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With Alpine bottlenecks slowing commerce between north and south, and congested border crossings clo

Ten seafarers were missing and feared dead on Thursday after their Panama-registered freighter sank

Crowley American Transport Inc. has asked the Maritime Adminis- tration to raise the volume of cargo

Thursday Nov. 19, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, the specialty investment banking firm active in financial restructuri

Port workers, supervised by troops, this week hastened to unload grain from six ships as Bangladesh

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 201.05 up 0.15

In October, the coalition government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party did the unthinkable - it r

If you're an electronic commerce entrepreneur running your Web site on robust Windows NT and Unix pl

The International Monetary Fund office in Harare has said Zimbabwe's chances of receiving $53 millio

If you thought this year was rough in Latin America, economists gathered here advise bracing yoursel

US Airways Group Inc. on Wednesday promoted Rakesh Gangwal, president and chief executive of its air

The opening of a second runway at Hong Kong's new US$20 billion airport will be delayed for six mont

Martinair Cargo has extended its cargo handling contract with CFS, the Miami-based cargo subsidiary

Trinidad and Tobago's concerns about an impending electricity deficit are expected to be eased by a

Along the banks of the blue Danube River, Europe's largest inland shipyard is seeing red.Tha

November 19, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repres

Services were held Tuesday for Walter D. Brewer, director of corporate development at Matson Navigat

Vesta Insurance Group Inc. reported a 1998 third-quarter net loss of $26.3 million, compared with a

Japan this week proposed the creation of a port network alliance to strengthen cooperation among key

Al Gore bolted for the airport only minutes after the end of a disastrous Pacific Rim trade summit -

Ecuador's privatization czar Alvaro Guerrero confirmed that the nation's telecommunications firms an

In advance of today's summit meeting in Japan, the Clinton administration very quietly has been nego

Union Pacific Railroad's congestion problems of the last 18 months continue to shape rail market tre

Port Everglades and Hvide Marine Inc. are teaming up to provide relief to hurricane-ravaged Central

Subsidy investigations are not being conducted into imports of hot-rolled steel from Japan and Russi

Mini-warehouses and self-storage units are being used by cargo thieves to stash stolen freight un

AIG Consumer Finance Group Inc., a subsidiary of American International Group Inc., has acquired an

U.S. exporters are urging Congress to coordinate its probes on China following a Commerce Department

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. is involved in talks with Conti Reederei, a German shipping and fi

CMA-CMG, France's leading container shipping line, will resume direct service between Inchon, South

An Alameda County Superior Court jury this week found that a handgun manufacturer was not liable in

Markel Corp. has signed a confidentiality agreement with Gryphon Holdings Inc. and will immediately

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Authorities have put preliminary anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of various steel pr

Asked if China's policy not to devalue the yuan will carry into 1999 and beyond, China's Foreign Min

The European Commission adopted a proposal Wednesday aimed at regulating electronic trade.Th

Major railroads have cooked up a three-ingredient stew to tickle their shippers' taste buds.