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Lufthansa Technik has purchased a minority stake in global management consulting firm Simat, Hellies

Union Pacific Railroad Co. and CSX Transportation Inc. have forged an agreement designed to expedite

The huge Atlantic Huron, its belly full of iron ore pellets and its topside jumping with gleeful sch

Federal Express Corp. and Kitty Hawk International Inc. are seeking to take advantage of additional

Around 120 square miles of the South China Sea suffered what officials call bad pollution after a 3,

April 1, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

FUTURES - Mar. 31, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 30, 1999All life-of-contrac

Centris Group Inc. is in negotiations with other insurance companies that could lead to its sale.

entral American nations ravaged by Hurricane Mitch are about to embark on an unprecedented rebuildin

Despite the obstacles of or- ganizing an intermodal exhibition in the midst of Brazil's recessio

FastShip, the shipping company working to launch a high-speed container service across the Atlantic,

Thursday April 1, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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Farm families in the upper Midwest are cutting back on spending amid the current agriculture crisis,

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 191.83 off 0.99

his one is almost too much to believe. On March 10 of this year, a seemingly innocuous U.S. Customs

Crowley American Transport has restructured its weekly fixed-day service from the U.S. East Coast to

Chile's Economic Relations Bureau said a World Trade Organization panel ruled in favor of the EU's c

Fifty ships on the river Danube have collected in the southern Hungarian town of Mohacs because the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 5, 1998 - Apr. 2, 1999 (a graph)* A

Nehru is No. 1. At least in India.When fiscal 1999 ended March 31, the western Port of Jawa

Unistar Financial Service Corp. has bought Allied Auto Insurance and Mr. Auto Insurance and Accurate

Defense contractor Boeing is proposing the sale of 60 additional C-17 cargo aircraft to the U.S. Air

More than 2,000 pages of once-secret tobacco industry documents, some describing efforts to counter

891 (April 1, 1999) Previous day - 902The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

The Asian Development Bank approved a $300 million loan to support the Pakistan government's trade l

A U.S. importers group is urging trade officials to remove the quotas on wool products from Macedoni

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsDec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Se

What a difference a year makes.Last year at this time, participants at the Intermodal So

Malaysia's central bank governor, Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman, announced a series of new measures on We

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 30, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

March 31, 1999RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-U

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 192.82 up 0.41 wh

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Whatever U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley accomplishes during his visit to China, one American

Only days after awarding a natural gas pipeline contract, Indonesia said the deal will be canceled i

A California judge on Tuesday upheld a record $120.5 million against Aetna U.S. Healthcare of Califo

Nearly two-thirds of British businesses want to keep the British pound, according to a survey releas

The Bank of Canada cut its key bank rate by one quarter of a percentage point to 5 percent Wednesday