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A large U.S.-based multinational automotive parts maker has rebutted, chapter and verse, a wide rang

AMERICAN RE'S EARNINGSSOARED IN SECOND QUARTERPRINCETON, N.J. - American Re Corp. had net in

A court-appointed officer has found that acting Teamsters President Tom Sever committed ''very serio

In Brazil today, it is lights, camera, action as campaigning begins for an Oct. 4 election in which

As China seems increasingly unlikely to reach 8 percent economic growth this year, Premier Zhu Rongj

August 17, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Mexico's export manufacturing sector known as maquiladoras exported $25 billion in goods and investe

China is scaling back production and investment at many onshore oil fields, including one of its big

Aug. 17, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers are consulting ''very intensively'' about th

The commissioning of two ammonia plants in Trinidad and Tobago has made the country one of the world

The Surface Transportation Board set the final schedule for reviewing the proposed merger of Canadia

OFFERS TO BUY* INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS, INKJET PRINTER CARTRIDGE. Our Australian principal clien

The National Grain and Feed Association on Sept. 1 will unveil the terms of an agreement with U.S. r

The auto industry has traditionally been a major customer for air freight providers. But that relati

Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson has asked state agencies to work on contingency plans for thousands of p

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American International Group Inc. plans to expand its operations in Bulgaria, the company's Sofia re

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In the not too distant and relatively uncomplicated past, most senior managers at U.S. corporations

Friday Aug. 14, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 202.81 up 0.79 w

Aug. 14, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PRE

U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton of New Jersey was misidentified in a photo on Page 1A of Thursday's paper. Mr.

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The price of new ships is tumbling in step with the decline in the currency values of the world's to

Overcapacity in ocean shipping was the major reason Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. incurred a

Halfway through the shipping season on the St. Lawrence Seaway, traffic estimates indicate a year mu

The California Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the constitutionality of alternative dispu

India's eastern Port of Haldia plans to offer priority berthing to foreign shipping lines if they gu

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OFFERS TO BUY* STRINGING EQUIPMENT. Equipment set required for the installation of power tra

Margin compression and greater earnings volatility will be the key long-term consequences of market

Despite prevalent predictions of 5 to 10 percent medical premium increases from 1997-1998, the avera

'We are now the market of last resort for economies in trouble around the world.'

The threat of a devaluation of the Russian ruble or a default on Russian debt - or both - shifted th

Aug. 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.