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The European Union, to help avert a U.S. ''trade war,'' will press for tougher measures against Iran

The Dutch transport minister is evaluating a proposal to increase by several thousand the number of

Angry European officials plan to protest a deal that will give U.S. airlines more access to Japan's

A committee of advisers has delivered a scathing verdict on a proposed treaty to protect internation

Negotiators for United Parcel Service Airlines and its 2,000 pilots met for a second day Thursday in

'When inflation-averse central bankers start talking about deflation, it is time for the market to s

NEC TO DELAY OPERATIONOF MICROCHIP FACTORYTOKYO - NEC Corp. will delay by at least one year

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

The dream of a national shipping fleet has collapsed for the time being after the Thai Shipowners As

BY JOHN HELMERJOURNAL OF COMMERCE SPECIALThe Accounting Chamber, Russia's independent state

Jan. 15, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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U.S. coal production is expected to reach a record 1.12 million tons this year, and then increase to

Following fierce congressional criticism, the Commerce Department said it will try to inspect all U.

Thursday Jan. 15, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Jewelry demand in many key gold markets in Asia has been badly hurt by the currency devaluations whi

PLANESCANADIAN AIRCARGOPLANS TO RAISE RATESCALGARY - Apparently jumping ahea

The United Transportation Union broke rail labor's solid phalanx of opposition to the CSX Corp. and

The fragile, two-tier structure of freight rates that has defined the North Atlantic ocean trade for

Shippers represented by the National Industrial Transportation League stepped up their assault on th

Officials in this northeastern port-city say an air route will open Feb. 20 to Nagoya in Japan, the

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Thursday on rumors about the health of Russian Prime

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

Union Pacific Railroad may be crowing about what it calls its ongoing service recovery, but there ar

Canada's dairy industry, sheltered from U.S. imports, is being battered by the bitter cold that has

Leading industrialist Hans-Olaf Henkel Thursday rejected claims by German unions that profit was ris

OFFERS TO BUY* P.E.T. CHIPS. Cheap P.E.T. chips food-grade, for the production of edible oil

China's life insurance market may be booming, but the property/casualty side is seen by many as a to

Corporations were able to buy directors and officers insurance for much less last year, according to

GERMAN INSURER: ASIANEXPORT CREDIT COULD FALLBONN - New export credit insurance ratings for

The first-ever shipment of high-level nuclear waste from plutonium reprocessing appears set to trans

EXEL SAW BOOSTIN YEAR-END REVENUEHAMILTON, Bermuda - Exel Ltd. said its fourth quarter net i

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.Jon A. Boscia was named president of the insurance company by its boar

To respond to the changing demands of their customers, insurers are experimenting with a range of di

El Nino may have brought some strange weather, but it didn't wreak the havoc that was expected in 19

Buglers from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy are quick to sound the call: ''We are the only Ameri

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