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Despite a flurry of agreements that defy U.S. sanctions, foreign oil investment in Iran is moving at

Canada has set provisional duties of 77 percent on imports of hot-rolled steel from Russia, Romania

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hen producers of America's forest and paper prod ucts gather in New York this week, the theme of

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President Clinton, scheduled to leave today for Central America, is tying new benefits for the count

The U.S. Meat Export Federation forecast Japan's U.S. beef imports in 1999 will rise 6 percent from

Commercial port users may find little to cheer about in a seaport district plan published last week

he U.S. dollar could be caught in the cross-fire if the United States and the European Union step up

Skeptics have raised many questions about a plan to put the world's highest-speed container ships on

As of Mar 5, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

The head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank said the governmental finance agency was stepping up lending

Bigger is better. That's the premise guiding the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association

The Senate Banking Committee, in straight party-line vote, has approved a banking reform bill.

The government in South Korea is drawing back from plans to close seven life companies deemed techni

The Dutch insurance group Aegon NV said last week its net profit in 1998 was 2.8 billion guilders (1

Swiss Re Group of Zurich has bought the U.S. life insurance operations of Royal & Sun Alliance Insur

The Federal Maritime Commission will meet in a closed session on Tuesday at 10 a.m.The agend

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 8, 1998 - Mar. 5, 1999 (a graph)* An

Friday Mar. 5, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Economic troubles in Asia are tearing at the North American paper industry, economists and trade gro

Steven Sutermeister is surprisingly upbeat for a manager of an emerging markets bond fund that has d

Shifts in social norms and new standards of equality and rights, backed by new laws enforced by gove

The International Finance Corp. said it will lend $2.4 million to Tilda Uganda Ltd. for a rice-growi

The European Commission announced it is taking further legal action against Greece for failing to li

The European Union has virtually ruled out any last-minute deal with Washington in a dispute over pl

The breakup of a short-lived marriage between Lucent Technologies and Philips Consumer Electronics m

The European Union is expected to blast the United States for slapping sanctions on $520 million wor

Even though waterfront land is quite expensive, many terminal operators would rather build bigger te

*Mar. 2, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

A 4.9 percent fall in imports helped to narrow Jamaica's calendar 1998 trade deficit to $1.67 billio

New York, Suezagencies link effortsThe Port of New York and New Jersey and the Suez Canal Au

Florida's insurance commissioner wants to ban the sale of burial insurance because customers often p

Thursday Mar. 4, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is buying four 747-400 ''combi'' aircraft that carry cargo on the main deck

719 (Mar. 4, 1999) Previous - 712The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays pu

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

'Consumers won't wait. When the goods are hot, they're hot.'