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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

NORTH AMERICAInformex '99. Jan. 25-27. New Orleans. Large custom chemical, intermediate and

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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF INDEPENDENT INSURERSRobert Hurns, associate counsel with the associat

Sales and profit for the life insurance industry should remain relatively flat for 1999, while the c

Spice Telecom, a cellular phone service provider in the Indian states of Karnataka and Punjab, is ta

London International Group said it would close its production plant and machinery relating to the ma

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

INTERMARINEThis New Orleans-based breakbulk and project cargo carrier named Nick Doggett to

In a move that could ease some of the pain for international trade, the Brazilian government is stud

Steel trade negotiators for the United States and Russia are far from agreement on terms that would

China's Ministry of Communications, an agency with authority over maritime matters, is allowing more

COMPANY PERFORMANCEWeeklyFriday's Percentage P/E 52-Week 52-WeekSymbol Co

Jan. 19, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

Jan. 19, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Increased mergers are largely behind the 3.3 percent decline in the number of private insurance comp

India is likely to go to the World Trade Organization again to challenge European Union anti-dumping

Mexico's decision to raise certain import tariffs is clouding the trade negotiations with the Europe

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 13 - Jan. 19, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

ALLEN LUND CO.Kristi Anderson was promoted to assistant manager of accounting at this La Can

Gov. Jeb Bush pulled the plug on a $6.3 billion project to build a bullet train that would whisk pas

A federal appeals court panel here has ruled that four laid-off employees and their wives can sue th

Three weeks ended Jan. 9, 1999, vs. similar 1997-98 periodCars CarsLoaded Load

The old adage is ''speed kills,'' and a new study by a leading insurance group finds more people are

Taxpayers pay more of the nation's health insurance than is commonly thought, according to a study.<

Chicago Title Corp.'s primary title insurance subsidiary, Chicago Title Insurance Co. , has purchase

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

American Farm Bureau members support any U.S. efforts to start negotiations with Cuba on the subject