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Ford Motor Co. reached an agreement with AB Volvo to buy its worldwide passenger vehicle business, V

Ray Bourhis, California's court-appointed insurance watchdog, is at loggerheads with the state Insur

Santos, Brazil, the busiest port in Latin America, registered modest growth last year.Santos

Pakistan's textile industry intends to fight a U.S. decision to limit imports of combed cotton yarn.

Russia will lower duties by 25 percent for some food products delivered from developing and lesser-d

Greece's economy is on schedule for joining the euro on the first day of 2001, thanks to declining i

Record unemployment amid Hong Kong's worst-ever recession represents a time bomb that could explode

Lately, it seems half the world is going back to school on the Web. What with crash courses in Mand

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 20 - Jan. 28, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Vernon Weaver said Thursday that some ''rays of hope'' were di

It's the rumor that never dies: Sea-Land Service Inc., the oldest company in the container shipping

The Maritime Administration said Thursday it may rewrite and update some of the rules governing the

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There a

KEMPER INSURANCE COS.Kemper Environmental, the environmental underwriting unit of Kemper Ins

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will launch a corporate advertising campaign during the Super

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P&O Australia Ports Pty. could become the largest private operator on India's western coast if it ba

Human rights activists and exiles are concerned about an international initiative to advance democra

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

Skyway Freight Systems Inc., the information technology and logistics firm, said it set up a separat

The revenue management department of Canadian National Railway Co. has received ISO 9002 certificati

'International electronic commerce is going to take off in 1999. Importers will insist on it.'

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President Clinton has proposed spending $100 million next year for new state-driven efforts to reple

A longtime criminal who admitted killing a man so he could marry his wife and collect part of his li

Steel imports dropped considerably in December compared with the previous month, but that hasn't eas

In the first of what are expected to be numerous personnel moves, Customs Commissioner Raymond Kelly

The U.S. grain industry hopes its recent donation of 15 metric tons of sorghum poultry feed to Cuba

835 (Jan. 28, 1999) Previous day - 843The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Tim Fischer has welcomed comments by a top-level

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

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

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will become a global, east-west carrier in May when it enters the high-vo

Each year, Europe's 3,000 customs offices generate a blizzard of 90 million pieces of paper to perfo

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, appearing before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday, called for th

The railroads' latest effort to recapture perishables traffic lost over the years to truckswill be m

The rumors were right.Yellow Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings statement shows the holding com

Demand for coal will remain strong this year, pushing past the record high of 1998, the National Min