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Aetna-U.S. Healthcare will let its six million HMO members appeal denials of insurance coverage to i

Rotterdam's European Combined Terminals reported positive figures for 1998.Traffic surged 10

U.S. exports weakened some in November but import values declined even more, according to the latest

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 6 - Jan. 14, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

Debt problems of three firms owned by the provincial government in southern Guangdong province are j

Latin American stocks and currencies rallied Thursday, temporarily providing relief from Brazil's gr

As if Russia didn't have enough trouble, the country may now face even greater difficulty in winning

FUTURES - Jan. 12, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 11, 1999All life-of-co

U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than 3 million barrels in the week ended January 8, as compared

Cigna Corp. will take a $60 million after-tax charge for weather-related losses, restructuring charg

780 (Jan. 13, 1999) Previous day - 786The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

*Jan. 12, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

Mexico's cement leader Cementos Mexicanos, or Cemex, said it paid $128 million to increase its parti

The language is tough, exasperated and raises the ''trade war'' temperature another notch between th

The current investment and financial climate in Mexico and tourism investment and trade opportunitie

U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin Wednesday welcomed the World Bank's decision to increase fundin

Third-quarter 1998 exports from Germany to Russia slumped nearly 27 percent compared with a year ear

he holiday season is over, and most of the shipping world has returned to work. Even in Britain, we

Brazil's surprise devaluation Wednesday sent global financial markets into turmoil amid signs that L

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

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1998 was the third-worst year for catastrophes in the last 10 years for U.S. property/casualty insur

Hartford Life International Ltd. agreed Tuesday to invest a minimum $100 million in Kumho Life Insur

Turkey's central bank doesn't expect any more banks to need bailing out in the near future, a senior

Young Asian women are being lured into sweatshops in a U.S. territory with glittering promises, only

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

A story on Dec. 16 on Page 12A, ''Thai Airways faces $10 million liability payout in Airbus crash,''

As of Jan 13, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Equitas, the vehicle set up to pay off Lloyd's insurance market's pre-1993 losses, has reported ''st

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

Mexico's large maquiladora industry has successfully fended off proposed changes in the tariff struc

Vietnam has launched an aggressive program to boost rice exports to 3.9 million metric tons in 1999,

Cuba expects to host about 1.7 million tourists in 1999, 21 percent more than the 1.4 million foreig

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Global fund managers view the euro as the strongest currency for the year ahead and forecast it will

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

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

House lawmakers from steel producing districts are preparing tough new legislation that would roll b

Turkish Cargo Line said it chartered two full container vessels for its service from the East Coast