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U.S. pharmaceutical giant Warner Lambert will shut its confectionery and pharmaceutical plant in the

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsNov Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug

Consolidated Delivery & Logistics Inc. has bought Gold Wings, a privately held air delivery company

Farmers struggling to make a living despite low crop prices cannot hope for a quick economic turnaro

UniCapital Corp., Miami, has come out of nowhere to become a major force in asset-based financing in

Marsh & McLennan Cos.Meryl D. Hartzband was appointed principal and investment director of M

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

Mexico's decision this month to open the power sector to large-scale private and foreign investme

Tuesday Feb. 16, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Vietnam plans to boost oil production in 1999, targeting 14.5 million metric tons of crude oil, up f

Railroad traffic is off to a generally slow start in 1999, but analysts are not concluding that frei

Current Textile Quotas:As was the case last week, there are currently no projected embargoes

Steven S. Heinrichs joined ACL's law department as corporate counsel.He was senior associate

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 186.77 off 0.39 wh

Switzerland's Alusuisse-Lonza Group reported net sales of 8.5 billion Swiss francs ($6 billion) in 1

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

he first stretched overall amortization and repayment, or SOAR, aircraft financing supported by the

As a parliamentary committee hints it will make changes in the draft legislation that would open Ind

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The Austrian rail system, aiming to expand its rail-cargo business, has bought two freight-forwardin

Falling charter shipping rates have triggered the first of an expected wave of defaults on high-yiel

The Colombian government will propose to Congress a plan on royalty payments to the state by foreign

Feb. 16, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 12, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Most U.S.-Mexican trade still moves overland, but new efforts are under way to change that longstand

Maritime labor is preparing to mount stiff opposition to a campaign by U.S. manufacturers to ease re

One of the world's largest manufacturers of farm equipment does not shop for the lowest price when f

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

Malaysia's textile sector, once written off as a sunset industry, is gearing up for the end of the d

A lawyer for six customers in a class-action lawsuit that accused State Farm Insurance Co. of fraudu

Germany's Preussag AG, the parent company of container shipping and tourism giant Hapag-Lloyd AG, is

The forward half of the grounded, burned-out and split freighter New Carissa may be towed beyond the

For U.S. companies eyeing trade potential in Cuba, tough anti-crime laws proposed by Fidel Castro ar

he European Union is making the issue of metric labeling a priority in 1999. Let's look at the feasi

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. will begin offering currency inconvertibility insurance in Bul

Feb. 12, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Usually smiling and friendly, Pete Visclosky's eyes harden and narrow when he talks about the damage

The Allianz Group, Germany's leading insurer, is to restructure its commercial business in Germany i

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin last Friday continued his philosophical battle with Federal Reserve