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The British government is considering forcing electricity generators to sell their unwanted coal-fir

Russia's state-run rail system made revenue gains as a result of cuts in freight charges and passeng

Plans will soon be announced to ensure fair pricing of imports into Brazil through a limited but tho

Good things come to those who wait, but in the case of a California high-tech company that anticipat

The United States has edged closer to signing up to an international deal which would save millions

ACLI CHIEF KNOCKSCLINTON BUDGET PLANSWASHINGTON - The president of the American Council on L

SWISS RE AMERICA CORP.James Hall was named senior actuary at the insurance company's Western

PLANESAIRBORNE EXPRESSSOARED IN 1997SEATTLE - Aided by several events in the

The Clinton administration decided not to appeal a ruling that rejected its claims that Japan is blo

Absolute exclusions exclude absolutely. Florida's highest court ruled the pollution damage exclusion

Pressure is building on European competition watchdogs to examine the partnership between Continenta

GENERAL RE NET INCOMEUP DESPITE PREMIUM SLIDESTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. said its con

Rep. Eliot Engel is introducing a bill to force insurance companies that sold policies to victims of

American International Group Inc. and Cendant Corp. have moved a few steps closer in their battle to

Freight is on a roll at BAA, outperforming passenger traffic at the company's seven British airports

China Eastern Airlines said it will resume flights Feb. 17 between Shanghai and Nagoya, Japan. The c

The National Transportation Safety Board said it would conduct three days of hearings next month to

The U.S Coast Guard and some port-state control inspectors, under the auspices of the Paris Memorand

Steamship lines, ports, railroads and others in the logistics chain spent Tuesday cleaning up after

A landmark labor confrontation on Australia's Melbourne waterfront may well hinge upon whose firepow

The 2,746-gross-ton Gold Star, a tanker that works throughout the Pacific as a ''mothership'' to del

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AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND DIRECT LINEChristine Finney joined the carrier as an account executive

A month and a half after Typhoon Paka slammed into Guam with the highest winds ever recorded there,

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First National Bank of New England, Hartford, Conn., announced a new program to assist small and med

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADAINDIA. Feb. 24-March 3. The Engineering Export Promotion Counci

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In 1990, Costa Rica's national assembly passed Law 7210-90, allowing the establishment of free-trade

Importers may be missing out on a golden opportunity to reduce their duty liabilities to the U.S. Cu

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MIDDLE EASTIRANSeyyed Mohammed Khatami, elected president in May 1997, will remain i

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SEDGWICK AND GLENRANDTO FORM JOINT VENTURELONDON - Sedgwick Group PLC has announced that it