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Showing that forwarders are far more immune to the Asian crisis than ocean carriers, all three big S

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 10, 1997 - Aug. 25, 1998 (a graph)*

Sideswiped by the country's economic downturn, Malaysia's biggest bank, Malayan Banking Bhd., report

The Thai Government is resting on banking, judicial and business reforms, and a 3.0 percent budget d

Acting Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has approved a plan to restructure $40 billion in short-te

'I consider (Mr.) Chernomyrdin's experience and weight essential.'

The government's plan to freeze sales of the 1.12 million-bale national wool stockpile will take eff

Brazilian customs inspectors have continued their protest this week and are set to begin another thr

A union that represents bottle makers in the United States is erecting billboards along highways nat

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has pledged to cut taxes to help prop up the country's beleagu

bitsubishi Electric Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have agreed to jointly develop military equipmen

Sources at China's State Development Bank said the State Council has approved the creation of the co

The government could resolve contentious issues related to opening the nationalized insurance busine

Northrop Grumman will cut 2,100 more jobs by the end of 2000 in an effort to reduce annual operating

The European Commission Tuesday cleared Volkswagen AG's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd.,

Automobile sales for Aug. 1-24 fell 16.8 percent, compared with the same period last year, a source

The European Commission has said it believes that the current crisis in Russia will not greatly affe

Life insurance and funds management group AMP Ltd. on Tuesday launched Australia's largest takeover

An insurance company created last year by the Lithuanian government to assist exporters remains idle

Despite threats of tobacco lawsuits in the United States against Britain's B.A.T. Industries, the me

Insurers rushing to fix software so their computer programs won't crash when the year flips to 2000

BDO Seidman LLP and Lincoln Financial Group have entered into a strategic alliance that will make av

Landstar System Inc. said it completed the sale of its Landstar Poole's business, tractors and trail

The acquisition of Sedgwick, the largest European-based independent insurance broker, by Marsh & McL

Palm computers have become the new darlings of the 1990s, replacing personal digital assistants and

Emery Worldwide moved its operations to the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, loc

Fine Air Services Corp. and Southern Air Transport called off their merger Monday.The two ai

Emery Worldwide, which specializes in the transport of heavy cargo, formed a business alliance with

Northwest Airlines will not accept freight shipments after Wednesday night if it has not reached a c

The big guns of Germany's main industry association have joined the nation's motor carriers in blast

Jurong Shipyard Ltd. has delivered the largest tanker designed by a firm in Singapore. The $30 milli

Airbus Industrie, the four-nation European aircraft manufacturer, celebrated a major victory Tuesday

A surge of imports from Asia in July indicates the traditional peak shipping season is under way in

Jose Luis Villalobos toiled through bureaucracy and bad jobs and hit brick walls at banks after leav

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

I recently promised to write about three Commerce Department export promotion activities that result

NORTH AMERICAMen's and Women's Clothing. Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Las Vegas. Contact: Joseph Loggia,

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Before you write a letter of credit, you may want to take a look at your customer's credit report, s

After years of planning, development, and discussions with the exporting community, the U.S. Customs