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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

Mexico's lower house of Congress will make the final decision today on whether to call a special ses

A trio of ports in the northwestern Mediterranean says the European Union's railroad funding plans s

Unions and congressional Democrats are urging President Clinton to take issue with European Union Pr

Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service Inc. on Thursday chose New York-New Jersey, Baltimore and Halifax a

Just when it looked like Boeing Co. might end a nascent aircraft program, along came Trans World Air

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The tiny Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's ambitious plan to join rail industry giants in servi

The religious group Jews for Jesus failed to persuade a federal appeals court to end a ban on litera

The Zurich Financial Services Group plans to open a training center for its 1,500 executives in a re

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

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Outside the Mong Kok metro stop in Kowloon, a young man calls out to visitors to advertise a store w

The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $155 million loan to Uruguay to help strengthen the c

Maryland officials have formed a public/private committee to examine transportation needs in the sta

The Journal of Commerce welcomes announcements of personnel changes, upcoming events, deaths and oth

The European Union will today attempt to jump-start stalled negotiations that threaten to delay its

Differences over a sensitive security matter led Israel Thursday to block Lebanon's bid for observer

A 700,000-metric-ton sale of alumina by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) to Russia's Krasnoya

The Bank of England on Thursday cut a key interest rate half a point to 6.25 percent, following the