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

Led by container equipment companies and railroads, The Journal of Commerce's stock index advanced 1

With a $17 million bond issue, Trailer Bridge Inc. is financing construction of three new vessels th

Shippers facing a Jan. 1 deadline to sign contracts to ship goods across the Atlantic by ocean are s

The Star Alliance, a worldwide partnership among six airlines, is beginning to bear fruit on the car

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 27, 1996 - Dec. 8, 1997 (a graph)*

EU AND MEXICO SIGNECONOMIC, POLITICAL PACTSBRUSSELS - The European Union and Mexico Monday f

Dec. 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

French officials have announced plans to spend up to $180 million on a European terminus for Philade

FIRST FLEET CORP.Halden J. Booth was appointed senior vice president at this Fort Lauderdale

Unionized truckers who consolidate small shipments are optimistic they can agree on a multiyear labo

A dispute between California and treasure hunters over who owns a sunken Gold Rush-era ship led to a

Dec. 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Two Baltimore-based roll-on, roll-off cargo vessels have proved the value of the nation's Ready Rese

A solid market-opening offer by Brazil in the global financial services talks Monday has increased t

'100 PERCENT PIRACY' OF FILMSIN VIETNAM, SAYS VALENTIHANOI - U.S. Motion Picture Association

Portfolio investment managers at major insurance companies eat international risk for breakfast.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Caribbean countries are objecting to the region's civil aviation agencies being given air safety ove

Charter rates have turned sharply higher for North Atlantic cargoes, largely because of an influx of

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Dec. 5, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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

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

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

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

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

SHIPSEIGHT-DAY STRIKEENDS AT SANTOSSAO PAULO - Dockworkers at Brazil's large

For the week ended November 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

Raymond A. Boyle, a 24-year veteran of the Port of Oakland, was named director of maritime.M

Plans by an aggressive Malaysian shipbuilder to extend its reach into Europe collapsed in a dispute

Despite President Clinton's stunning setback in his pursuit of authority to negotiate a Free Trade A

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

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