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The Port of Tampa strengthened its trade ties to Panama and other parts of Central America with the

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The U.S. International Trade Commission is considering blocking imports of some computer memory chip

The World Bank warned developing countries against following Malaysia's lead by imposing strict curr

GST Global Telecommunications Inc. said its Mexican joint venture, Bestel, has started commercial op

The Asian financial crisis will leave 10 million people unemployed around the globe this year, the I

Thailand's Shinawatra Satellite PLC has sold a 3.2 percent stake in its joint venture C.S. Communica

The International Chamber of Commerce, the world's leading private business group, said it was setti

The International Monetary Fund approved a $52 million credit line to support El Salvador's economic

Honda Motor Co. unveiled a prototype of a sports car it plans to launch next spring to compete with

China's plan to build a $24.4 billion war chest primarily for infrastructure is designed to boost th

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

The Port of Halifax has received assurances of raising the 550 million Canadian dollars (about US$36

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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

In what is likely to be a watershed in U.S. trade politics, the House is scheduled to vote today on

As the seemingly endless line of trucks snakes into the U.S. Customs import lot, an inspector climbs

After months of caution, the European Union has taken an unprecedented plunge into a U.S. federal co

After being swept up by events in Washington beyond its control, the nation's largest container port

Nigeria, seeking to repair relations with the West as it moves along the road to democracy, will ins

Ecuadorean President Jamil Mahuad has instituted an emergency adjustment package that devalues the n

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 14, 1997 - Sept. 24, 1998 (a graph)

Japan's ruling and opposition parties resumed talks Thursday over bills to stabilize the banking sec

Bolivia has said it has become the second country in the world and the first in Latin America to ben

Daimler-Benz AG said Thursday its shareholders started exchanging their stock for new shares in Daim

South Dakota's ban on Canadian livestock moving through the state is causing concern on both sides o

Day Runner Inc., which makes personal organizers, mounted a hostile 47.9 million-pound ($80.49 milli

A Page 1A story on Sept. 18, ''Tariff relief wins support but faces veto,'' suggested that U.S. Rep.

FUTURES - September 23, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 22, 1998All life

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

Congress ''must'' approve the Clinton administration's $18 billion request for additional funding fo

As of Sept. 24, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

After pressure from U.S.-Mexican and U.S-Canadian border trade interests, the Immigration and Natura

The failed Thai offshoot of Chrysler Corp. has been ordered by a Thai court to repay $8 million to k

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 202.89 up 0.11

September 24, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repre

'People are looking and watching to see if we will do something, whether we will shrug our shoulders