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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health have found that physicians who work as medi

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792 (November 19, 1998) Previous day - 797The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thur

Nov. 19, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

The corporate news here looks good in contrast to the dark days of late 1997.Out of 37 Thai

The European Commission has moved to make it easier for consumers and companies to do business over

Mexico's economy grew a robust 5 percent in the third quarter vs. a year ago, according to governmen

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 9 - Nov. 19, 1998 (a graph)* Annual

Four container ships waylaid by a massive October storm in the northern Pacific are repaired and bac

P&O Nedlloyd Container Line's operating profit increased by 20 percent in the third quarter of this

Laying the foundation for an injection of public funds, Fuji Bank plans a major restructuring that h

For centuries, this grand city on the Danube was the center of a vast empire, with Viennese commerce

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

FUTURES - November 18, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - November 17, 1998All life-of

The administration is working on changes to the shipping tax portion of its maligned harbor maintena

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is thinking of scaling back restrictions on wood packaging from H

Federal Express Corp.'s top executive, in an angry e-mail, told company pilots that their strike thr

International Petroleum ExchangeNovember 18, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Nov. 19, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Mexico wants the North American Free Trade Agreement's commission of three trade chiefs to try to re

Japan is struggling with an economic crisis but its wine imports are soaring, making it one of the t

'The key problem remains macro. It's not trade. It's reflation of the Asian Economy. Japan isabsolut

Steelmakers in Brazil are not selling products to the U.S. market at unfairly low prices, and a U.S.

China formally instituted an insurance supervisory agency Wednesday, the last big step in its reorga

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

Bangladesh is taking steps to end recurrent nationwide strikes that have been damaging to the econom

Industry and government officials Thursday endorsed a modified version of Transportation Secretary R

With Alpine bottlenecks slowing commerce between north and south, and congested border crossings clo

Ten seafarers were missing and feared dead on Thursday after their Panama-registered freighter sank

Crowley American Transport Inc. has asked the Maritime Adminis- tration to raise the volume of cargo

Thursday Nov. 19, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Nov. 19, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, the specialty investment banking firm active in financial restructuri

Port workers, supervised by troops, this week hastened to unload grain from six ships as Bangladesh

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 201.05 up 0.15

In October, the coalition government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party did the unthinkable - it r

If you're an electronic commerce entrepreneur running your Web site on robust Windows NT and Unix pl

The International Monetary Fund office in Harare has said Zimbabwe's chances of receiving $53 millio

If you thought this year was rough in Latin America, economists gathered here advise bracing yoursel