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The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

U.S. trade negotiators said Friday they had reached an agreement with Canada to further open its mar

The story headlined ''EU railroad mergers bode ill for shippers,'' which appeared on Wednesday, Dec.

The government wants more airlines to share safety information from their flight data recorders on a

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 195.96 off 0.87

Scrutiny of Asian investments will result from the region's current financial crisis, which was caus

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

781 (Dec. 2, 1998) Previous day - 789The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Porsche AG nearly doubled net profit in its latest fiscal year to a record 276.9 million Deutsche ma

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

The U.S. Postal Service, for the first time in more than a decade, has reached a tentative bargainin

Specialty Transportation Services Inc. will haul municipal waste under a five-year contract for Meye

Intercontainer-Interfrigo, Europe's largest container rail operator, will attempt next week to quell

Having won tax and other incentives in Singapore, one of Britain's biggest underwriters is now eyein

The United States and Canada expect to announce a package of agreements on agricultural trade intend

The conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo has contributed to a decline in Zam

A special meeting of the International Grains Council here this week was characterized by finger-poi

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsAug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

The European Union and the United States remain deadlocked on a timetable for an accelerated panel t

Taiwan firms just won't quit when it comes to building petrochemical installations in China, despite

After several years of discussion, Venezuela is ready to implement a customs law designed to moderni

Hutchison Port Holdings' said it expects to accelerate redevelopment of the Port of Balboa because o

The largest aircraft maintenance and repair firm in Hong Kong is trimming its work force, saying tou

US Airways agreed Wednesday to pay $390,000 in back pay and salary adjustments to women managers who

Dec. 2, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

An Italian business delegation wound up a visit to Baghdad with a business cooperation agreement sig

More and more small companies in Japan are posting losses, underlining the nation's slumping economy

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As West Coast ports take on billions of dollars of new debt, they will come under increasing pres

Growth in global trade by volume is expected to slow to 4 percent in 1998, and will stagnate or even

Schneider Logistics Europe BV has won a contract to distribute auto parts for TRW Automotive in Euro

The $76 billion merger between Exxon Corp. and Mobil Oil Corp. promises to put back together at the

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To survive, financial services companies must make dramatic improvements in understanding and meetin

Guy Veronneau knows he can cut costs and improve efficiency along the St. Lawrence Seaway until the

Canada's international trade minister vows there will be ''no blinking'' in an increasingly acrimoni

The Department of Commerce has imposed stiff anti-dumping duties of 149 percent on imports of certai