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A team of United States government officials have yet to reach agreement on a food aid program for R

Britain has ''no hang-ups'' over trading with Communist-run Cuba and is eager to catch up with other

IBM has signed a five-year contract worth $110 million over five years with Consolidated Freightways

Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco may sell some or all of its 66 percent stake in the Electro

Lloyd's of London subsidiary Lambert Fenchurch will act as guarantor for $100 million in private cre

Consumers in the European Union are far less accepting of genetically modified products than North A

Chevron Corp., a partner in a new pipeline that will carry Kazakh crude oil to the Mediterranean via

Atlantic Container Line staged the biggest rally on the Oslo stock exchange in October, easily outpe

Alleghany Corp. said its subsidiary, Underwriters Reinsurance Co., has bought Venton Holdings Ltd.,

International Petroleum ExchangeNovember 3, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 204.95 up 0.83 wh

USF Red Star Inc., the regional carrier unit of USFreightways Corp., has opened a terminal in Roanok

Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. is acquiring Ruel Smith Transportation Services Inc., the privately h

Dutch banking giant ABN AMRO has formed an alliance with Mellon Bank Corp. to provide global custody

Mergers and takeovers appear to be the last resort for growth in the Canadian grocery industry, as m

British Airways Cargo assured shippers Wednesday that its giant World Cargo Centre at London Heathro

The Transportation Intermediaries Association said it has formed a motor carrier conference to addre

Gulf Canada Resources Ltd.'s 1997 takeover of rival Stampeder Exploration came back to haunt it Tues

Nov. 4, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

The number of disputes brought to the World Trade Organization has topped 150 since it was created n

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien made a strong statement Tuesday that he had no intention of st

November 4, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. A

Aon Corp. said its combined revenue for the third quarter was $1.6 billion, up 11 percent from $1.5

Third-quarter operating income at Cigna Corp. declined to $241 million from the $262 million reporte

North Dakota farmers and state officials have started a new kind of cross-border trade tiff - one th

Fast-track trade negotiating authority will have to be compromised to include protective language fo

Peru will take a new tack in Latin American railroad privatization, opting for a two-stage approach

Transroll Navieras Express Inc. confirmed two-month-old reports that it was withdrawing from the rat

Arnold Industries Inc., a motor carrier and logistics company, reported a 4 percent increase in thir

Three container ships that were heavily damaged in a freak Pacific storm last week are docked at Wes

Authorities have imposed considerable preliminary anti-dumping penalties on companies exporting stee

Noted economist David Jones of Aubrey G. Lanston Wednesday said China may be forced to devalue the y

Wednesday Nov. 4, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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

Philippine employers signed an agreement Tuesday with labor groups to limit layoffs in exchange for

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Operating income was down in the third quarter at Reliance Group Holdings Inc., to $29 million from

Brazil has the biggest derivatives market outside of London and Chicago, giving banks a chance to ta

Coming up on its one-year ownership anni versary, Santos Brasil, the operator of Latin Ameri ca's b