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A shippers association accused Korea Shipping Corp. of refusing to make available to it more favorab

Negotiations over the sharing out the world coffee market among members of the International Coffee

U.S. agriculture officials are hailing success on the farm subsidies issue at the Punta del Este tra

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The Senate Finance Committee failed to set a date for action on a trade bill. It is doubtful that th

Libya is selling its lucrative holdings in Fiat, Italy's largest automaker and private employer, Fia

Bechem Can Self-Insure For Cargo LiabilityThe Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that Bech

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Export-Import Bank financing for major foreign coal development projects and for other commodities c

The New York Insurance Exchange reported a 9.5 percent drop to $139.6 million in gross written premi

Iraqi forces beat off Iranian infantry and marine onslaughts on positions in the Southern Majnoon oi

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Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has acquired Separex Corp. from Parker Drilling Co., Tulsa, Okla.

Louisiana Power & Light Co. said it won't need up to 5 million tons a year of coal under contract be

The Senate voted to keep alive product liability law reform legislation. In a stunning victo

Peter Miller, chairman of Lloyd's, said he welcomed the initiative to establish an insurance exchang

France Delays Action PARIS - France's plan to abolish its remaining currency controls will n

Spain is seeking to restrict further some steel imports from the other member states of the European

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Peru, an oil exporter, could be forced to import oil in three to five years, oil technicians and gov

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Tuesday on short covering triggered by heavy European buying a

Zim to Switch Berth At Long Beach PortLONG BEACH, Calif. - The Zim Savannah, on an eastbound

Budget cuts in Congress threaten to reduce future World Bank loans to Third World countries that ben

A union local that once represented General Dynamics Shipbuilding Division workers says it will bid

Western Union signed a letter of intent to have China launch a Western Union communications satellit

Last year California's $14 billion-a-year farming industry grappled with an unprecedented string of

Longshore contract bargaining continues in the Gulf ports, with employer groups still vowing to nego

A two-year-long effort to secure more inspectors for the Los Angeles district of the U.S. Customs Se

Trade ministers from over 100 countries launched the Uru guay round of multilateral trade talks that

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American Seeks Support For NC-UK ServiceThe head of American Airlines has written to the 50,

The European Community industry commissioner called on the 12 EC member states to liberalize the ste

Undeterred by a recovery of the dollar, the price of gold rose strongly in the Far East and Europe M

Britain, with support from Ireland and Italy, is urging the European Community to put more emphasis

Oil ministers of the Saudi Arabian-led Gulf Cooperation Council alliance will meet in Geneva on Oct.

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den