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If you want to barter, here are some people who can get you started:Corporate Barter Council

Everyone - the manufacturer, the buyers, the people who finally saved the day - blamed the cancellat

Chiquita is branching out of bananas in Chile. U.S. fruit exporting company Chiquita Brands Internat

FUTURES - October 14, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - October 13, 1998All life-of-

Cargill Inc. has applied to Cote d'Ivoire authorities to become a cocoa and coffee exporter in its o

Consolidated Freightways has become the first U.S. trucking company to own and operate a subsidiary

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

As of October 15, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

October 15, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 204.77 off 0.37

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 14, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Turkey's parliament is unlikely to pass a law to create a shipping ministry before the end of this y

Surging imports from Asia are turning into a nightmare for carriers because of the cost of reposi

The Lithuanian government raised import tariffs on food, fertilizer, ceramic and glass products, the

Kvaerner, the troubled Anglo-Norwegian conglomerate, remains committed to the Philadelphia Naval Yar

Allstate Insurance Co. is seeking more than $33 million in damages in a medical fraud lawsuit agains

Volkswagen AG's Japan subsidiary, Volkswagen Audi Nippon, notified the Transport Ministry Thursday t

Aon Korea Inc. is the first non-Korean insurance broker to be licensed in that country.All o

Congress will not approve the financial services reform bill this session, industry sources say.

The World Trade Organization's ruling general council has approved the accession protocol packages f

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is contributing up to $500,000 a year to enable top-ranking c

U.S. producers and exporters of meat are angry at an announced unfair-trade investigation by Mexico.

Eastern Europe is falling back into recession amid the fallout from the Russian financial crisis, ac

Congress, in its waning days, passed and sent to the president a bill designed to reduce litigation

The Commerce Department denied this week that it has delayed releasing the names of nearly 200 nucle

Investors in American Bankers Insurance Group have filed a suit against Cendant Corp., complaining t

'The timing of our action will enable us to be fully prepared for the new, deregulated business envi

Workers with sprains, strains and fractures are three times more likely to receive workers compensat

SWISS RESam Alexander has joined the London office of Swiss Re New Markets as director, insu

Two weeks ago in the Swedish Port of Gothenberg, a boycott by the local affiliate of the Internation

Willis Corroon Corp., a risk management, insurance and reinsurance organization, and First Union Cor

Poe & Brown reportsnet income up 18 percentDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Poe & Brown reported record

State-run Myanmar Five Star Line has added a 12,000-ton Chinese-built ship for overseas and coastal

Canadian National Railway continues divesting itself of pieces of rail lines, turning 364 miles of t

Members of the Propeller Club, attending the maritime industry group's recent annual meeting here, v

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the world's second-largest cruise line, was ordered Wednesday to pay $

After worrying the international trade community for more than a week, Brazilian customs administrat

When people talk about free- trade zones in Panama, they usually mean the Colon Free Zone - a heav

The rate-setting conference in the ocean trade between the east coasts of the United States and Sout