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Kansas City Southern Railway Co. rebutted claims that it was causing substantial delays to Union Pac

CHUBB CORP.Thomas C. Wafer was named managing director of international marketing and underw

Generali has joined the five other major European insurers, state insurance regulators and the World

September 11, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repre

Croatia initialed a long-awaited draft agreement on Thursday regulating the use of its Port of Ploce

South Dakota voters will evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment this fall that would bar farme

Major medical stop-loss coverage player Centris Group Inc.'s recently announced acquisitions undersc

Russia chose political over economic stability Friday as President Boris Yeltsin nominated Viktor Ge

When the U.S.-Mexico border finally opens to international competition under the North American Free

Net written premiums for the life insurance industry rose 14 percent from $144.8 billion in the firs

German chemicals group Hoechst AG has announced plans to sell a subsidiary to Deutsche Morgan Grenfe

International Petroleum ExchangeSeptember 10, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Asian crisis has turned into a global crisis and the United States is no longer seen as the best

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

The Port of Seattle Sunday entered the era of the mega-terminal with dedication ceremonies for a 160

An advance guard from the International Monetary Fund arrived here Friday to prepare for talks with

More than half of China's exports to the United States could be affected by anticipated U.S. rules t

Capping months of negotiations, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority on Thursday approved a

Allowed to savor their recovery from Mexico's worst economic crisis for a few months, truckers are n

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 201.53 off 0.99

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The Association of American Railroads and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

South African wine exporters bucked the expected downturn and posted a 35 percent increase in bottle

King Ocean Services said it added weekly direct sailings between Port Everglades, Fla., and Maracaib

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group and Federal Express Corp. on Thursday launched ''Boeing Express,''

Numerous group health plans fail to cover contraceptives that can prevent pregnancy, thus increasing

Britain's seaports are on a roll, reporting double-digit gains in traffic and profit, with add-on ac

Having generated more than $8 billion from the sale of Peru's state-owned telecommunications firms,

FUTURES - September 9, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 8, 1998All life-o

International Petroleum ExchangeSeptember 9, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Hainan airlines, in which U.S. financier George Soros has a 21.2 percent stake, has agreed to take 2

Shipping lines that stepped forth boldly this summer with freight rate increases on U.S. exports to

Central bank governors of a South Asian group plan to discuss a mechanism for minimizing the role of

Farmers in the northern United States become very upset at seeing truckloads of plump Canadian cattl

Maersk Line is seizing control of its sailings between Australia and East Asia in what it calls a ra

Spurred by the integration of the global economy, international cargo traffic is projected to grow b

President Clinton will veto H.R. 10, the banking reform bill, ''unless significant changes are made'

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