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

.S. apparel importers will find it a little easier to import their dresses and shirts wrinkle-fre

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The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

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

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Wednesday the Clinton administration would oppose a Senate prop

When U.S. railroads and their Mexican partners purchased the former state rail monopoly, they were b

Lufthansa Cargo AG is pulling freighter service out of two of its U.S. gateways next month in a move

The much-vaunted recovery bid of Asian economies may face rough sailing if the Japanese yen weakens

Feb. 25, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

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

No longer something used exclusively by scientists and weather forecasters, catastrophe modeling has

Ford Motor Co. will not renege on its expansion plans for Asia despite the regional financial crisis

Chile's fruit exports increased 14 percent to a record 1.5 million tons in 1998, with more than thre

Feb. 25, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

You are a small importer jumping for joy. A major U.S. retailer is captivated by those fancy shoes y

'This structure offers many advantages both internally and externally.'

IBM has launched a supply-chain services practice, along with several joint marketing programs for 1

NCM, the international credit insurer, has launched NCM Marine, which offers credit-relatedproducts

Banking operations throughout India were paralyzed as more than 1.2 million employees started a two-

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 17, 1998 - Feb. 25, 1999 (a graph)*

U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said he will soon unveil a program to provide emergency loans

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Jordan and Norway have finalized plans for the setting up of a joint phosphates project with a total

Negotiations collapsed Wednesday on a treaty regulating international shipments of genetically modif

The European Union's top antitrust official said this week that more European banks may be investiga

Cargo volume was down significantly at the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, last year, but profit

An owner of Wan Hai Lines, the large intra-Asian container line, is launching a Pacific container se

Consolidated Delivery & Logistics Inc. multiplied its profits nearly fivefold in 1998 compared with

EVEREST RESteven A. Mestman was promoted to executive vice president. Mr. Mestman is respons

President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is due to hold talks with state governors today in an effort to

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 24, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A lot of people are enthusiastically talking up e-commerce in the United States - they say it's tak

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

The Indian government has estimated that the country's ports will require an investment of 80 billio

U.S. railroads with operations or partnerships in Mexico are predicting growth this year to exceed t

Taiwan's move to open its insurance sector has benefitted Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Co., which

Major Japanese insurer Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. is negotiating with Metropolitan Life Insuran

Japan's giant Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. said Thursday it would sell about half of the land and b