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Farmers might get a record $7 billion in an election-year bailout being negotiated in the wake of Pr

Congressional leaders and the Clinton administration appeared ready to agree on a plan for immigrati

Plans by Zanzibar to create six free-port zones could generate badly-needed revenue for the semi-aut

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

1008 (October 14, 1998) Previous day - 1007The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

Oct. 14, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

With Asian shippers intensifying their calls for lower and more clearly defined charges at terminals

'We're going to focus on habitual late filers. We will detain cargo.'

India hopes to reap both short-term and long-term benefits for trade and external funding after the

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have finalized a user-fee arrangement with the Union Pacific

Bank-holding company Life Financial Corp. has canceled an agreement to be acquired by FirstPlus Fina

The biggest threat to British-American trade and relations is some European nations' failure to gras

October 14, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

As of October 14, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Cracks appear to be forming in the decades-old U.S. embargo of Cuba, as several senior former offici

Having lost one Malaysian partner, Swiss-based logistics and forwarding firm Danzas Holding AG is bu

The loss of the right to obtain identical terms of a shipping contract because that contract was pub

U.S. Customs Service inspectors, aided by the Louisiana National Guard, seized 4,500 pounds of cocai

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 205.14 up 1.08 wh

The embattled conference in the trade between the east coasts of the United States and South America

Supat Thamphet, an official in the Thai commerce department, has resigned after being accused of pre

Aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney will cut about 1,000 jobs each in Connecticut and Florida, or

Oct. 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Key executives from international oil companies Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil

Wednesday Oct. 14, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

India's insurance regulator is expected to set an initial capital base of 1 billion rupees ($23.5 mi

If there was one buzzword at this year's Council of Logistics Management conference in Anaheim, Cali

A study by Moody's Investors Service presents a troubled future for U.S. life insurers.In it

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Bulgaria is seeking foreign investment to develop the country's infrastructure, especially a number

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

Allstate Life Insurance Co. has agreed to reinsure and administer about 21,000 variable annuity cont

After winning a dramatic battle with American International Group Inc. in March to buy American Bank

Philippine Airlines has delayed resumption of international flights while it talks with potential in

Container ships stopping at the Port of Dalian in northeastern China can expect faster turnaround be

The Central Bank of Russia has told the country's commercial banks to default on their forward curre

Pakistan cancelled parts of a contract with a foreign-backed power company Sunday, alleging over-cha

Company spending to avert computer breakdowns resulting from the Year 2000 date change will consume