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The Surface Transportation Board endorsed an agreement between Union Pacific Railroad and the city o

TIG Insurance Group - with no complaints - took the top spot in the annual ranking of New York State

German insurance giants Munich Re and Allianz have agreed to a share swap that will see Munich Re be

Angola's national oil company, Sonangol, and Exxon Corp. have agreed to share production on three la

Dec. 18, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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

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

GenCorp., said it plans to split into two public companies by spinning off its decorative, building

Japan will begin imposing high tariffs on rice imports starting in April.Imported rice will

Jamaican ranchers have been holding rallies in front of two local McDonald's restaurants to protest

Dec. 18, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

A new International Monetary Fund report to be released today will offer a modest downward revision

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

Three weeks ended Dec. 12, 1998, vs. similar 1997 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

Almost a decade after it was conceived by the World Bank, a plan to build a $400 million project to

SGL Carbon AG, a maker of carbon and graphite products, said its U.S. subsidiary had filed for prote

Japanese steelmaker NKK Corp. said it would cut 3,300 jobs, more than a fifth of its workforce, as i

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

Friday Dec. 18, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A month after the pilots at Federal Express Corp. dropped their strike threat rather than risk losin

M. McNeil ''Neil'' Porter, a well-known transportation executive, died Thursday in Savannah, Ga., af

FUTURES - December 17, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 16, 1998All life-o

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

t takes teamwork to conquer global markets.But how do you bring together people from differe

As the 1999 chair of APEC, New Zealand will press for trade liberalization and market strengthening

The Spanish airline Iberia Friday ordered 11 Airbus A340-300 aircraft, of which six are fixed orders

A multibillion-dollar Chinese trading company has been ordered to pay two Houston doctors nearly $10

The executive board of the Inter-American Development Bank approved $310 million of loans to fund wa

The article about the Port of Hong Kong's Terminal 9, which appeared Dec. 11 on Page 3B, should have

'A lot of customers have their system ingrained in EDI at the moment and I think that's going to be

Impending maritime deregulation and changing market conditions have created an environment where man

Malaysia's central bank governor, Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman, has called on the nation's insurers to s

Dec. 18, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 19

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 17, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Philippine exporters have threatened to sue the government for delaying the release of tax credit cl

The U.K. Chamber of Shipping said it welcomes a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to g

Canada will pursue its complaints about the high level of European Union agricultural subsidies at t

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War-weary Liberia, which has some 1,900 oceangoing ships flying its flag, has signed on with two Was