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Many smaller U.S. companies with sales of less than $50 million a year are relying so heavily on the

Nike announced Tuesday it has reduced the amount of potentially unhealthy solvents used in making it

Global regulators are considering whether to remove limits on duty-free imports of 15 specific produ

As of November 17,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

International Petroleum ExchangeNovember 16, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 201.46 off 2.86 wh

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FUTURES - November 16, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - November 13, 1998All life-of

Sea-Land Service Inc.'s labor troubles continue as an independent truckers union has refused to pick

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

Aon Group is touting improved risk management services as part of its new Claims Net tracking proces

Hungarian Minister of Economic Affairs Attila Chikan and his Lithuanian counterpart Kestutis Babiliu

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

Sri Lanka's Port of Colombo has increased its cargo-handling capacity by 100,000 containers with the

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Guatemala has lowered its estimate of coffee losses from Hurricane Mitch to 15 percent of the expect

Modest ocean freight rate increases announced by leading North Atlantic container lines were oversha

The Indian government has awarded four road projects worth a total 973.7 million rupees under its Bu

GE Capital has acquired Moral SA, a value-added insurance broker based in Paris. The company will be

Poland's economic outlook for 1999-2000 remains ''promising,'' as prudent macroeconomic policies hav

The International Trade Commission voted unanimously to let dumping and subsidy investigations into

Exhibiting at trade shows overseas is different from exhibiting at shows in the United States, trade

The United States, the European Union, Canada, and other major agricultural exporting countries are

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus said he was confident Ecuador would d

Isuzu Motors Ltd. said it lost 5.2 billion Japanese yen ($42.62 million) in its latest fiscal half-y

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater proposed on Tuesday to create a presidential advisory council

Brazil's on-again, off-again waterfront labor squabble has apparently idled the Port of Rio de Janei

Three weeks ended Nov. 7, 1998, vs. similar 1997 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Importers have lost a battle to end a Clinton administration policy that allows anti-subsidy penalti

Taking a page from Amazon.com, tomorrow's insurers may become virtual companies that interact electr

Consumers Union has urged Congress to keep American consumers in mind next year when it grapples aga

Net Earnings has announced a significant equity investment by NAC Re Corp.Net Earnings' prod

South Korean companies in several industries will be given greater access to Chinese business under

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

Kvaerner A/S, the troubled Anglo-Norwegian construction and shipbuilding group, is facing more probl

Strained bilateral trade relations between Japan and the United States are playing second fiddle to

Kaiser Permanente, one of America's biggest health maintenance organizations, said it has selected a

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

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