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Flooding in the southern German state of Bavaria last week caused at least 2.1 billion Deutsche mark

U.S. crude oil inventories fell more than 3 million barrels in the week ended May 21, as compared wi

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U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky Wednesday said that a recently released congressional

A possible Teamsters strike that could virtually choke off the delivery of new vehicles and turn por

Consolidated Freightways is now booking air cargo. CF said it's the first hauler of consolidated, or

It's not so much what you do as where you do it that's key to determining whether you get health ins

May 26, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from suppliers

Georgy Gabounia, Russia's trade minister, was unexpectedly dismissed this week after President Boris

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

Britain's trade deficit soared to its highest level this decade in the first quarter of 1999, as the

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While economists continue to analyze the merits of dollarization, Mexican transportation and manufac

United Parcel Service and Hewlett-Packard Co., responding to predictions that more than a third of o

A Cook County grand jury has indicted a Lake Zurich, Ill., man for allegedly stealing more than $420

A round table of agricultural industry leaders and government officials from around the world talked

Wednesday May 26, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

May 25, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsFeb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.

Canada and the United States have formalized a customs project to reduce border crossing procedures

Global Ocean Carriers on Tuesday announced a first-quarter loss of $600,000, an improvement from the

Freezing temperatures are damaging the already late-starting sugar beet crop in Idaho's Magic Valley

he cost of export credit insurance has dropped dramatically in the last two years, except for compa

Texas Instruments said it signed a 10-year, cross-licensing agreement with Hyundai Electronics Indus

Competition for a share of the $2 billion truck insurance market is fierce among the insurance compa

HARTFORD FINANCIALSERVICES GROUP INC. Richard W. Palczynski has been named group senior vice

With the 1999 hurricane season beginning on June 1, businesses in hurricane-prone areas that develop

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Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it would invest 300 million pounds ($480 million) in a regeneration proj

The Clinton administration has prepared a package of remedies, including tougher enforcement of truc

British Airways, once the world's most profitable airline, on Tuesday reported a 60 percent decline

An article on Page 14A in the May 24 edition with the headline ''BNSF restructures, slashes costs''

Consolidated Freightways Corp. will handle the delivery of freight caught in NationsWay Transport Se

American Freightways Corp. said it was adding automatic shipment notification and customized report

World steel trade is forecast to decline by 10 percent in 1999, influenced by contractions in demand

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