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Asiana Airlines, the No. 2 international carrier of South Korea, is now operating the country's firs

A consortium led by Britain's Transport and Communications International Corp. has won a tender to e

As pressure grows for easing sanctions against Iraq, hard-pressed oil producers and Arab neighbors m

With a whirling lion dance and whirring espresso machines, Starbucks is introducing cappuccinos and

Direct insurers in 1997 ceded business to reinsurers totaling $124 billion globally, with nonlife bu

Twelve health insurers and health maintenance organizations have been fined $72,200 for violations o

Safeco Property and Casualty Insurance Cos. has joined the National Association of Independent Insur

'They wanted to know where the buttons were formed and where the thread came from.'

The United States on Tuesday renewed its threat to ask the World Trade Organization to authorize pun

German tire maker Continental plans to invest about 100 million Deutsche marks ($59 million) in a pr

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There is no workable model that can predict the true effects of boosting rail competition, said four

Unisys Corp. has announced a contract valued at $2 million to implement the Unisys Airport Passenger

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 198.63 up 0.91 whi

he International Finance Corp., Washington, signed agreements with Bank of America to establish a $1

Brazil's latest drive to preserve economic stability has brought a punishing interest-rate policy.

St. Paul Cos.Tony P. Wilkey has been promoted to senior vice president/chief marketing offic

Summit Bancorp has acquired the commercial and personal lines accounts and other select assets of Ph

HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. offered to acquire Centris Group Inc. for $13.25 per share in cash.<

Officials at the Port of Qingdao said the facility handled 70 million tons of cargo and the equivale

Spain's producer price index recorded its biggest-ever fall in November, suggesting consumer price i

India's deputy foreign minister has castigated developed countries for levying anti-dumping duties o

The Asian Development Bank has approved the release of $500 million in loans to Indonesia in exchang

As of Jan 12, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

International air passengers cannot force airlines to pay damages under local laws for injuries not

Greenbrier Cos. reported income in the first fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30 fell to $2.86 million, or

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Weatherford International Inc., a provider of engineered products and services to the drilling and p

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Russia's Vneshekonombank and the finance ministry will resume debt restructuring talks with the Lond

China, possibly sensing a back door route for more shipments to the United States and Canada, is tak

ur last few columns covered certificates of origin under the North American Free Trade Agreement, pr

Australia's largest life insurer and funds manager AMP Ltd. won control of GIO Australia Holdings Lt

Jan. 12, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Three U.S. steel tube makers have filed a request for a dispute-resolution panel of the North Americ

The United States imposed economic sanctions Tuesday against a Moscow university and two other Russi

George Hsu, president of Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. for the past six years, has been promo

Business economists expect U.S. economic growth to slow dramatically in the first half of 1999, risi

VIA Rail Canada is making changes to its commission policy for travel agencies.On Feb. 1, co