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Dec. 23, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Dec. 24, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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

Dec. 24, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

'Profit margins are so low in this industry . . . that there is no doubt that low fuel prices help c

As 1998 draws to a close, so does another year of stagnation in the Hawaiian economy.While t

Thursday Dec. 24, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Railroads are showing signs that they can compete in some areas with trucks, according to a survey b

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

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Bangladesh's Port of Chittagong is again facing severe congestion, with the waiting period for ships

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. is now operating from its exclusive Kwangyang terminal on the sout

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

U.S. crude oil inventories rose less than 1 million barrels in the week ended December 18, as compar

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

Russia's Norilsk Nickel has no plans to increase nickel and copper output in 1999, officials said.

Although neither Cigna Corp. nor ACE Ltd. would confirm they have agreed to a strategic alliance, th

'This dispute is no longer about bananas; it is about respect for the multilateral trade system.'

U.S. companies now have a 40-page government handbook, crammed with specific product examples, to he

After announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Brazilian President Fernando Enrique Cardoso said the

Party-goers may sniff twice at the caviar on the hors d'oeuvre table this holiday season after an in

U.S. vendors of lush cashmere sweaters and designer bed linens are waiting nervously to see if the U

KLLM Transport Services Inc., an irregular-route truckload carrier, Wednesday said it expects to rep

The joint venture agreement between CP Ships and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, announced in July

Worldwide oil exploration and production spending is set for its biggest decline in more than a deca

Wednesday Dec. 23, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners estimated revenue will be up to $44.4 million, a

Combined premium income of Malaysia's life and general insurance industry fell 2.3 percent to 7.6 bi

Turkey's Industry and Trade Minister Yalim Erez said on national television Wednesday that President

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

German police on Tuesday detained a man who confessed to making a bomb threat on a railway station,

Dec. 23, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 189.11 up 0.83 wh

TRW Inc., an automotive supplier, reached an agreement to acquire the principal assets of Woo Jin Co

A multimodal transportation center for the Americas is being planned for a U.S. military base in Pan

Though shippers are pleased with this week's Surface Transportation Board decision that reduced thei

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 22, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High