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

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

'We recommend this action because there has not been a comprehensive review of U.S.-Cuba policy, or

Chiquita is branching out of bananas in Chile. U.S. fruit exporting company Chiquita Brands Internat

The Transportation Intermediaries Association will hold its 21st annual convention and trade show fr

Lawyers for lumber and home-builder interests last week argued their opposing cases before the New Y

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

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

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

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

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

The World Trade Organization's ruling general council has approved the accession protocol packages f

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

SWISS RESam Alexander has joined the London office of Swiss Re New Markets as director, insu

Canadian National Railway continues divesting itself of pieces of rail lines, turning 364 miles of t

When people talk about free- trade zones in Panama, they usually mean the Colon Free Zone - a heav

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

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

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

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

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

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

South African corporate powerhouse Anglo American Corp. on Thursday unveiled a $10 billion merger wi

U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than 8 million barrels in the week ended Oct. 9, as compared wi

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

October 15, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

Allstate Insurance Co. is seeking more than $33 million in damages in a medical fraud lawsuit agains

The Commerce Department denied this week that it has delayed releasing the names of nearly 200 nucle

Two weeks ago in the Swedish Port of Gothenberg, a boycott by the local affiliate of the Internation

Members of the Propeller Club, attending the maritime industry group's recent annual meeting here, v

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

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

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

U.S. producers and exporters of meat are angry at an announced unfair-trade investigation by Mexico.

Congress, in its waning days, passed and sent to the president a bill designed to reduce litigation

The rate-setting conference in the ocean trade between the east coasts of the United States and Sout

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

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