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Japan's economy shrank for an unprecedented fourth quarter in July through September, data showed Th

The International Monetary Fund's governing body, the Interim Committee, may hold a special meeting

Novorossiisk, Russia's leading port and Black Sea oil gateway, is promising to clean up criminal man

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 2, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The United States and Mozambique signed a bilateral investment treaty aimed at promoting the free fl

Dec. 3, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

917 (Dec. 3, 1998) Previous day - 925The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Two years ago, an International Longshoremen's Association local and employers decided to make peace

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Federal officials began counting votes Thursday in the election of a new Teamsters president.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld a default judgment in favor of Sea-Land Service

The U.S. Postal Service is poised to award its final contract for extra airlift to carry holiday mai

As of Dec. 3, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the United States is ''seriously con

The Philippines is unlikely to meet its $3 billion garments export target this year, as exporters fa

Deutsche Bank said it would purchase Credit Lyonnais Belgium, a subsidiary of France's Credit Lyonna

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

The Russian government needs to come up with a more detailed economic recovery plan, Prime Minister

Dec. 3, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

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

United Parcel Service has started an operation in Argentina by buying a local parcel delivery concer

FUTURES - December 2, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 1, 1998All life-of-c

Europe's intermodal operators are being squeezed by high-cost and unreliable rail service on the one

Dec. 3, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

Canadian exports of goods and services are forecast to grow by 6.2 percent in 1999, slightly down on

EXEL Ltd. said it will buy Intercargo Corp. for about $88 million.Intercargo's largest share

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of passengers suing airlines for injuries c

Cigna International and Tokyo-based Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. will establish a joint ventur

A plan to deliver 270,000 tons of beef and 150,000 tons of pork to Russia, funded by the United Stat

The Bundesbank surprised the markets Thursday and led a round of rate cuts across Europe.The

Negotiators trying to forge a Free Trade Area of the Americas have made customs issues a priority in

here are many excuses for not doing business overseas:* The large - and healthy - domestic m

The nation's largest port association, saying that too many questions remain unanswered, is asking t

Thursday Dec. 3, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Discussions of a major new vessel-sharing agreement in the North Europe-U.S. Gulf trade are focusing

After years of controversy, work has begun on Vietnam's first oil refinery.The refinery, at

InsWeb, the Internet insurance marketplace, will be included with online financial products offered

Philippe Jaffre, chairman of French oil group Elf Aquitaine, said Thursday he expected net profit to

espite the improvements in search engines, the ability to quickly find what you want on the Web rema

Syntra, a provider of logistics software and services has expanded its ability to serve the trade la