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New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 5, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Busy risk managers no longer have a time excuse to avoid preparing for an associate in risk manageme

Several of the seven South Korean life insurers that escaped closure last summer are expected to be

Boeing Co. delivered a record 559 commercial airplanes last year, exceeding its target of 550 and se

Japan's domestic automobile sales in 1998 suffered their worst fall since the oil crisis 24 years ag

Canada should increase its efforts to resolve a labor dispute at an Ontario meatpacker that has help

The odds for global deflation have risen with the surge in the value of the yen, which hit a 28-mont

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

Another slice of the French express delivery market fell into foreign hands after Hays, the British

Despite their names, the greatest challenges facing Emery Worldwide and BAX Global are at home.<

The removal of two of the top Korean executives from their posts at DSR-Senator Lines in Bremen was

Jan. 6, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

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

German car maker Volkswagen AG said that U.S. sales rose more than 50 percent last year to the highe

The tanker market faces difficult times this year due to projected weakening of petroleum demand, ex

The Clinton administration has missed a congressional deadline for coming up with a plan to combat t

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 27 - Jan. 6, 1999 (a graph)* Annual

Atlas Air Inc., which provides contract freighter service for other airlines, set a company record w

QCS.net Corp., a strategic supply-chain software partner with IBM Corp., says seven major U.S. and E

Three Wall Street firms have issued strong ratings for the $1.2 billion in bonds to complete financi

Cigna Financial Services said it will market discount brokerage products and other services to First

China's ongoing attack on rampant smuggling is both good news and bad news for foreign businesses.

Former Indonesian Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo was questioned for about three hour

Spurred by increased demand in developing countries, global trade in wheat and coarse grains is proj

The EU Commission will seek to cling to office even if a vote of censure in the European Parliament

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsSep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May J

Canadian Pacific Railway is pumping new life into the short-haul intermodal service formerly known a

For decades, Germany's railway and waterway operators have battled over inland bulk-cargo shipments

Swedish companies ASG AB and CityMail are forming a joint venture for home delivery of parcels.<

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 5, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Jan 6, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Managed Care USA Inc. has acquired Providers' Assurance Corp., a Brentwood, Tenn.-based company that

791 (Jan. 6, 1999) Previous day - 779The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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The Customs Service will have to speed up processing refunds of the illegally collected harbor maint

Four years after proposing an extension of its anti-drug initiative on ocean shipments to U.S. land

Philips Electronics has entered into a two-year, multimillion-dollar agreement naming BAX Global one