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The long U.S. effort to get other nations to stop using unnecessary and distorted health rules as a

France's exports of goods and services are forecast to grow by 4 percent in 1999, a slowdown from la

A headline that appeared on Page 3B of the Jan. 27 edition should have indicated that the Bi-State H

The number of Americans filing new claims for state jobless benefits fell for the third consecutive

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

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Thursday proposed building two more terminals at O'Hare Internatio

Where's the beef? Not in South Korea, the world's cowpunchers reckon, and that's started something o

U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable exporters, bedeviled by both economic and weather problems, appear he

794 (Feb. 4, 1999) Previous day - 794The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

The Surface Transportation Board will eliminate the option of using the Federal Maritime Commission'

Brazil and the International Monetary Fund are sending signals that neither side wants to rush a fre

Increased costs of dealing with Year 2000 computer problems resulted in a slight drop in net income

UniCapital Corp. formed a railcar financing subsidiary, UniCapital Rail Group. It will purchase, fin

The 2000 fiscal federal budget proposal released by President Clinton has little good news for insur

Nippon Life will begin selling ''Nissay'' insurance product that covers not only life insurance, but

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

A new Russian government report warns the nation may be forced to depend on foreign-flagged vessels

Intermarine, a leading breakbulk and project cargo carrier in the Americas trades, has announced the

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Air Canada on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss and said it would cut staff levels as part of

South African shipping company Safmarine Container Lines purchased the logistics company Roadwing fr

Fritz Cos. agreed to pay a $12,000 civil penalty to settle anti-boycott charges with the Department

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Merrill Lynch expects the downturn in the Philippine economy may be ending as various indicators sho

The EU Commission is examining the likely effect of a limited delay to the abolition of duty-free sa

India's dispute with the European Union over market access for its textile exports has frozen the mo

The Port of Guangzhou, commercial center of China's southern province of Guangdong, said thisweek th

Exporters fear that congressional demands for surprise inspections of high-performance computers sol

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 190.68 up 1.16 wh

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

Poe & Brown has completed the purchase of the Insurance Center of Roswell Inc. of Roswell, N.M.<

In an attempt to improve relations with Mexico, California Gov. Gray Davis made his first official t

Japan's electronics giant Sony will close its only television set factory in Germany by the end of t

The Asian fiscal crisis curbed revenue growth to just 2 percent in Hapag-Lloyd AG's container shippi

Guangshen Railway Co. will benefit from a routing change on China's Beijing-Guang- zhou Rail Line an

Deregulation will affect the way shipping contracts are negotiated on Asian imports this year, NYK L

President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has sent a proposal to Mexico's Congress that would throw op