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Sept. 30, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Liberalization of China's insurance sector, long a key demand of U.S. trade negotiators, is proceedi

The widely circulated picture of U.S. Ambassador James Sasser apprehensively peering out of his besi

Congress is taking steps toward renewing the Generalized System of Preferences, an action that impor

Overcapacity in the tanker industry ''will be a problem for years to come,'' and owners should refra

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Sept. 29, 1999CURRENT: 1223 PREVIOUS DAY: 1217 The Baltic International Freight Futures

Sept. 28, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Sept. 29, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

A Senate amendment that would liberalize farm trade with Cuba and ease the decades-long embargo appe

Independent truck drivers at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma are threatening to resume labor disrupt

Route Size Timecharter trip Weight $ DailyNo. 1 43,000 Contine

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots $1,500-$1,600 per ton lots & in warehouse

Pre-shipment inspections, required on shipments to many countries, are generating disputes over valu

Sept. 29, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Russian insurers dispute allegations of fraud in their industry and claim the charges are timed to

Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a $470 million, five-year contract with Brazilian local phone carrie

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A new U.S.-flag shipping company has been formed to carry Defense Department vehicles and household

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 95.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998 High:

The Port of Calcutta, in a bid to boost traffic, is reducing wharfage rates by 20 percent to 50 perc

Two days of meetings between Turkish and U.S. trade officials failed to yieldan agreement in Turkey'

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo AG is taking steps to become an essential element of what the airline's ch

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Sept. 29, 1999 Reseller RackUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGU

QBE Group Ltd.CHRISTOPHER FISH was named vice president and controller of QBE's subsidiary,

New Holland NV on Wednesday received Chinese approval for a farm tractor plant, with production set

Huffy Corp., one of America's best-known bicycle makers, said it will stop making bicycles domestica

A federal appeals court has ruled that a container line must pay damages to longshoremen if it switc

A state court jury has slapped one of the nation's largest railroad companies with a staggering verd

John M. Birt, who was quoted in a Page 1 article on Tuesday entitled ''Different importers, differen

U.S. Export-Import Bank financing will be extended to key African nations to support improvements in

Poor construction and design may be the leading causes of damage to buildings and loss of life in th

Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California received a $5 million donation from the Bill and Melind

'Here is proof positive that shippers are not receiving benefits that anywhere near reflect what the

In advance of the final sale of its South America services to Hamburg-Sud, Crowley Maritime Corp. an

The St. Paul Cos. Inc. is launching a $20 million national multimedia advertising campaign.T

Four days of negotiations between the United States and China, the first in 13 months, produced no b

Forward Air Corp. has agreed to acquire the air cargo operating assets of Quick Delivery Service Inc