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President Clinton is being asked by Republican senators to launch a sweeping review of Cuba policy,

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

Bolivian and U.S. transportation officials signed a technical assistance agreement meant to encourag

Just one week after shuffling key operations officials, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway ann

The National Maritime Union has signed an affiliation agreement with the Seafarers International Uni

Vastera, a company that sells international trade logistics software, announced that the company was

After some last-minute fine-tuning, regulations on wooden packaging from China go into effect today,

Another dent was made in the battle against insurance fraud when Wael Abdelatif of Astoria, N.Y, was

A barge collision in the Houston Ship Channel near a Shell-Pemex refinery has shut down a portion of

FUTURES - December 15, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 14, 1998All life-of

Southeast Asian leaders approved an accelerated free-trade plan and called for unity after differenc

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

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway plans a two-week maintenance blitz on the 120 miles of main

Software maker Symantec Corp. has given Emery Worldwide a one-year logistics contract to manage inve

Wednesday Dec. 16, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Mexico's Commerce Secretariat, Secofi, said it will open a formal investigation for unfair trade pra

A government-appointed panel set up to put forward measures to boost agriculture growth has urged th

834 (Dec. 16, 1998) Previous day - 842The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

The U.S. government has officially eliminated the requirement for visas - both paper and electronic

European and U.S. trade officials will attempt to avert a trade war over fabric and scarves when the

France and Italy seem to have worked out a deal over the chairmanship of the low-profile but highly

The Russian crisis and the slowdown of growth in Western Europe, triggered by the Asian economic tur

Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov has ordered the dismissal of Anatoly Zaitsev, one of Russia's most p

U.S. crude oil inventories rose 1 million barrels in the week ended Dec. 11, as compared with the pr

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 191.67 up 1.00 wh

The Swiss Winterthur Insurance Group and Travelers Property Casualty of the United States will coope

EXEL Ltd. said it is changing its name to XL Capital Ltd.''EXEL has grown significantly over

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The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday banned the city from contracting with companies doing business

China's Guangdong province said Wednesday it would restructure its Hong Kong-based flagship company,

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority has asked the Commerce Department to make Kvaerner Philadel

Philippine Airlines Inc. may have to issue preferred shares to state-run National Development Co. to

Utilities now operating in a competitive environment may be unable to pass workers compensation cost

The new terminal built specifically to handle Hong Kong's booming river trade has bagged its first b

The Russian government might close up to 100 troubled banks in a bid to salvage its crisis plagued f

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 6 - Dec. 16, 1998 (a graph)* Annual

A 74,000-ton cruise ship crashed into a reef off St. Maarten on Tuesday. Fishermen and yachters help

A huge shrimp harvest along with reduced export sales to Asian fish markets have combined to lower t