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Heavy-truck makers jumped into 1999 with a double-digit gain in January sales as merger talks sparke

On Feb. 1, 1999, Sun Life and Provincial Holdings - a subsidiary of AXA Group - announced a recommen

An Alaskan judge has declined to order oil giant BP Amoco to stop work on roads that are part of an

As of Feb 17, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

The new waterfront contract at West Coast ports is expected to be revolutionary, but it will only be

A rule issued by the U.S. Customs Service marks another important step toward freer cross-border tru

Farrell Lines, the U.S.-flag line that serves eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea region markets, op

825 (Feb. 17, 1999) Previous day - 821The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

French Trade Minister Jacques Dondoux said Wednesday France's 1999 trade surplus should be around 15

Dodd W. Fiori, executive vice president and chief operating officer at NYK (North America) Inc., ann

Employees of FastShip Atlantic Inc., a Philadelphia company planning to build the world's fastest co

Feb. 16, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The International Monetary Fund won't give Russia desperately needed loans unless the government ove

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

Citing little improvement in global efforts to combat piracy of copyrighted items, the International

Amid a consumer uproar in Britain over genetically modified crops, Monsanto Co. of St. Louis admitte

The Census Bureau, responding to concerns that filing export documentation is too costly for small f

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'There is no question here of monopoly. Railways in Europe average 15 percent of total traffic flows

By the end of this month, the Clinton administration will likely announce that Paraguay will be dece

The Pakistan government has created a committee to expedite development of a deep-sea port at Gwadar

U.S. shippers are unsure how to plan the delivery of more than three million tons of commodities tha

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U.S. pharmaceutical giant Warner Lambert will shut its confectionery and pharmaceutical plant in the

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsNov Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug

Consolidated Delivery & Logistics Inc. has bought Gold Wings, a privately held air delivery company

Farmers struggling to make a living despite low crop prices cannot hope for a quick economic turnaro

UniCapital Corp., Miami, has come out of nowhere to become a major force in asset-based financing in

Marsh & McLennan Cos.Meryl D. Hartzband was appointed principal and investment director of M

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Mexico's decision this month to open the power sector to large-scale private and foreign investme

Tuesday Feb. 16, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Vietnam plans to boost oil production in 1999, targeting 14.5 million metric tons of crude oil, up f

Railroad traffic is off to a generally slow start in 1999, but analysts are not concluding that frei

Current Textile Quotas:As was the case last week, there are currently no projected embargoes

Steven S. Heinrichs joined ACL's law department as corporate counsel.He was senior associate

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 186.77 off 0.39 wh

Switzerland's Alusuisse-Lonza Group reported net sales of 8.5 billion Swiss francs ($6 billion) in 1

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