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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 236.26 up 0.47 whi

OPEC OUTPUT EXCEEDEDQUOTA IN NOVEMBERLONDON - OPEC oil production was 27.875 million barrels

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

As of Dec. 9, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 8, 1997PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LO

Changes in shipping alliances in the Pacific will give shippers even greater frequency and breadth o

Dec. 9, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Dec. 9, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Dec. 9, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

Personal computers have been around since 1980 and have become almost irreplaceable for word process

Dec. 9, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGEDec. 9, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oshkosh Truck Corp., a specialty truck manufacturer, said it agreed to acquire McNeilus Cos. of Dodg

Airline industry executives and trade officials are bullish that all-cargo air services stand a good

The listing of fully utilized textile quotas in the Dec. 9 issue of The Journal of Commerce on Page

NEW JERSEY COMMITTEE OFREGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION Fred Brody, executive vice president of Day

The top cargo managers of the Star Alliance have agreed to have their airlines work more closely in

To Chuck Heine, Thailand's currency turmoil is a short-term problem, but the country and the region

Delta Air Lines, in a move expected to boost shippers of perishable products, will announce today th

With regional currencies doing a yo-yo act, it's difficult to say who'll win and who'll lose on the

Economic problems in the country are not driving consumers in Thailand to drink, as brewers are repo

A Journal of Commerce story headlined, ''Carribean Nations rip US air safety plan,'' which appeared

TRUCKSWAITING PERIOD OVERFOR CALIBER ACQUISITIONMEMPHIS - Federal Express Co

PZU CHIEF IS DISMISSEDTO SPEED UP PRIVATIZATIONWARSAW - The head of Poland's state insurance

As U.S. and French aviation negotiators head back to the table this week, industry sources predict t

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Canada plans to convert to a publicly traded stock company, after 127 y

SUN LIFE OF CANADAC. James Prieur was named senior vice president and general manager for th

When it comes to alliances and joint marketing, ship lines may not be the only ones setting rates be

The nation's shipbuilders gathering here for two days of talks on the 10-year outlook for ship const

The search for the Port of Miami's new director has been whittled down to a list of three, according

Don't sit down yet, the music's still playing.In the wake of the revamped Global and Grand a

Congested traffic lines and a shortage of railcars, which contributed to grain stockpiling in the Mi

The U.S.-flag fleet is heading for a post-1981 recession volume record this year on the Great Lakes

OIL SPILLS OFF JAPAN'S IZUAFTER CARGO SHIPS COLLIDESHIZUOKA, Japan - Fuel oil spilled into t

Volume in the Port of Hamburg next year is expected continue growing from the projection for 1997 of

Importers and exporters are outsourcing their logistics operations in search of efficiency, on-time

With China's foreign trade growing in double digits, this should be a boom time for the country's ch

In my weaker moments, I think those of us engaged primarily in the bulk cargo business are generally

Allianz AG has said it will settle seven insurance cases stemming from the Holocaust but did not dis

Illinois' Supreme Court has refused to take up a lower court decision that a trucking firm's contrac