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Japan's Fuji Bank Ltd. and leading trucking company Nippon Express Co. will start home deliveries of

The Middle East got a new container complex and transshipment point with the soft opening of Aden Co

Having set an ambitious target for foreign direct investment this year, South Korea is taking steps

President Clinton and China's Premier Zhu Rongji could finalize an agreement on China's eventual adm

North Korea this week appeared to blame a South Korean vessel for a high-seas collision last week th

The Teamsters union has filed a national unfair labor practices charge against Overnite Transportati

Air cargo companies, struggling with limited space at Mexico's northern industrial airport in Monter

Greenbrier Cos. on Tuesday said net income increased 19 percent, to $5.2 million, or 36 cents a shar

Private property owners and commercial shellfish growers were stunned by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 191.15 off 0.12 wh

Trade authorities are trying to trim the massive book that importers and Customs officials must use

Russian inflation was down to 2.8 percent last month, the lowest level since the financial crisis hi

The Canadian dollar, brushing aside last week's Bank of Canada rate cut, has displayed sufficient st

Emery Worldwide added two Boeing 747-100 freighters to its North American network, leasing the aircr

Tuesday April 6, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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FUTURES - April 5, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 2, 1999All life-of-contrac

t is not clear from the latest go-around between a group of major corporations and the firms that

Even in these days of expanding global markets, a trillion dollars is still considered a fair chu

Amid the turmoil surrounding its bankrupt life underwriters, South Korea is liberalizing its insuran

State National Cos. has completed its acquisition of the stock of Independent Fire Insurance Co. fro

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Bisys Group Inc. has bought Poage Insurance Services, Sacramento, Calif., an independent life insura

U.S. businesses stocked their shelves at a brisk rate in February, while wholesale sales climbed, th

The U.S. Export-Import Bank named a senior loan officer, Julie Panaro, to represent it in the Caspia

Atlas Air Inc., which flies Boeing 747 freighters on a contract basis for other airlines, unveiled f

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COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Case Corp., the world's second-largest farm equipment maker, has agreed to form a partnership with R

April 1, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

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For years, the Port of Corpus Christi has built its business on the same commodity that made a fortu

A small city in the center of India is aspiring to become a large multimodal hub and international f

India is likely to become a major importer of natural gas as its economy expands, and is negotiating

April 6, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Where some East and Southeast Asian countries are - or say they are - in fixing millennium-related c

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