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Argentina's biggest supermarket chains have asked the government for protection after incidents in w

Finnish telecommunications equipment group Nokia said it has signed a $280 million contract for the

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 6, 1999 as supplied by the bunke

In a blow to overseas creditors, China will try to wind up a major trust firm and send banks to the

Russia's battered ruble hit a record low on Monday after starting the New Year in a stubborn downwar

The Maritime Administration said there is no need to amend regulations governing the placement of ma

The Romanian State Ownership Fund said it will sell its 75.06 percent stake in the chemical complex

ACE Ltd. and Cigna Corp. are expected to complete a $3 billion deal this week that, if approved, wou

A new buzzword, ''disintermediation,'' has been making the insurance circuit lately but many industr

f the purpose of insurance is to bring peace of mind to people in exchange for a small premium, why

A Nigerian court freed 58 failed bank chiefs who were detained without trial for at least two years,

The name of the individual responsible for the trade office at the Mexican embassy in Washington, D.

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

A range of Thai banks, think tanks and government agencies are predicting that Thailand's exports wi

An importer protesting a Customs Service decision must list complaints specifically on the protest f

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Thursday presided over the start of the first Senat

The Veracruz container terminal has launched a container repair service that the company says brings

Three weeks ended Jan. 2, 1999, vs. similar 1997-98 periodCars Cars loaded loaded

Shipping shares were the worst performers last year on the Oslo stock exchange, the world's premier

British Airways says it will become the first international airline to install heart monitors and ca

Jan. 7, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Guiding his 1978 Peugeot taxi through puffs of black smoke coughed out by traffic all around him, Ma

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 196.47 off 0.22

he JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulation

An Inland Marine Underwriters Association committee has issued a paper on motor truck cargo.

In what could turn into a bitter trade dispute, Japan and the United States publicly differed Friday

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