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A semi-official Taiwan business delegation will visit North Korea to negotiate mutual trade offices,

A United Nations agency has signed an agreement with the Cambodian government to upgrade its customs

Senior Hong Kong trade officials are rejecting grim forecasts that China's July 1 takeover could end

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''We're in this to win.''

The European Commission is expected to widen its investigation Wednesday of the $13.3 billion acquis

Within the past three months, the big six insurance brokers have shrunk to the big four as the broke

MAJOR ANNOUNCESGENERAL ELECTIONLONDON - Prime Minister John Major on Monday set May 1 as the

While Argentina and Brazil still aren't coordinating their exchange rate and other policies, regiona

Bulgaria and the International Monetary fund have finalized a new standby agreement, the IMF mission

A first-time partnership between an auto manufacturer and an insurer offers lower insurance costs in

OFFERS TO BUY* PHOTOCOPY PAPER A-4. A-4 (210- 97 mm), 80 grams, 500 sheets per pack. Four 40

TEXAS ACTS TO KEEPUNINSURED OFF ROADSDALLAS - Accidents involving uninsured drivers are on t

California insurers are ready to send homeowners installment bills for premiums but first they have

CIGNA CORP.Douglas E. Klinger was named president of Cigna Dental Health Inc., a subsidiary

The head of Insurance Services Office scolded industry customers Friday for buoying sinking earnings

AGREEMENT REACHEDON TRAIN CREW PROJECTFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Amid a new flurry of reports about direct maritime trade between Taiwan and China, the only constant

With a tight lid on information from negotiations Monday, American Airlines and its pilots union too

The young girl, about 8 years old, frowned in concentration. The crane had overshot the hold, swingi

SHIPSA.P. MOLLER ORDERSTHREE PRODUCT TANKERSLONDON - A.P. Moller has placed

A government report that U.S. manufacturers, farmers and other freight shippers once hoped would fue

The battle between United Parcel Service and Federal Express Corp. for supremacy in the U.S.-Europe

BIDS TO OVERHAUL FERRYHIGHER THAN EXPECTEDJUNEAU, Alaska - Bids from shipyards vying for a c

1481 (March 17, 1997) Previous day - 1475The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

March 17, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

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The newest group of rail shippers is taking aim at the industry's revenue-adequacy formula. The Alli

A State Department-led interagency group for hemispheric free trade has signed off on a plan to rais

An overseas consortium is proposing to build a $1.37 billion intermodal transport system in the Phil

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONALOF WASHINGTON INC.The global logistics company named three individua

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 12, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Hong Kong's Airport Authority hit back Friday at ''rubbish'' and ''nonsensical'' assertions by airli

FIRST OF AMERICABUYS 2 MORE AGENCIESFirst of America Bank Corp. has purchased the insurance

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

As Av Atlantic Flight 606 taxied toward the runway at Mexico's Mazatlan Airport, ready to lift its 1

The U.S. medical device industry - one of the nation's top 10 exporters - is looking for a ''growth

Bombarded with complaints from exporters, the United States and the European Union are calling for a

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