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The Transportation Club of Tacoma will host a luncheon on Wednesday featuring Washington Secretary o

Manugistics Group Inc. will embark on a drastic cost-cutting program, ending intense speculation tha

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Robert R. Burkhardt, a former Journal of Commerce aviation reporter and an expert on commercial avia

China is preparing to open an international airport on its southern island of Hainan, according to X

Jan. 18, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

ou can find them on heavily traveled street corners in both major and emerging markets.Th

684 (Jan. 19, 1999) Previous - 693The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays p

Waiting for the other shoe to drop has been a sort of never-ending end game for the insurance indust

The Supreme Court on Tuesday left intact the $1-per-head fee cattle producers must pay on all cattle

The ramifications of various global fiscal crises will take center stage at this year's World Econom

When the United States and Mexico remove the obstacles to cross-border trucking, as provided for und

A U.S. threat to limit satellite launches from Russia because of its links to Iran has sparked a fur

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

he International Accreditation Forum was incorporated in the fall of 1998 and already questions have

The European Union will urge its 15 member governments today to tear down remaining barriers to thei

Despite a lack of legislative action in Washington, the barriers between banking and insurance, once

777 (Jan. 19, 1999) Previous day - 776The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

United Parcel Service, citing a 16 percent jump in traffic to Central America, on Tuesday started de

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 11, 1999 as supplied by the bunk

Tuesday Jan. 19, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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

Ask a corporate risk manager his or her biggest concern for 1999 and you will likely hear the same a

mporters who file Customs entries on many different types of products know that figuring out the cor

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How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

he chief executives of fast-growing midsize firms said they are able to borrow, but a squeeze on pro

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

Volume at Malaysia's main sea gateway slumped 17.5 percent last year, despite a surge in transshipme

It's crunch time for the automated system developed by the U.S. Customs Service and the Bureau of th

The devaluation of Brazil's currency could send neighboring Argentina into a recession as demand for

'I can now say we have a sufficient body of carriers wishing to proceed.'

Amid growing concern that Brazil's economic crisis will infect the region, President Fidel Castro op

Service has been restored on Conrail Inc.'s main line through western Ohio, which was the site of a

While millions of Americans searched for one-cent stamps and groused about the rate increase earlier

Results were mixed for The Journal of Commerce Transportation Stock Index as it slipped 0.84 percent

Russia is not experiencing a grave need for urgent grain imports, and the already-agreed food aid fr

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 15, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Harold Creel Jr., chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, is defending his agency's proposed

FUTURES - Jan. 15, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 14, 1999All life-of-co