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Libra buys six Chinesecranes for Santos unitGrupo Libra, which has retained control of its t

CMA-CGM Holding, owner of France's biggest shipping company, on Thursday reported 1998 consolidated

In a case that has sparked interest among risk managers and raised issues of free speech in cyberspa

Policyholders of Standard Insurance Co. overwhelmingly approved the company's plan to demutualize at

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The first meeting of ministers from 46 African countries and U.S. government officials led by Presid

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China will dangle several new insurance licenses in front of U.S. trade officials as bait to hook me

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Foreign banks have agreed to renew or extend loans, the currency appears to be stabilizing and Brazi

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 189.87 off 0.58 w

A unit of logistics company AEI International is offering quick-fire import and export compliance co

Larry Sur, president of Schneider Logistics Inc., is to step down to assume a part-time role at the

In 1998, 38 reinsurers reported net income of $4.7 billion, an increase of about $1.4 billion over t

Michael C. Batte has been named acting superintendent of insurance in New Mexico, succeeding Chris K

My, how the tides can shift.Larger ships with deeper drafts will actually benefit the Port o

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By virtue of being the world's largest software company, Microsoft Corp. suffers greatly from softwa

Arya Group, the joint venture partner of Motorola's paging services company in India, is planning to

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A $40 million research program is needed to find new ways on the farm and in the slaughter house to

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Insurers have long fought for the right to sell their products in a marketplace free of rules govern

Senators Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said the Senate's environmental and publ

Europe's package and express-delivery market is likely to be the fastest-growing sector of transport

U.S. crude oil inventories rose less than 1 million barrels in the week ended March 19, as compared

Shoring up Japan's banks with an injection of taxpayer money is the only way to stabilize the indust

The Surface Transportation Board removed a requirement that the long-delayed Tongue River Railroad C

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'This is a clear sign that the era of the one-on-one, customized, long-term contract in multiple tra

Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, speaking as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, reprimanded members

here is an uncanny similarity between the recent acquisition of Safmarine's liner shipping business

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The Clinton Administration is playing down differences with Italy over its illegal driftnet fishing,

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a bid by the Western Coal Tr

Farm state senators who are pressing to slow the growing number of mergers in agriculture got a boos

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