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The merger of the Sweden's BTL Group with Germany's Schenker International has created the largest t

USS/Kobe Steel Co. is planning to dump its longtime short line Lake Terminal Railroad and switch to

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has launched a new attack on Union Pacific Railroad, citing

Britain and the United States launched negotiations here Monday aimed at freeing up air passenger an

Equitas released last week its Group Report & Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 1998,

FUTURES - October 2, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - October 1, 1998All life-of-con

Consolidation of insurance brokerage firms will result in higher prices for corporate insurance buye

The head of the International Monetary Fund said he was troubled by the arrest and apparent beating

The United States and 21 other nations released three reports Monday aimed at building a more effici

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. Their n

The British trading company Inchcape PLC said Monday it sold its Russian bottling unit to Coca-Cola

A manager of the nation's largest federal crop insurer and two other insurers are accused of a schem

Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a bill that would have required health maintenance organization medical dire

With global demand for satellites among broadcast and telecommunications companies reaching an all-t

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 28, 1997 - Oct. 5, 1998 (a graph)*

A half-century monopoly by Canada's Teleglobe Inc. on telecommunications between Canada and overseas

As of October 5, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 202.22 up 0.09 whi

General Sales Manager Christopher Goldthwait of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that U.S. po

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 2, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

October 5, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Washington politics, courtesy of Sen. Jesse Helms, is again holding up the nomination of a chief tex

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 2, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

Monday Oct. 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Talks to eliminate all duties on information technology products remain stalled because of continued

'My basic concern is that the global economy is in the grips of a huge credit crunch caused by Japan

Oct. 5, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

Oct. 5, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21.

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Oct. 2, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

As Russia wrestles with crises on all fronts, its new leaders are facing the question of whether the

Oct. 5, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Saudi Arabia and Venezuela plan to propose to OPEC in November extending the oil cartel's current ex

German chemicals and precious metals group Degussa said Monday that it would close its precious-meta

India's premier oil production company appears to have managed to arrest falling output and is looki

Preliminary results on Monday showed reformer Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso returnin

Louisiana Senator John Breaux, the senior maritime lawmaker in President Clinton's Democratic party,

Planes may be faster than ships, but the aviation industry seems to be following the lead of the

U.S. and Canadian trade experts, a rung or two below senior officials who make decisions, are to mee