. trades fertile ground for signing service contracts wi

n a previous column, we described the need for companies dealing with the Customs Service to retain

The United States has proposed that liberalization of Japan's fishery and forestry trade be treated