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Germany's Preussag Group on Wednesday said it signed a final agreement to sell its HDW shipyard and

May 19, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from suppliers

Despite a recent improvement in Algeria's fundamentals, the country's economic revival is not occurr

Cuban President Fidel Castro said sugar and non-sugar agricultural production grew 26 percent in the

An open food trading system is the only environmentally sound and sustainable way to feed the dense

The Indian government plans for the first time to involve its domestic industry at the ministerial m

Sweden's telecommunication giant Ericsson was awarded contracts valued at more than $175 million for

The failure to resolve a deadlock over a replacement for Renato Ruggiero at the World Trade Organiza

A professor at the Maine Maritime Academy is conducting two studies meant to evaluate conditions in

A fight over gun control legislation has held up action on a U.S. Senate bill that would protect com

A committee of U.S. Customs will consider next week whether to expand a processing system for goods

Rail, truck and auto parts maker Amsted Industries Inc. this week made an unsolicited $700 million o

J.D. Edwards & Co., the enterprise resource planning software vendor, bought Numetrix Ltd. of Toront

KLM Cargo said Wednesday that it will launch temperature-guaranteed air freight services for perisha

Deutsche Telekom AG and Deutsche Post AG on Wednesday signed a cooperation deal for the exchange of

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Billionaire Warren Buffett, a loyal investor in makers of well-known consumer brands, has bought a s

Coca-Cola Co. has promised French soft-drinks group Orangina that it will keep all of Orangina's 650

The European Union's ban on importing hormone-treated American beef ''cannot be lifted,'' the EU's t

The London Club of commercial creditors agreed to reschedule $510 million of Pakistan's total commer

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines posted disappointing results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year that en

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May 18, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

nsurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There

China approved 4,925 foreign-investment projects in the first four months of this year, involving co

Kingsley Group officially opened an office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and appointed Joao Magalhaes a

A bipartisan group of 31 senators has urged President Clinton to impose import restrictions on lamb

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday spelled out that his government's position on joining

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RailLink Ltd., a Canadian short-line rail operator, agreed to an acquisition by RailAmerica Inc. thr

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 4 million barrels, and distillate inventories rose more than

May 19, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The proposed $5 billion merger between Unum Corp. and Provident Companies Inc. moved forward Tuesday

Political reforms in Mexico have long lagged economic reforms, creating a cycle of devaluations and

The Inter-American Development Bank has set up a $200 million line of credit for Latin American coun

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For years, shippers have decried the lack of less-than-truckload service throughout Mexico. But that

Though its key competitors have cut oil exports sharply, Canada is expected to have trouble increasi

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