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A sandstorm forced the closure of the Suez Canal and the diversion of flights from Cairo's airport S

AETNA CONFIRMS PURCHASEOF NEW YORK LIFE UNITNEW YORK - Aetna has confirmed that it will acqu

MARCHNational Transportation Safety Board. March 18. Springfield, Va. Public hearing at 9 a.

Asia's current economic turmoil is forcing changes that could be healthy for the freight industry ov

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Virgin Atlantic Airways threw a big party last Thursday to mark the opening of its new cargo facilit

BRITISH AIRWAYS TO ENTERFINANCIAL SERVICESLONDON - British Airways is following other large

AON CORP.Richard T. Reminger Jr. has been named senior vice president for Aon Enterprise Ins

Chinese, Indonesian and U.S. interests are teaming up to create a new insurance group with its sight

A group of 43 property/casualty reinsurers wrote $19.9 billion in premiums during 1997, an increase

EAST AFRICAN COFFEEINTERESTS SET UP GROUPNAIROBI - Eastern African coffee entrepreneurs are

Some of the nation's biggest grain shippers are urging railroads to agree to mandatory arbitration t

In what may be the ultimate ''point-to-peak'' delivery, Emery Worldwide and its Swiss agent used a t

CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY& LOGISTICS INC.Robert Wyatt was promoted to Northeast regional general

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 12, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

'Reforming our financial services industry for the first time since the 1930s will bring new product

Despite last-ditch diplomatic efforts by Vice President Gore, Congress is preparing to approve sanct

CANADA LIKELY TO BOW TOREQUEST FOR WTO PANELOTTAWA - Canada probably will accede to requests

Ford Motor Co. will have to cool its heels a while before a decision on its proposed assembly plant

The presidents of the seven Central American nations and the Dominican Republic will sign a free-tra

The British Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has welcomed an announcement by the British g

MUTUAL LIFE TO BUYMETLIFE'S CANADIAN UNITWATERLOO, Ontario - Mutual Life of Canada will buy

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Chatset Ltd., known for its critical appraisals of Lloyd's of London, last week released a surprisin

A federal judge said he wants to speed up resolution of the tangled Electric Mutual Liability Insura

Russia said last week that Chechnya has reopened its pipelines to allow the flow of Caspian Sea oil,

EXXON TO UNVEIL ITS'ENERGYSYSTEM' CONCEPTNEW YORK - Exxon Co. USA is set to overhaul its ret

The Pakistan government has raised the tariff on power supplied by state-owned utilities by 12 perce

CALIFORNIA POWER FIRMSAWAIT DEREGULATION RULINGLOS ANGELES - A decision is expected today on

APL SHIPPER SERVICEOFFERED OVER INTERNETOAKLAND, Calif. - APL Ltd. said its trans-Atlantic s

The withdrawal of capacity from the trans-Pacific trade as a result of low freight rates and the cur

APL Ltd. confirmed Friday it is streamlining its worldwide organization with the goal of saving $130

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 226.13 up 0.50 w

The Surface Transportation Board wants to hear from shippers, government agencies and railroads that

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

Three more Conrail Inc. operations executives are joining CSX Transportation Inc. as part of a restr

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 12, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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