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Florida's citrus industry plans to aggres- sively market fresh fruit in groceries across the country

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

'Many countries are under tremendous pressure to begin to look inward. And this is very, very danger

The Council on Foreign Relations announced that it is sponsoring an independent commission on future

razil's normally quiet real is expected to remain at center stage in the world of foreign exchange t

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A quadrupling of fees charged to truckers who are late in returning empty containers to West Coast p

Allied Holdings Inc. said its Axis Group Inc. subsidiary has created a unit to lease auto hauling eq

The U.S. government, having already placed curbs on solid-wood packing material and the Asian longho

Infighting among Russian government officials and producers of platinum group metals will delay expo

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 21, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Japan's struggling economy may have bottomed out late last year or may do so early this year, the co

House Banking Committee Chairman James A. Leach delivered a major policy speech last week before the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 20 - Jan. 22, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

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

Railroads' performance improved during the second week of their public reporting of some service dat

The German government is leaning toward introducing a Europe-wide aviation fuel tax as an environmen

The leader of Germany's main industry association is warning that German exports would become less c

Nick Prettejohn, a director of Lloyd's, was selected to succeed Ron Sandler as chief executive of th

oreign pharmaceutical companies, who poured investment into China's promising market, are now swall

Jan. 21, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 13 - Jan. 21, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

The Coast Guard is requiring new retrieval systems for runaway oil barges, and sources say similar s

The massive Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft issued a profit warning Thursday, saying that it

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 20, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

FUTURES - Jan. 21, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 20, 1999All life-of-co

Koch Agriculture Co., a unit of Koch Industries Inc., said it is introducing a new crop insurance po

(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)TRADE BALANCE EXPORT

Highly dependent on foreign capital, Singapore's economy should lure an acceptable amount of oversea

A competitor of U.S. ports - the Port of Quebec City on the St. Lawrence River - overcame a four-mon

President Clinton and several of his Cabinet officers are very worried about a global backslide towa

Union Pacific Railroad continued its march back in the fourth quarter of 1998, but a onetime account

Continuing global trade problems and weak ocean freight rates, along with weaker rail results, drove

IBM has started supply chain service.''Supply chain management has become one of today's mos

Mobil Corp. has been asked by the Federal Trade Commission to supply additional information on the o

'You would have to go back to paper. I don't want you to go back to paper.'

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 20, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Poe & Brown Inc. had record earnings for 1998. Net income for 1998 rose 23.5 percent, to $23.1 milli

David Jennings was appointed commissioner of the Department of Commerce, which regulates insurance i