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The Port of Miami year-to-date statistics through July show a 7.8 percent increase over the same sev

What if they had a war but only during business hours, no overtime fighting allowed?That ess

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. A

1008 (October 15, 1998) Previous day - 1008The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

Oct. 15, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev. Close High

So you finally negotiated that great deal with a new partner in Pakistan. Off you go to the Export-I

865 (October 15, 1998) Previous day - 863The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thurs

When Russia's financial walls started crumbling, the headlines reported panic-buying of sugar, flour

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

The privatization auction of Brazil's Alagoas Energy Co. (Ceal) will be held Dec. 3, the firm said.

Use of electronic commerce as a part of logistics could make or break a company.''The degree

Rows of colorful combines and tractors march in waves across marine terminals waiting overseas shipm

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

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

Satellites, chips and diskettes are in line to replace some of the boredom, sweat and back-breaking

U.S. farm machinery exports appear headed down as economic woes deepen in Asia and Russia. But the t

The central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has become the first ex-Soviet nation to join the World Trade

The first McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Sri Lanka opened Wednesday, nearly three years after Ke

U.S. chicken producers will most likely see prices for white meat fall due to a crunch on profit cau

Renewed threats of unilateral U.S. sanctions against the European Union are finding no fans in Bruss

Poland's Treasury Ministry has set a share price range of 14 zloty to 18.5 zloty a share on Monday's

The institution that will oversee Europe's fledgling currency, the euro, suffers from structural def

Global sales of industrial robots are expected to grow 9 percent a year between 1998 and 2001, an in

Mexican exporters will be able to ship more garments made without fabric formed in North America to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 5, 1997 - Oct. 15, 1998 (a graph)*

Colombia will again begin a bidding process to award a 30-year concession for Atlantic, the country'

European Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler Thursday confirmed the European Commission is not excludin

The European Commission has approved an agreement with Japan to attempt to prevent semiconductor dum

Fire concerns growing out of the Swissair Flight 111 crash investigation have prompted the Federal A

Azerbaijan expects to earn $100 million this year by allowing its airspace be used for cargo air tra

Ford Motor Co.'s finance chief said Kia Motors Corp. is ''an attractive business proposition,'' and

Trinity Industries, Inc., a rail and heavy equipment manufacturer, said net income increased 23 perc

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Recent rainfall has restored soil moisture levels in most of Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa and coffee belt,

Oct. 15, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 14, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Lo

The International Monetary Fund has conceded that growth forecasts published in its latest ''World E

Thursday Oct. 15, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Canada's first diamond mine began commercial production Wednesday amid hope the country will become

Oct. 14, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.