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mall to mid-sized importers and exporters throughout New England are being targeted by a new subsidi

Beijing has offered a sneak preview of an ambitious fiscal policy for 1999 aimed at knocking out Chi

Four longtime insurance professionals Friday announced plans to form Altus Casualty Co. to serve mar

Mexico is again without a plan to privatize its secondary petrochemical industry, following the fail

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Edith Cresson, the European Union Commissioner for Research and Development (Uclaf), came under rene

The Home Depot's Wayne Gibson has frontline knowledge of the changes ocean deregulation will bring t

Sea-Land Service Inc. will complete a review of a restructuring proposal in 60 to 90 days that could

A representative of the American Sugar Alliance was highly critical of Mexico in a speech prepared f

The Asian financial crisis, blamed for falling profit in the United States, has opened the way for U

A strike by marine pilots is slowing operations at the Port of Kingston and its busy transshipment t

Zim Israel Navigation Co. will increase its presence in China through the introduction of a call at

Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp. saw profit plunge more than 90 percent in 1998, but gained a victory of s

Americans not only bought more Toyota Camrys last year than any other new car - they also stole more

The volume of goods transported by road in Europe is expected to increase by 2.8 percent in 1999 aft

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The United States and Japan will resume, possibly in March, insurance talks that have been stalled s

At the same time that German shipyards are battling cutthroat pricing from South Korean competitors,

Sempra Energy, formed last year from the union of two big California utilities, announced plans Mond

Malaysia's official trade arm has created a Web site for its wood-based manufacturing sector as a wa

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Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews said he will try to bring together Irish ambassadors, state age

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 17, 1999 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

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The meeting of Group of 7 finance ministers in Bonn last weekend brought few surprises, and thus few

Zurich Financial Services Group has formed an enterprise to better focus the organization's commerci

The United States, Canada and Mexico are discussing a Canadian push to limit challenges by corporati

Mexico's commerce ministry, Secofi, hopes to give the mining industry a boost through new industry r

Pakistan's civil aviation authority has invited proposals from overseas companies for development of

Navy Adm. Gordon Holder has been appointed the 22nd commander of the Military Sealift Command, the P

The American Trucking Associations will take an active, face-to-face role in the debate over rail co

The U.S. Commerce Department's annual report on the trade deficit, which was released on Friday, not

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will make a statement today as the government launches its Nationa

Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai is confident his nation will pass the Year 2000 test. But fe

Japan's NEC Corp. said it would buy the European unit of U.S.-based personal computer maker Packard

For the first time, an authoritative Russian source has disclosed that platinum production from Nori

Monday Feb. 22, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Feb. 19, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

As of Feb 22, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Croatia's Finance Minister Borislav Skegro said the nation hopes to join the World Trade Organizatio