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ne hundred and thirty years ago, on Nov. 27, 1868, Brevet Gen. George Armstrong Custer employed neve

The defendants in a toxic waste lawsuit involving 38 Lockheed Martin Corp. aircraft employees are ap

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

After several months of controversy, negotiators steering the Free Trade Area of the Americas talks

The Multilateral Agreement on Investment, an OECD-brokered treaty setting rules for global investmen

Canada has launched the first step in a challenge before the World Trade Organization to European Un

Indications are increasing that the Asian crisis is doing more damage to Iran than U.S. sanctions ev

Malaysia is taking its fight to step up use of Port Kelang directly to importers and exporters.<

Ford Motor Co., aiming to save time and money, is moving much of its in-house purchasing to the Inte

The Indian government will offer 48 new oil fields for exploration next month under a new licensing

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 195.40 off 0.56

As of Dec 4, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

The European Union has stepped up its efforts to negotiate a free trade agreement with the Mercosur

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The international division of Seattle-based Stevedoring Services of America is among six overseas co

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

CNF Transportation Inc. has signed a four-year contract for wireless data services with American Mob

Friday Dec. 4, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Wayne Burkes is a general, an ordained preacher and a savvy politician from central Mississippi who'

Dec. 4, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. will acquire TIG Holdings Inc. for about US$840 million.TIG'

The Canadian Senate's influential banking committee has recommended that large national banks not be

New austerity measures prompted by Brazil's economic slowdown, together with a more confrontational

Deepening its focus on the pharmaceutical industry, Swiss-based Danzas AG has expanded its agreement

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement, the rate-setting conference for lines that carry U.S. exp

Colombia's Association of Cargo Truckers and other transportation unions will begin a 24-hour nation

Consumer prices in the Czech Republic fell 0.2 percent in October, bringing the net inflation rate d

A South African company racing to launch the first commercial rigid airship since the Hindenburg was

Dec. 3, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

While the independent agency system has not been officially declared dead, the distribution network

At Christmas time in 1996, a couple of recreational sailors set out for a leisurely cruise around th

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Caterpillar Inc. is confident that it will keep turning out billions of dollars' worth of earth-mov

The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has lined up additional support for its proposal to extend

The Myanmar (Burma) Port Authority said it signed a second contract with a local private company to

Icelandair, the flag carrier of Iceland, has ordered two Boeing 757-200 jetliners in a deal valued a

Mozambique President Joachim Chissano is seeking partnerships with mining interests in Colorado as o