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Argentina's trading partners have urged the Latin American nation to continue its policies and maint

Mexico registered a preliminary trade deficit of $850 million for December, with exports of $10.30 b

In the face of stagnating rail freight volumes as the rest of Europe's markets boom, transport commi

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

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Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski has called for the United States to ''bring Saddam

An alliance of Amerada Hess Corp. and Delta Oil Central Asia has signed a production-sharing agreeme

Economic turmoil in Asia, Russia and Brazil will hurt ports along North America's east coast in the

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 189.75 off 0.77 wh

howing up four hours late for most business appointments would be considered unacceptable - unless y

Nick Prettejohn, who is to succeed Ron Sandler as chief executive of Lloyd's of London this summer,

The U.S. government is moving to set anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Canadian live cattle, b

Mexico and the European Union plan to exchange lists of goods for tariff reductions in the third rou

Stung by the public outrage over last fall's wreck of the bulk ship Pallas, the German government ha

With the opening of a terminal in Flagstaff, Ariz., Viking Freight Inc., offers next-day freight del

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The Argentine government plans to sell its remaining stake in YPF SA, the local oil giant and the co

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Jan. 25, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

848 (Jan. 25, 1999) Previous day - 843The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Controversial Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Linda Ruthardt appears to confound those who saw

Nearly half a year late, a non-profit entity has been created to receive funding for a Free Trade Ar

'We are in the process of telling contractors we don't have the funds to pay them.'

The Israel Manufacturers Association has drawn up a plan for government aid to boost industrial expo

European Union leaders will meet in Bonn Feb. 26 in a ''special summit'' ahead of the planned summit

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 18, 1999 as supplied by the bunk

The Hong Kong dollar peg won't necessarily break if the China yuan falls, because the cost of attack

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 20 - Jan. 25, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

Shipping deregulation has begun taking its toll on the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement.T

United Parcel Service will decide in early February whether to launch an overnight express rail serv

Monday Jan. 25, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

FUTURES - Jan. 22, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 21, 1999All life-of-co

GORAN CAPITAL GROUPCharles Narramore, previously of Atlantic Casualty, and William Ballard,

State-run Vietnam Insurance Corp. will begin offering whole life policies this year.It alrea

Reeling from nearly two weeks of currency slide and economic strife, Brazil hopes its three-day week

Freight railroads have asked the Surface Transportation Board to reconsider a controversial December

Beetle? What beetle?That's almost the way trade, maritime and air cargo officials in Hong Ko

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