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Aetna Inc.'s chief executive has sent an apology to a woman he described as a ''weeping widow'' afte

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. and Peru's Inca Kola have made a strategic alliance to develop the Inca

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A prolonged currency imbalance with Brazil threatens to close the majority of Argentina's 400 auto p

Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, R-Md., who chairs the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcomm

The International Monetary Fund is unhappy with the Zimbabwe government's failure to privatize its n

ACE GroupDennis Reding, president and chief executive of ACE USA, will assume the position o

Hyundai Merchant Marine and its vessel-sharing partner in the trans-Atlantic trades, Mediterranean S

Feb. 24, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

'There are inconsistencies between what the carriers say and what they apparentlydo in pract

Japan's farm chief, critical of a World Trade Organization decision against Japan for blocking fruit

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the formerly state-owned French ship line, has agreed in principle to b

Delta Air Lines has tentatively been awarded the new authority between the United States and Italy f

Cardinal Freight Carriers has boosted the pay for truck drivers by 10.8 percent, to 37 cents a mile.

Wednesday Feb. 24, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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The U.N. Development Program and Dun & Bradstreet have introduced the first global commodity code st

General Motors Corp. will cease production of its Opel and Vauxhall Sintra minivans, built in the Un

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

The Mississippi River barging operations of Japanese-owned Consolidated Grain & Barge Co., a large,

Singapore's Sembawang Marine & Logistics Ltd., having already shed several divisions, is quitting th

Ogden Corp. which has ties to the entertainment, airline food and fuel services industry, this week

Feb. 24, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Tempest Reinsurance Co., a subsidiary of ACE Ltd., has completed its first reinsurance contract to p

A Senate report on the Year 2000 computer problem warns a number of foreign countries and U.S. econo

As Nigeria moves closer to civilian rule with Saturday's presidential elections, a member of Congres

The International Finance Corp. has agreed to a debt restructuring plan for Thai Petrochemical Indus

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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. plans to buy Calfarm Insurance Co. from Zenith National Insurance Co

The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

.S. negotiators met with Chinese officials in Beijing Wednesday aiming to loosen what are the most r

A federal investigation into a suspected shipment of nuclear materials to Pakistan has highlighted a

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 23, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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Almost one-third of Lloyd's of London's syndicates are expected to show a loss for the 1998 and 1999

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United Parcel Service has begun a biweekly Boeing 767 freighter service to Bombay, the company said

With the touch of a button, consumers in 24 states and the District of Columbia can compare rates an

Australian beef exports are expected to be unaffected by wrangling between beef producers and the co

Saudi Arabia has awarded a local company a contract to run the re-export zone at a port in the easte