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Federal Express, the world's largest express delivery company, is suing one of the world's smallest

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's - flying fish embryos!Two West Coast br

Rising prices for stockpiled chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are convincing more and more owners of re

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SHIPSPLM SHAREHOLDERSVOTE RESOLUTIONSSAN FRANCISCO - Shareholders of embattl

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

The U.S. dollar could be on a Rocky Mountain high this week, following the Denver summit, which port

Two thousand years ago, the Great Silk Road - then the world's longest trade route - brought treasur

High-tech industry representatives are blaming Speaker Newt Gingrich for a sudden series of events l

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The proposed purchase of Hapag-Lloyd AG will face sharp opposition from the German public if it lead

EU FILES COMPLAINTAGAINST MASSACHUSETTSGENEVA - The European Union on Friday filed an initia

APL WEB SITE GARNERSDATA USER GROUP'S PRAISEFRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - The International Trade D

A new lobbying group backed by CSX Corp. was created to push for regulatory approval of the joint bi

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Suddenly, Africa is hot.Over the weekend, leaders of the world's seven largest economies lau

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One need look no further for evidence of the increasing momentum in Congress toward passage this fal

Free traders in Congress have been trying for years to eliminate tariffs for products from the Carib

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June 20, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The tiny market for captive insurance companies in the British dependent terrority of Gibraltar is s

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AIG WINS LEGAL BATTLEOVER CALIFORNIA ADSAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Superior Court Judge Wi

Investigators for the Massachusetts state Insurance Division are sifting through thousands of pages

RISK CAPITAL REBrian Gulbransen was named vice president, marine underwriting, of the compan

The nation should marshal its resources and ''declare war on natural disasters,'' declared the chair

The commercial court in Marseilles rejected the application of the Mistral company to appoint an adm

The head of one of California's larger insurance associations praised a bill that would once again m

Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM) will officially take control of the Mexico's first privati

Thousands of tons of food aid supplies destined for starving North Korea, but blocked in the Chinese

An APL Ltd. containership was held up in Seattle late last week after the company's radio officer's

South American countries such as Venezuela and Colombia need to import soymeal and soyoil, and Brazi

BRITISH COLUMBIA PLANSTO ADD 40,000 FOREST JOBSPRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - The provinc

JAPAN TRUMPETS LIFTINGOF BAN ON IVORY TRADINGTOKYO - Japan's environment agency said Friday

Next month, the employees of Kiwi International Air Lines may no longer hold the majority interest i

'Everyone wants to make a renewed push on the financial services negotiations.'

Imagine that your car insurance rates were based on how you fill out paperwork instead of the number

Caribbean banana exporters claim to be receiving growing support from U.S. Democratic and Republican

Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport, Tenn., is capitalizing on the uptick in the global chemical indus