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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, Feb. 20 - Dec. 30, 1998 (a graph)* Annua

Indonesia is facing a mounting wave of looting and stealing of basic commodities on the main island

Kitty Hawk Inc., the Dallas air cargo carrier that purchased American International Airways Inc., a

Robert Kiehnle has joined WorldPoint Logistics Inc. as chief financial officer.Founded in Oc

As of Dec 30, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The U.S. Export-Import Bank has provided guarantees for an $80 million loan to Taiwan's second-large

A Chicago-based civil disobedience group said Wednesday it will not comply with the Treasury Departm

Many freight transportation stocks avoided the roller coaster ride that the broader markets took thi

After the euro's birth, Japan is likely to face an uphill battle in preventing the yen from being mi

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

Pumped up by extensive government spending on highways, telecommunications and waterworks, China's e

Boeing Co. has exceeded its goal of delivering 550 commercial airplanes by the end of 1998, a year i

The Surface Transportation Board began a proceeding to calculate the railroad industry's cost of cap

A specialty company within Reliance Insurance Group - Reliance Portfolio Solutions Ltd. - has been e

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

FUTURES - December 29, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 28, 1998All life-of

Business failures in Britain rose 6.2 percent in 1998, the first annual rise since the height of the

The Maritime Administration announced the availability of two reports this week, one on U.S. public

Arnold Industries, Inc. said its board of directors authorized repurchase of 1 million shares of the

The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has agreed to continue paying the cost of the anti-impotence drug

Dec. 29, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 29, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

American steel wire rod producers and workers filed a petition Wednesday asking the government to gi

A senior official with Vneshekonombank, a paying agent for the Russian government, admitted Wednesda

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

The Shipbuilders Council of America and the National Shipyard Association have merged in a bid to me

The Surface Transportation Board gave trucking groups an extension of the deadline for filing petiti

Professional liability insurance costs could rise as a result of a California appeals court ruling a

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

The Maine Bureau of Insurance has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance's request

Dec. 30, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

ncredibly, it's almost a year ago to the day since word mistakenly spread like wildfire through the

A surge of imports from Asia in November indicates that American consumers have not yet had their fi

Some U.S. companies are ready and some aren't. Like it or not, the euro is here.For those wh

Amtrak's long-distance passenger services registered double-digit increases in ridership out of its

The National Transportation Safety Board wants to study the safety performance of intrastate motor c

The oil price collapse has made Britain's independent oil companies prime takeover targets.T

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Last week's freeze in the California citrus groves will do more than cause price shock at the superm