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Robert Collins Jr., a Newport News, Va., port engineer who last week pleaded guilty to soliciting an

ften overlooked during a company's merger or acquisition are employees' 401(k) investments.L

The bottom line is simple: The decision by Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service Inc. on where to locate

Pacer International Inc., a multimodal transportation and logistics services company, said it has ex

Giant utility company Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may be facing $10 million in claims stemming from l

If Cuba is to become a full member of the Caribbean Community, it will have to embrace a social char

South Korea's Anam Semiconductor Co.'s board approved a deal to sell one of its plants to Amkor Tech

The story ''Bankers fear potential for bankruptcies,'' which appeared Dec. 2 on Page 3B, incorrectly

Historically, the U.S. dollar has been the investment currency of choice. But lately Europe has beco

China's shipbuilding sector, facing tough competition, sloshing red ink and a government determinati

Flatbed carrier Eck Miller Transportation has purchased CWP Transportation, a flatbed and truck brok

Dec. 11, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 19

Dec. 11, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Poe & Brown Inc. has acquired Insurance Center Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., and Maulden & McLendon Agenc

China's exports fell in November by 9.7 percent from a year earlier, following an alarmingly sharp d

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

Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union led the list of regions with heightened economic and poli

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

For years, Baltimore officials insisted that they offered a powerful combination of deep channels, a

The chairmen of six congressional committees have lodged strong objections with President Clinton ov

Having learned the hard way that even mega-terminals of 170 to 235 acres are not big enough for thei

Concern is increasing among the nation's 6.5 million warehouse and distribution employers about new

Dec. 9, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Dec. 10, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Dec. 10, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Hartford Financial Services has signed a five-year agreement with Juno Online Services to allow Inte

Wal-Mart Stores, the biggest U.S. retailer, has agreed to buy 74 Interspar stores from Germany's Spa

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

Dec. 10, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 30 - Dec. 10, 1998 (a graph)* Annua

The campaign to elect a World Trade Organization chief is set to continue into the new year, after t

U.S. wholesalers' inventories dropped in October, the Commerce Department said Thursday, though not

Thursday Dec. 10, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Canadian exports are expected to rise by 4 percent in 1999, slightly up on the 3.2 percent growth th

Long-term lending institution, Industrial Development Bank of India, has stopped fund approvals for

For further information:These trade leads are supplied by WTCA On-Line, a service of the Wor

fter giving lukewarm reviews of several U.S. international trade magazines' Web sites last year, I

Talks between Russia and its creditors suffered a severe setback Thursday as foreign banks said the

Little progress was registered on trade issues during the two-day presidential Mercosur summit that