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Latin America may be headed for a repeat of the crippling 1980s debt crisis, according to an expert

Money makes the world go 'round - unless you take a huge loss on a gyrating foreign currency exchang

Political and fiscal reform were the driving forces during the recent decade that enabled the once s

It's been a wild and woolly couple of months in the U.S.-Latin American air cargo market, highlighte

Ever since England's King Henry VII sent explorer John Cabot in search of a ''northwest passage'' to

The Journal of Commerce industrial materials price index is falling like a stone and could reach 199

Rolls-Royce comes under German ownership; the biggest pub landlord is a Japanese bank; the next Jagu

Marine hull insurance rates are sliding so swiftly that premiums aren't close to covering the risks

NAC RE CORP.Robert M. Copp has been named vice president of the Greenwich, Conn. firm's whol

Increasing the value of an insurance company means more than a higher stock price, two analysts said

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - DEC. 4, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 4, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Nov. 28, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Friday Dec. 5, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A firm controlled by a son of Indonesia's president will transport liquefied natural gas to Japan on

In ''South Korea: Bailout plan to curb giant businesses,'' which appeared Dec. 5 on Page 3A , Hyuck

The exposure of large banking groups, particularly Japanese banks, to Asia's currency turmoil could

Steel officials reacted pessimistically to last week's United States International Trade Commission

'I don't know where their mail will go. Some could end up, I suppose, going toVancouver, or

South Korea this week begins the task of restructuring the giant conglomerates and banks that sparke

CONWAY CENTRAL EXPRESSDaniel Supis was named manager of this Ann Arbor, Mich.-based regional

Financial leaders of the Islamic world are gathering in Bahrain this week for the fourth annual Isla

TURKISH WHEAT DUTYFOCUS OF MEETINGISTANBUL, Turkey - In a Joint Economic Commission meeting

Call it the incredible shrinking industry. A decade ago, there were so many large insurance brokerag

In line with continued liberalization and integration of Latin American economies, the trade outlook

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A spate of incidents and persistent concern about pirates have prompted calls from global ocean carr

Section 936 means absolutely nothing to most Americans. Except, that is, for corporate tax lawyers,

Argentina's beef industry is hoping that this year's long-awaited lifting of a U.S. ban on its famed

A 30-mile line of trucks that waited earlier this year to unload their soybean cargoes at Brazil's P

Indonesia's life insurance sector is about to get more competition, or at least a differentiated mar

The Port of Wilmington has something more than just the return of Volkswagen's import operations to

The U.S. dollar popped its head above 130 yen Friday, another 5.5-year high, and it will continue me

COLLEGE SELLS INSURANCETO FUND SCHOLARSHIPSPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roger Williams University want

The Journal of Commerce is restructuring the company to better serve both readers and advertisers. T

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 27, 1996 - Dec. 5, 1997 (a graph)*

CALL SPREADS PRICE OR BID/ASKNational annual '97* 60/80

Dec. 5, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Compiled by Rosalie Spiller, Journal of Commerce Chemical Pricing Information Service, Phillipsburg,