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For decades, the trade of goods into and out of Mexico has benefited from the country's popular duty

House Banking Chairman Jim Leach, R-Iowa, said last week he plans to reintroduce his financial servi

The JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulatio

A survey to determine how effective banks are in selling insurance found that employees in two-third

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

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

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

FUTURES - October 15, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - October 14, 1998All life-of-

An extension to a tax provision has been added to a major spending bill that is expected to pass Con

As of October 16, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Chemical manufacturers fear a global verification plan to ban biological weapons could prove costly

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 205.07 up 0.30 w

Canada's six national chartered banks must not be allowed to sell insurance out of their thousands o

October 16, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

Claims are up and sales down at Hong Kong's only underwriter of export insurance, which protects com

Oct. 16, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 15, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mild weather meant goodresults at Erie InsuranceERIE, Pa. - Erie Insurance Co. said its unde

Oct. 16, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 15, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Lo

Oct. 15, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

GERLING GROUPPeter J. Palenzona was hired as managing director of operations. In this new po

Chevron Corp. said it agreed to pay a civil fine of $540,000 over a dispute with the Environmental P

John J. Schiff, chairman of the executive committee of both Cincinnati Financial Corp. and Cincinnat

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The first terminal built in Hong Kong specifically to handle river trade to and from China is in bus

Proposed work to make Oakland's harbors and channels more navigable drew a small step closer last we

Friday Oct. 16, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC.Rudy Mack was named president, succeeding W.H. Dehn, who resigned

Traditional foreign exchange market activity in April reached a daily average of $1.49 trillion, up

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 5, 1997 - Oct. 16, 1998 (a graph)*

Canada is well into its third year of budget surplus performance, although it expects ''a year of he

Russian exports plummeted in the first half of 1998, to $36 billion, sharply down from $41.5 billion

Bangladesh has announced a 2.97 percent devaluation of its taka currency against the U.S. dollar, th

Nike Inc., responding to the Asian financial crisis and criticisms of its labor practices, increased

Customs, modifying a list issued early in October, has added the names of 33 more apparel transshipp

A union group representing more than 20 million workers has written to the European Union's trade co

Foreign financial services companies seeking permission to set up business in India will be exempt f

India lifted restrictions on exports of powdered milk and butter oil on Friday.''The removal