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FUTURES - November 3, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - November 2, 1998All life-of-c

The Indian government on Monday started selling 9 million of its shares in Container Corp. of India

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

It's all happening on the Montreal run right now. Newcomer Norasia Lines is polishing its service it

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, victimized by Asia's economic downturn and a strike at U.S. partner Northw

Hyundai Merchant Marine has extended its space charter agreement with Mediterranean Shipping Co. thr

Flooding caused by two weeks of heavy rain has forced German barge owners to suspend service along s

The International Commerce Club will host a dinner and panel discussion titled ''The U.S. Shipping A

''They've admitted to printing some (rubles), but they've been very coy about how much.''

Canadian National Railway on Tuesday said it would discontinue operations on its Lampman subdivision

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Aetna-U.S. Healthcare is striking back at bashers of health maintenance organizations with full-page

America's largest health maintenance organization, Kaiser Permanente, has reported losses of $111 mi

Germans are most worried about the implications of the arrival of the euro single currency next year

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There a

New York Mercantile Exchange - November 3, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Lo

Safeco Corp.'s third-quarter net income fell to $74.9 million from $121.7 million in the 1997 period

Navistar International Corp. is warning the Canadian Auto Workers to give in or lose jobs.Ac

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China criticized the United States on Wednesday for banning Chinese exports packaged with untreated

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 24, 1997 - Nov. 4, 1998 (a graph)*

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

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 8 million barrels in the week ended Oct. 30, as compared with

PMA Group will be officially known as PMA Insurance Group, said Vincent T. Donnelly, president and c

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

958 (November 4, 1998) Previous day - 958The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

Its acquisition of USF&G found its way to the St. Paul Cos.'s nine-month earnings.The compan

Shippers on North Atlantic routes are studying a proposed accord between European regulators and the

Minutes after declaring victory in Florida's gubernatorial race, Jeb Bush made a subtle, or perhaps

After the confetti settles, critics of unilateral trade sanctions may have little to celebrate with

Canadian Airlines Corp. this week took its first steps since a 1996 brush with bankruptcy to upgrade

L.B. Foster Co. won a contract to supply the track on the first phase of the Alameda Corridor.

The baht is back.The Thai currency has regained some strength, offering hope to besieged deb

Rudolph Miles and Sons Inc., one of the largest customhouse brokers along the U.S.-Mexico border, is

Federal officials have suspended indefinitely a plan to expand tests of a system meant to bring more

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

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

Sankyo Seiki Manufacturing Ltd. of Japan will build a $100 million information technology support pl

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