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International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 12, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

After more than two decades under the shadow of asbestos litigation that sent more than 15 building

Aegon USA Inc. will sell Worldwide Insurance Co. and its property/casualty units to American Financi

In a victory for importers, a federal appeals court has reversed a Customs Service decision that str

European Commission President Jacques Santer has threatened to quit if the European Parliament ''per

NORTH AMERICACanadian International Farm Equipment Show. Jan. 19-22. Toronto, Canada. Contac

American Freightways Corp. will expand coverage to Pennsylvania and New Jersey April 12.The

US Airways Group Inc. is defending its recent airport security performance after a newspaper detaile

A Hong Kong vessel and its seven crewmembers, seized last week by armed Chinese customs officials, r

MSAS Cargo International is now MSAS Global Logistics.MSAS, the logistics arm of Ocean Group

Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport Corp. and China's giant China Ocean Shipping Co. have agreed to s

Jan. 11, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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The strategic investment by Sweden's SEB Bank in Lithuania's Vilniaus Bank, and plans by other Scand

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

t's a pretty safe bet that most stars in the National Basketball Associa tion did not spend time du

Moody's Investors Service cut the senior unsecured debt rating of APL Ltd. Tuesday to ''B3'' from ''

Despite a major promotional effort, Germany's exports to Japan last year fell victim to the deepenin

Tuesday Jan. 12, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Continuing its expansion into central and eastern Europe, Danzas Ltd. is acquiring the remaining 25

McHugh Software International, which develops and markets supply-chain management execution software

Most U.S. foreign-trade zones are run by freight forwarders or other business people whose interests

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 11, 1999 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Maritime and metal workers' unions said on Tuesday they would back efforts by Greenpeace to prevent

700 (Jan. 7, 1999) Previous - 703The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays pu

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

Just weeks ahead of his Feb. 2 inauguration, former coup leader and president-elect Hugo Chavez has

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 6 - Jan. 12, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

The Federal Aviation Administration has slapped new cargo weight limits on converted Boeing 727 frei

Hit by the economic slowdowm triggered by the Asian crisis, global yarn production fell by 4.7 perce

One of South Korea's export powerhouses is scaling back shipments to ward off complaints by overseas

Jan. 12, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

China's Port of Ningbo handled the equivalent of 350,000 20-foot containers in 1998, up 37 percent o

FUTURES - Jan. 11, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 8, 1999All life-of-con

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

Disappointed at President Clinton's refusal to take stronger action to block cheap steel imports, th

The two-tier rate structure that has defined the trans-Atlantic ocean tradessince 1993 is dead, acco

They fell short of their target, but South Korea's shipbuilders nevertheless set a record for comple