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The Brazilian real came under pressure again in currency trading Monday after President Fernando Hen

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American Airlines has been forced to stop transmitting information - including meal preferences, req

Inchcape Shipping Services, an independent shipping agency network, has been sold to an internationa

President Clinton has selected Joseph Brennan, a lawyer and former Democratic Maine governor and con

Feb. 8, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

Meanwhile, another Aetna subsidiary, Aetna International, Inc., has entered an agreement with Powsze

Greece's government warned that protesting farmers would face arrest if they carry out threats to bl

INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORSHenry F. White was named president and general c

The Port of Hamburg, staving off the impact of economic turmoil in Asia and in Russia, continued its

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 5, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The fire that followed explosions aboard a container ship chartered by Maersk Line was extinguished

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802 (Feb. 8, 1999) Previous day - 800The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee last week gave some of the portfolios he holds to governm

French telecommunications company Alcatel and U.S. electronic group Motorola Inc. signed a worldwide

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

As of Feb 8, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

A long-running feud between the two Lebanese brothers at the helm of French ocean carrier CMA-CGM ha

Keep it simple.That's been the mantra for Atlas Air Inc., an all-cargo carrier that has mana

laude Morin, managing director of Air Canada Cargo, is hoping that 1999 will turn out to be less tur

Cargo Week '99. March 1-5, Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by the International Air Transport Associa

South Korea's external debt was halved last year, while foreign direct investment jumped in January,

The trade aspects of the European Union, South Africa trade and development agreement, on which a co

Trinidad and Tobago's expanding methanol sector is keeping a wary eye on California.The gove

Africa has been forgotten in efforts to limit the contagion effects of economic instability in Asia

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 3 - Feb. 8, 1999 (a graph)* Annual

A newly formed council composed of California and Arizona citrus growers is vociferously opposing a

Congress faces an array of pressing questions on international trade and transportation this session

FUTURES - Feb. 5, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Feb. 4, 1999All life-of-cont

A proposal to form a new cooperative agreement among ship lines on the North Atlantic trades will be

Monday Feb. 8, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A joint venture of two American companies began production and supply of natural gas in Bangladesh a

Feb. 8, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead P

Late last year, an insurance training center run by Chubb Corp. in New Jersey graduated several Russ

Chubb Corp. said that it will buy Executive Risk Inc. in a transaction valued at $850 million, or $7

Shareholders in Irish Life PLC have voted in favor of a merger with Irish Permanent PLC.Iris

Feb. 8, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

''When you have a man or a woman laboring under this kind of debt and then you say to them these are