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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.James M. Agnew was named South Central regional manager. Mr. Agnew

A controversial Surface Transportation Board decision blocking a joint carrier-shipper bid to increa

The telecommunications industry has been looking for ways to resolve a host of technologyissues for

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

he next high-growth region of the world will be, surprise: sub-Saharan Africa.Thirteen cou

Senior Clinton administration trade officials were barraged with complaints from senators Tuesday th

CSX Corp. has a contract to sell its Grand Teton Lodge Co. subsidiary that owns a Wyoming resort to

The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a total of $210,000 in fines against Airborne Express a

Feb. 22, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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Oslo-based shipbuilding giant Kvaerner ASA had a pretax loss for 1998 of $170 million, or $4.80 a sh

The long awaited draft of national ergonomics standards to prevent repetitive motion injuries has be

Mexican textile exports to the United States last year surpassed all other nations, including China,

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

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

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