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Berkshire Hathaway will buy General Re Corp. for $22 billion in stock, Warren Buffett, chairman of B

In the first lawsuit of its kind, a federal court has held that a long-term disability policy that p

While the future of the Names of Lloyd's looks cloudy, the outlook for the 300-year-old insurance ma

Beyond meeting safety requirements under the International Maritime Organization's International Saf

Why own an air freight container when you can lease it?Then again, why not? Although all oth

Air express carriers are moving ahead on several fronts in Asia - or are at least trying to do so.

Shippers must work with their forwarders to create separate processes for handling high-value cargo

Boeing's announcement this month that it will cease production of the MD-11, a recent mainstay of th

Challenge Air Cargo has chosen Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as the Miami carrier's second

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The American Trucking Associations leadership is pointing the trade association in a new direction t

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 213.75 up 2.43 whi

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 19, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

June 22, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

June 22, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNL

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June 19, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

After failing to rescue the depressed oil market by slashing production this spring, OPEC now hopes

The Teamsters struck Overnite Transportation Co. terminals in Atlanta and Miami early Monday, disrup

June 22, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Accidents in China's ill-managed mines killed 634 miners in April and May, the official Legal Daily

Monday June 22, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A chemical train jumped its tracks Saturday, spilling chlorine and sending seven people to the hospi

ALASKA AIR BOOSTSSALMON SHIPMENTSANCHORAGE - Alaska Airlines Cargo delivered nearly 1.4 mill

Intercontainer-Interfrigo, European railroads' joint freight marketing arm, will start using the eur

901 (June 22, 1998) Previous day - 904The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 17, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

ONGOINGSeamen's Church Institute. New York. Water Street Gallery exhibits paintings by 20 ma

Trade negotiators meeting to advance a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005 have given the United

U.S. sanctions have done little to slow investment in India, and there are signs that authorities ma

It is convenient, cost effective and from the perspective of a large exporter, often makes imminent

Masaharu Hino, Japan's newly appointed head of the Financial Supervisory Agency, said Monday he inte

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

The talks starting today between top International Monetary Fund officials and the Russian governmen

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug 8, 1997 - June 22, 1998 (a graph)* A

'The whole idea is tied to the repetitive, cyclical movement of spiders. They more around the statio

MOTOROLA TO LAY OFFEMPLOYEES IN SINGAPORESINGAPORE - A Singapore unit of telecommunications

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

INDIA: 'NO PANIC' AFTERCREDIT RATING DOWNGRADENEW DELHI - Moody's Investors Services lowered