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To boost their liquidity, Thai insurance companies plan to sell 25 percent of their shares to foreig

The Federal Aviation Administration said it planned to order inspections of 1,130 U.S.-registered Bo

There's good news and bad news from Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp.Shippers in Texas will ge

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 5, 1998 as supplied by the bunke

The Port of Pascagoula, an important Mississippi Gulf Coast waterfront, reports that traffic is back

Oct. 9, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

British tycoon Richard Branson has expressed interest in running a Florida high-speed rail system th

U.S. Customs, faced with continuing evidence that consolidators are failing to file export informati

Thieves attacked a slow-moving Florida East Coast Railway train on Thursday, separating dozens of ca

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration may force companies to pay more attention to

A clash between Iran and Afghanistan's Taliban militia has raised new fears that hostilities between

Friday Oct. 9, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Peru wants to position itself for expanded trade with the United States and the Mercosur customs uni

Canada is switching tactics but retaining its goal of keep U.S. magazines from selling advertising i

The iron curtain that runs between forwarders and integrated carriers is showing signs of erosion.

1000 (October 9, 1998) Previous day - 990The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

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

European governments are expected in February to approve a proposal to limit border delays of trains

A Great Lakes Republican senator said he intervened at the last minute to block a Senate confirmatio

Susumu Temporin, the recently retired chairman of the board and former president of Mitsui O.S.K. Li

The regulatory uncertainty following passage of maritime deregulation has convinced the Trans-Atlant

Two trucking companies moving consolidated freight in the less-than-truckload industry posted increa

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. said it will buy a shipyard in San Diego, its first on the

No one would dispute that the loss of 229 lives was the saddest result of the crash of Swissair Flig

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 8, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

As of October 9, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Several countries are turning to the World Trade Organization in their efforts to help speed goods a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 5, 1997 - Oct. 9, 1998 (a graph)* A

''We do expect inbound traffic will drop.''

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

Atlas Air said it has entered into a long-term agreement to provide freighter services for Iberia Ai

Florida Physicians Insurance Co. will buy The Tenere Group for about $20.6 million in cash.T

Calypte Biomedical Corp. said 20 U.S. life insurance companies have begun applicant assessment using

U.S. shippers facing a government deadline to cease importation of raw wooden pallets from China may

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Oct. 8, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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The French insurance group AXA Insurance Direct said it plans to create 300 jobs in a customer servi

How much longer will the cargo insurance market remain a buyers market is the question on most under