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Swiss Reinsurance has obtained approval by the Indian government to open a liaison office in Bombay.

A U.S. auto insurance group has endorsed a new seating technology from Volvo after tests showed the

Mergers among major oil companies are likely to reduce earnings and have a negative impact overall f

British and Swedish drug makers Zeneca Group Plc and Astra AB Wednesday announced plans to join forc

n the face of it, restructuring a couple of container services would seem a simple task for most shi

The Federal Maritime Commission has targeted the middle ground in regulations unveiled Wednesday tha

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. is merging its bulk fleet with that of another Japanese shipowner, Navix Li

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.S. and Canadian ports have embraced the Internet as an important new tool in marketing their servic

The percentage of non-elderly Americans covered by employment-based health insurance continued to gr

Canadian Trade Minister Sergio Marchi used a trade forum here to criticize the Clinton administratio

U.S. companies are blasting the Clinton administration for refusing to allow oil exchanges with Iran

The Russian government and the International Monetary Fund mission that is due to visit Russia in Ja

In a move that will drastically reduce Lykes Lines' U.S.-flag dependency and jeopardize its ability

Asiana Airlines said on Tuesday that it began cargo flights between Seoul and London with a Boeing 7

Dec. 8, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Dec. 9, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 19.

As of Dec 9, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

oving information via the Internet is about technology, but officials from steamship lines stress t

Intermarine, a New Orleans-based global carrier of project cargoes, has restructured its Far East ma

'This has got to leave shippers somewhat uneasy.'

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 8, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A consortium led by Bechtel Corp. and Adtranz has been picked by New Jersey Transit Corp. to build a

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. tapped Gerald Davies, a well-traveled rail industry official, to be

Wednesday Dec. 9, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

t's the information age. Plug into the World Wide Web and surf the Internet.Fine advice, cer

877 (Dec. 9, 1998) Previous day - 884The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

In a story under the headline ''US strategy in banana tiff: Divide and conquer,'' on Page 1A in the

Baltimore has emerged as a dark horse in the scramble to capture the massive intermodal terminal tha

Shaken by the economic and financial crisis, cargo traffic at Asia's top four airports fell in the f

As Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. move to preside over the oil industry, they must bring two very diffe

The Russian government will soon create an emergency food reserve that will allow the state to regul

he Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is planning to transform its Web site from a public relat

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Increasingly mobilized by the Internet, labor and environmental activists are a growing threat to fr

Vice President Al Gore will host the first international conference targeting corruption specificall

Shares of FDX Corp. jumped on Monday after a newspaper said the company - parent of Federal Express

Harry Vos, the diversified Dutch transport and logistics group, is changing its name and creating th