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Everyone knows selling insurance is tough. But consider a market where stamps rank higher than polic

Hundreds of customs brokers and importers were left staring at their computer screens on Monday afte

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 31, 1997 - Sept. 16, 1998 (a graph)

The unfolding debate over the merits of the Jones Act is going to be long and bitter if the first he

Imports play an underappreciated role in creating U.S. jobs and in the competitiveness of U.S. manuf

SEPTEMBERInternational Air and Ocean Transport Seminar. Sept. 18. Memphis. Course on interna

Egyptian Privatization Minister Atef Ebeid said the country will broaden and deepen its sell-off pro

With the United States imposing sanctions for everything from nuclear tests to unpaid parking ticket

As of Sept. 15,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

September 15, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repre

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. M

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

Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov on Tuesday lashed out at Alexander Shokhin's appoint

The United States said Tuesday that Japan's reluctance to open its economy was slowing an Asian trad

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin called on Congress to replenish International Monetary Fund accounts

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

BankAmerica Corp. Tuesday disclosed even more losses from global market swings, saying it has lost a

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

The Asian economic miracle isn't over despite the current financial crisis and those governments who

Six European insurers - Allianz, Generali, Basler Leben, Winterthur,Zurich and AXA-Uap - have signed

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There a

Indonesia's 13,000 islands have always posed a formidable threat to the economy.Simply put,

President Clinton's suggestion Monday that the Group of 7 cut interest rates to stimulate the global

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

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

Sept. 15, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

A key task force studying Canada's banking industry has recommended ending a ban on mergers among th

America's crowded skies will grow even more jam-packed in the next nine years, according to a report

Twelve years ago, American Apparel Inc. was adding $40 million to its bottom line by selling the U.S

Zim American-Israeli Shipping Co. has moved its Caribbean district office to Kingston, Jamaica, from

Imagine that you depend on a trucking company that uses a new class of larger trucks to carry goods

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications said it will cut the interest rate on ordinary postal s

China's official newspapers said Monday the government has decided in principle to grant the same ta

The port industry's pattern of widespread mutual back-scratching is typical of other industries here

From Albania to Zimbabwe, foreign governments are all but accusing the U.S. Federal Communications C

FORD MOTOR CO.James J. Padilla was named president of Ford South American Operations as of A

Sept. 15, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH LO

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

Far Eastern Shipping Co. and Contship Containerlines signed a vessel-sharing agreement for services

Asia-PacificCHINAShrugging off the withering effects of the Asian financial crisis,