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The Commerce Department lifted a hold on pending export license applications for India and Pakistan

What should your company do about its ISO 9000 registration, in light of all the turmoil surrounding

European chemical exporters face increased competition from Southeast Asian companies for their majo

GM REVAMPS CHINA DEALTO MAKE VEHICLES, TRUCKSBEIJING - General Motors Corp. signed an agreem

In the 1980s, when Frank Wolf was a young congressman campaigning for re-election in northern Virgin

'To say (trade sanctions) are being done without rigor is the understatement of the week.'

TOKIO MARINE SUESYAMAICHI SECURITIESTOKYO - Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. announced it

No cause has been determined for a grain dust explosion that tore apart a half-mile-long Kansas grai

The little island of Taiwan ranks about 14th in the world in terms of its insurance market, and the

A controversial new health-care study shows that fewer workers are buying health insurance coverage

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPKRISTIAN P. MOOR has been elected AIG executive vice president,

The New York Legislature has passed legislation incorporating a payroll cap into the workers compens

The Year of the Tiger, according to Chinese superstition, can bring ferocious upheaval.Six m

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WESTERN EUROPEREGIONALBusiness opportunities can be derived from environmental prote

Growth at Hong Kong's shipping terminals continued to shrink in May while throughput at terminals ac

AMERICAN RICE TAKESWRITE-OFF; TOP EXEC OUTHOUSTON - Rice producer American Rice Inc. said it

San Francisco's container business will get a tremendous boost Thursday when the Columbus Line-Blue

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Heavy-truck buyers kept manufacturers hopping in May as sales continued to score double-digit gains.

As of June 22, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Transit Group Inc. has made its third acquisition of the year, purchasing KJ Transportation Inc., a

Qantas Airways is further reducing services to Asia and redirecting capacity to growth markets elsew

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The Journal of Commerce Stock Index dropped 1.28 percent last week to close at 4538.03, outpointing

British Airways is poised to cut a deal with the European Commission within two weeks over its plann

The Maritime Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores Co. are expected this week to sign a framewor

Yellow Corp. is broadening its service offerings to include guaranteed and time-definite delivery se

Officials at Taiwan's main northern port want to accelerate their privatization program, but funding

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The transshipment business in Mediterranean ports has increased by 21.9 percent a year on average si

The heads of the sales and marketing offices at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey are sche

In a move designed to encourage shipowners and charters to settle disputes here rather than in Londo

June 22, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

When Muscovites celebrate national holidays, rose growers on the mountain slopes of Ecuador run out

As Brazil expands its export potential, the United States is increasingly less likely to benefit bec

OFFERS TO BUY* BABY ITEMS AND FOOD WANTED. We are a Bangladeshi indenting house. We are inte

NOTES REINSURE JAPANESEFIRM FOR TYPHOON LOSSESCHICAGO - Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co.,

The insurance and building industries triumphed recently when a California appeal court in San Diego