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U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories rose by less than a half-million barrels in the week ended Feb.

Hong Kong, enhancing its competitiveness as the world's busiest containerport, has handed an unexpec

'Instead of debating human rights, missile proliferation and intellectual property rights, U.S. offi

FRANCE'S AXA GROUPREPORTS REVENUE RISEPARIS - Revenue at French insurer AXA Group last year

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 229.61 up 0.78

Thailand's export-import bank is boosting its funds in hopes of spurring overseas sales for companie

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GROUP LOWERS FORECASTFOR GLOBAL AIR TRAFFICGENEVA - The financial crisis in Asia could drain

Schenker International was awarded a logistics contract from Porsche Cars North America to handle im

MEXICO REPAYS FIRMSFOR TOLL-ROAD EXPENSESMEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has paid Grupo

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

Feb. 19, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The Port of Miami posted modest gains in traffic for the 1997 fiscal year that were driven by growth

Ford Motor Co. is ready to re-enter the Philippines, years after it and other U.S. carmakers quit in

One of Australia's largest stevedoring employers alleged in an interview that the leader of the Mari

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The United States and Taiwan are close to reaching agreement on Taipei's bid to join the World Trade

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The U.S. dollar rose slightly Thursday after plunging on a wider-than-expected $10.8 billion Decembe

Thursday Feb. 19, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

A KLM Royal Dutch airliner bound for Atlanta was stranded at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Thursda

FRONTIER INSURANCE GROUPHarry Rhulen, the insurer's president and chief executive officer, w

Food safety and market access will be among the issues addressed by about 4,000 participants at this

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Pakistan is inviting foreign investment in the oil and natural gas sectors, promising a high rate of

Wednesday Feb. 18, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

International efforts to fight money laundering in the Caribbean have run up against a motley crew o

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Picture this: You're ordered to a hearing before a panel of people you've only just met, who'll deci

The city has filed an application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board asking for authority to expand it

Attempts to unfetter direct China-Taiwan shipping appear to be moving again, albeit slowly.R

Whatever the pressures from low-freight rates and domestic economic hardship, South Korean shipping

Readying for what just four years ago was unthinkable, Mexican transport officials Wednesday officia

Workers compensation insurers in Massachusetts, dismayed by a 21.1 percent decrease in rates set by

President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree last week designed by Russia's automakers to offer tax incen

Stinnes AG, parent company of Germany's leading freight forwarder, has sold the struggling Rhenus Gr

967 (Feb. 18, 1998) Previous day - 949The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

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