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As the United States and the European Union continue to clash over trade in Caribbean bananas, the r

Mexico's central bank reported inflation for 1998 was 18.61 percent. The increase for December was 2

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

January 8: 791

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 6 - Jan. 8, 1999 (a graph)* Annual

Pakistan's Kot Addu Power Co. (Kapco), managed by Britain's National Power PLC, is fast running out

Solid gains in international shipments of machinery and manufactured goods are helping European rail

A U.S.-based pool of tankers is accounting for nearly one-third of the market just a year after it w

China and Luxembourg have agreed to begin regular air cargo service between Shanghai and Luxembourg

Oil exports from the Shell-operated 400,000-barrel-per- day Forcados export terminal in Nigeria stop

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Jan. 1999 (see Note 1

Policyholder-owned mutual insurers can form stock-issuing holding companies under a bill signed by G

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

Laos and Vietnam, facing the aftershocks of the region's economic crisis, have agreed to boost coope

Chase Manhattan Corp., the third-largest U.S. bank, agreed to acquire substantially all of Brazilian

German unemployment rose in December as cold winter weather led to layoffs in construction and other

At the very moment when U.S. manufacturers are being invited to provide supplies for a publicly subs

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has authorized $250 million for construction of up to 10

Singapore has not been formally notified of a Malaysian plan to build a suspension bridge between th

Viking Freight Inc., a less-than-truckload carrier serving the western part of the United States, ha

Once again, Rep. James A. Leach, R-Iowa, chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Commit

Northwest Airlines' domestic cargo traffic at the end of 1998 decline substantially, suggesting that

Ministry of Agriculture experts in Cameroon have recommended that the state should return to the lea

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

Taiwan is making new overtures to China to spur maritime business across the narrow strait, its pote

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

It took one U.S. importer four binders of information - and 30 days - to prove to U.S. Customs that

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s the dust settles over 1998, the year probably can best be described as eventful for both the Cust

Alan John Charles Collins, the former chairman and director of Lloyd's of London broker P.S. Mosse &

A federal appeals court rejected a shipper's claim that it could use unregistered and unlicensed wor

Strategically situated at the entrance to the Red Sea, Djibouti has been trying for decades to estab

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As of Jan 8, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Thousands of militant miners have vowed to continue a weeklong strike at Romania's largest coal fiel

FUTURES - Jan. 7, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 6, 1999All life-of-contra

This month marks Insurance Services Office Inc.'s second anniversary as a for-profit company.

791 (Jan. 8, 1999) Previous day - 792The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Conflo Lines, a Chicago-based space-chartering company, has shifted its U.S. cargo bookings from ves

Service on a 104-kilometer (65-mile) rail line in southern Saskatchewan, between Ogle and Mankota, h