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'Frankly, we're falling behind.'

Now the hard work begins.The world's newest automaker, DaimlerChrysler AG, officially became

The convenience - and relative low-cost - of Internet trade shows aside, the old-fashioned fair wher

Agriculture powerhouse Cargill Inc. has plenty of money to buy the grain assets of rival Continental

The Trans World Group of London is making a bid to recapture control of Novolipetsk Metal Combine fr

Nov. 16, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Colombian President Andres Pastrana has declared a limited state of emergency rule, seizing broad po

Thailand's push toward high technology and heavy industries has been condemned as a major reason for

The Border Trade Alliance, representing trade and transport interests on both sides of the 2,000-mil

In less than a year, Columbus Line USA Inc. and its parent company, German-based Hamburg-Sud, have a

The Mexican government has released a proposed budget for 1999 that takes the unusual step of settin

The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York has completed its conversion from a mutual life insura

Whenever I instruct export basics, I always get a laugh when I get to the free-on-board term. As e

The European Union is developing several directives that could produce headaches for foreign manufac

The European Commission has accused South Korea of using International Monetary Fund aid to undercut

Nov. 17, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

World trade volume is projected to increase by 5.3 percent in 1999 and by 6.1 percent in 2000, an ec

U.S. cattle ranchers will file an anti-dumping complaint against live cattle from Mexico and Canada,

Office Depot Inc. said it has acquired the remaining 50 percent of its French operations from its jo

New York Mercantile Exchange - November 16, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High L

A Canadian consortium has signed letters of intent with a syndicate of eight international banks to

'We are committed to a full and timely enforcement of our trade laws.'

In a major blow to the western state of Maharashtra's development efforts, P&O Ports India Pvt. Ltd.

Australia has lifted a suspension on U.S. fresh fruit imports that had been imposed after a recent M

Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. recently designated Lynden International, a division of Lynden Air Fr

Fearing the spread of the voracious Asian longhorned beetle, the U.S. government has slapped a quara

Central Reserve Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Central Reserve Life Corp., has agreed to purcha

Mexico's Energy Minister Luis Tellez said that Mexico would extend export cuts, put in place this ye

Nov. 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

One of China's Big Three airlines is planning all-cargo flights to the United States and Western Eur

Polar Air Cargo has started weekly 747 freighter service between the United States and Kenya, South

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China's trade surplus plunged to $3.08 billion in October, down 38.1 percent on a year earlier in th

The wave of global difficulties will not deter the basic trend toward freer trade, said the Canadian

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

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

The pharmaceutical market in Asia has nose-dived and global pharmaceutical companies must change the

Monday Nov. 16, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Trinidad and Tobago's efforts to attract foreign investment have been rewarded by the decision of a

Feast turned to famine for transportation stocks last week as The Journal of Commerce Stock Index tu