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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The international division of Seattle-based Stevedoring Services of America is among six overseas co

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

CNF Transportation Inc. has signed a four-year contract for wireless data services with American Mob

Friday Dec. 4, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Wayne Burkes is a general, an ordained preacher and a savvy politician from central Mississippi who'

Dec. 4, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will acquire TIG Holdings Inc. for about US$840 million.TIG'

The Canadian Senate's influential banking committee has recommended that large national banks not be

New austerity measures prompted by Brazil's economic slowdown, together with a more confrontational

Deepening its focus on the pharmaceutical industry, Swiss-based Danzas AG has expanded its agreement

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement, the rate-setting conference for lines that carry U.S. exp

Colombia's Association of Cargo Truckers and other transportation unions will begin a 24-hour nation

Consumer prices in the Czech Republic fell 0.2 percent in October, bringing the net inflation rate d

A South African company racing to launch the first commercial rigid airship since the Hindenburg was

Dec. 3, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Dec. 1998 (see Note 1

Dec. 4, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

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

While the independent agency system has not been officially declared dead, the distribution network

At Christmas time in 1996, a couple of recreational sailors set out for a leisurely cruise around th

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Caterpillar Inc. is confident that it will keep turning out billions of dollars' worth of earth-mov

The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has lined up additional support for its proposal to extend

The Myanmar (Burma) Port Authority said it signed a second contract with a local private company to

Icelandair, the flag carrier of Iceland, has ordered two Boeing 757-200 jetliners in a deal valued a

Mozambique President Joachim Chissano is seeking partnerships with mining interests in Colorado as o

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

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

U.S. trade negotiators said Friday they had reached an agreement with Canada to further open its mar

The story headlined ''EU railroad mergers bode ill for shippers,'' which appeared on Wednesday, Dec.

The government wants more airlines to share safety information from their flight data recorders on a

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 195.96 off 0.87

Scrutiny of Asian investments will result from the region's current financial crisis, which was caus

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

781 (Dec. 2, 1998) Previous day - 789The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Porsche AG nearly doubled net profit in its latest fiscal year to a record 276.9 million Deutsche ma

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

The U.S. Postal Service, for the first time in more than a decade, has reached a tentative bargainin

Specialty Transportation Services Inc. will haul municipal waste under a five-year contract for Meye