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GE CAPITAL UNIT TO BUYINDUSTRIAL RISK INSURERSTAMFORD, Conn. - Employers Reinsurance Corp.,

With the successful conclusion of the Financial Services Agreement of the General Agreement on Trade

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 234.01 up 1.00

OFFERS TO BUY* STEEL SHEETS IN REELS. 30,000 metric tons of hot drawn steel sheets. Thicknes

SHIPSMARAD LOAN GUARANTEESTO ALLOW YARD TO REOPENBOSTON - After long negotia

The agricultural trade atmosphere between the European Union and the United States grew tense this w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 3 - Dec. 18, 1997 (a graph)* Annual

In a historic vote Thursday, longtime dissident Kim Dae-jung was elected president of South Korea.

NATURAL URANIUM TO BESOLD DIRECTLY BY RUSSIAMOSCOW - Russia will begin selling natural urani

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services trade narrowed in October to $9.7 billion, down $1.5 bi

In the latest sign of consolidation in the intermodal industry, ABL-Trans and Interstate Consolidati

Controversial Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Linda Ruthardt faces another battle from a bill t

CHINA TO ADOPT SAFETY CODEFOR OVERSEAS SHIP FIRMSBEIJING - China said it plans to apply the

Thursday Dec. 18, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

After nearly 15,000 pages of initial merger application, CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. have b

The partners in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field have struck a deal to share facilities for processing

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The big question mark for global trade next year is how the United States and other advanced countri

Representatives of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster said Thursday that they would file a case with India

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DHL International Ltd. announced Thursday it plans to add nine converted Airbus freighters to its Eu

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

Alitalia, the fifth-biggest airline in Europe, will ally itself with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for pa

A wildcat strike by over 300 owner-operators has slowed truck traffic to a trickle at the Port of Sa

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East Coast ports see a bright future for all-water services from Asia that transit the Suez Canal, e

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Last Saturday's landmark agreement brokered by the World Trade Organization with nearly a 100 nation

It's no great surprise, but it will be a disappointment to many that Lloyd's of London's reinsurance

Aviation talks between the United States and Japan ended Thursday with major issues still unresolved

The law firms that helped the insurance commissioner handle the legal difficulties of Golden Eagle i

'The health of the Japanese economy itself is the most important single thing that can be done in th

Dec. 18, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

With much of Asia staggering from effects of currency devaluation and many Latin America nations swa

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China's largest foreign trade entity is reorganizing and streamlining its structure so it can regain

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

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest retailer in the United States, said Thursday it was entering the E