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Long a container market, Mexico's Gulf Coast is seeing a flurry of activity from carriers providing

Assurex International has expanded its international capabilities with the formation of the Assurex

Jan. 15, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

While Brazil's ongoing currency crisis is similar to Mexico's peso plunge of 1994-1995, Brazil will

'If we don't dredge to 45 feet, we would lose an estimated 60 percent of our (container) cargo. But

Russian demand for imported meat has risen sharply this month, boosting regular trade ahead of the a

French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his Japanese counterpart Kiichi Miyazawa on Frida

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 13 - Jan. 15, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

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

Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening on Thursday appointed James J. White as executive director of the

In trade politics during 1999, President Clinton faces an acid test of his leadership skills beginni

Poe & Brown has bought the Daytona Beach office of Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co.The transaction

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International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 14, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Two Coca-Cola bottlers in Japan are merging to form what would be Japan's largest Coke bottler. Coca

With half-hearted response to a government-backed program to aid small business, Hong Kong's commerc

China's gross domestic product is expected to grow by between 7.5 percent and 8.0percent in 1999, th

If you call your cargo agent a freight forwarder, you will probably see a pained expressionon his fa

Thursday Jan. 14, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Truckload carrier U.S. Trucking Inc. said General Electric Capital Corp. has increased the company's

Continued economic problems in Asia prompted national carrier Singapore Airlines to announce Thursda

The Federal Aviation Administration has questioned the Massachusetts Port Authority on its use of $3

Recent reports of record orders in 1998 for Airbus Industrie are likely to heighten an ongoing EU-U.

Penske Truck Leasing is buying GMI Rental & Lease Inc., a utility truck rental company in Waukesha,

Swift Transportation Co. saw its fourth-quarter earnings rise to $16.4 million, or 38 cents a share,

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

The introduction early this month of 10 percent export duties on a range of Russian nonferrous metal

ROYAL & SUNALLIANCEErnest C. Frohboese has been named chief investment officer of the Britis

Jan. 14, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The purchase by Hungary's salami maker Pick Szeged Rt. of paprika producer Szegedi Paprika Rt. has b

Bethlehem Steel Corp. has created an intermodal terminal designed to be an operating hub for rail-tr

Texas-Mexican Railway Co. and Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. have signed a five-year int

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. acquired selected assets of Skyline Transportation Inc.'s consolidate

Canadian National Railway is selling a 118-mile line to short-line rail operator Quebec Railway Corp

At least 11 flights were delayed Thursday at Paris' Orly Airport in a strike by maintenance staff at

Jan. 14, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Belgian Association of Marine Insurers, in a letter sent to its customers, has clarified its pos

Civil disorder could erupt when the year 2000 begins and electricity grids supplying power to most U