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Caliber System Inc. has reached agreement on a deal to sell its Central Freight Lines subsidiary to

The head of Sea-Land Service Inc., one of the world's largest container carriers, told attendees at

Falling profit and declining revenue on freight are stimulating one of China's three main internatio

Canadian Pacific Ltd. could walk away from its proposed acquisition of ailing Lykes Bros. Steamship

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 29, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

CONSECO TO PURCHASELEUCADIA SUBSIDIARIESNEW YORK - Leucadia National Corp. signed an agreeme

Chinese companies appear to be longing for more choices in property/casualty cover, and a U.S. study

Nothing annoys an insurance underwriter more than not getting accurate and full information, especia

You have to be very careful about wishing for things, because you never know how they might come t

Smaller manufacturers and all firms new to export know how tight-fisted many banks are about lending

The Russian market may be ''a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,'' as Winston Churchill o

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

REGIONAL BLOCSAsia Circle Benefit and Contemporary Asian Film Festival. May 1-3. New York. C

The story headlined ''Costa Rica Attractive to High-Tech Industries,'' which appeared on Page 4C on

Harris Corp., of Melbourne, Fla., is helping the South Korean government improve Seoul's air transpo

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To look at the container shipping industry today, it seems getting together is the easy part.

There is a wrestling match about to take place for control of container traffic relayed through the

The United States and Mexico may be on the verge of a breakthrough in the long-delayed opening of th

Last month's hepatitis outbreak among schoolchildren in Michigan and its tenuous link to Mexican str

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A clerical error has given Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., his first chance to make good on threats to se

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday on weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data, which changed the inter

The Clinton administration broadly endorsed legislation Tuesday that would open the U.S. market wide

GINGRICH HOPEFUL CLINTONGETS FAST TRACK ON CHILEWASHINGTON - House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-

Thursday's general election in Britain will not have any radical and immediate impact on one of the

Japan warned the United States Tuesday it might call an international dispute panel to review Japan'

'I've given up trying to predict what the Chinese might do.'

The prospect of a Labour government in Britain a few years ago would have sent panic through the Bri

A World Trade Organization dispute panel has ruled that the European Union's banana plan favoring im

SHIPSLONG BEACH AGENCY AGAINGIVES NOD TO COSCOLONG BEACH, Calif. - Hoping th

With strikes against the world's largest automakers again proving disruptive to their global supply

Atlantic Container Line has commissioned a study of the company's strategic options, including merge

It won't take long for the six largest U.S. shipbuilding companies to tell the Senate and the world

President Clinton is expected to sign ''open-skies'' agreements with six Central American countries

Legislation to privatize major Canadian ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway is dead, at least until a

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