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Air bags designed to deploy less forcefully appear to be protecting adults, too, according to govern

President Clinton favors strengthening the Social Security program's finances through more profitabl

BankAmerica Corp. said it planned to sell its retail businesses in India, Singapore and Taiwan as pa

se of the Internet in China is booming, and the government is moving rapidly to keep up.The

Ocean Logistics Corp., in conjunction with Griffin Industries Inc., will provide the services of the

Steel importers have persuaded an array of U.S. manufacturers and other businesses to sign a letter

Jordan and Egypt Thursday signed accords expected to lead to the creation of a free-trade zone betwe

Bigger may be better, but even really big is no longer good enough in the oil industry.After

The European Commission Thursday proposed a ban on the use of four antibiotics in animal feeding stu

752 (Dec. 10, 1998) Previous day - 762The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

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

Royal Dutch/Shell has quietly dropped plans to build a controversial gas pipeline across Iran, endin

A Florida lawyer filed a class-action suit on behalf of Pan Am Corp. equity investors, alleging Pan

Airborne Freight Corp., which operates under the trade name Airborne Express, has agreed to acquire

Citigroup Inc. on Wednesday formally put its commodities trading unit, Phibro Inc., on the auction b

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 191.39 off 0.99

Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has opened a Louisville, Ky., office to specialize in workers compe

Marvin Zonis, a professor of business administration at the Graduate Business School at the Universi

Ericsson said it signed a contract, worth $160 million, with Guangxi Post and Telecommunications Adm

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

866 (Dec. 10, 1998) Previous day - 877The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

'American growers are leaving a lot of fruit on the tree, just letting it fall. It's not worth the c

Shippers and carriers using the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River waterway have won their battle to hav

In what it called a move to strengthen its global presence, Delta Air Lines announced Wednesday that

Air Canada has retained Emery Worldwide as its primary carrier to move the airline's engine parts an

Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc., an operating unit of Ryder System, has been awarded a $4.4 million

This year saw Poland rise near the top of the European Union's list of six fast-track applicants for

The grim year for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is growing worse seemingly by the day.The Hong

If a Grinch steals Christmas this year, nobody can blame Union Pacific Railroad.Taking no ch

A Newport News ship contractor reached a plea bargain Tuesday in the Justice Department's ongoing in

Moran Towing Corp. has announced several senior executive appointments.Edmond J. Moran, a 27

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 2.8 million barrels in the week ended Dec. 4, as compared wit

FUTURES - December 8, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 7, 1998All life-of-

The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, has cleared the acquisition of German s

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Dec. 9, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Colombia's National Planning Department (DNP) revised its 1998 growth forecast to 1.8 percent from 2

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsAug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

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

Despite booming imports, West Coast ports this year are headed for a decline in total revenue tonnag