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When Europe's top antitrust cop comes to Washington next week, he'll have a hard sell with U.S. offi

The Commerce Department's controls over the export of U.S.-owned satellites to China for launch are

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AIG BUYS MAJORITY SHAREIN EL SALVADOR INSURERNEW YORK - American International Group bought

The union representing striking Mississippi tugboat pilots plans to hold ballots at individual compa

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UNITED PULLS OUT OF FRANCEBIDDING, CLEARS WAY FOR UPSUnited Airlines has withdrawn its reque

Two ports on opposite sides of the world caught their first glimpse of the world's biggest commercia

The failure of several companies in Jamaica's financial services sector has hurt other Caribbean cou

Lost in the hoopla over the record U.S. trade deficit in March was the fact that Germany's trade dat

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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

966 (May 22, 1998) Previous day - 970The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Let's talk about unintended consequences. At the Air Cargo Forum in Paris earlier this month, some a

MAY Seamen's Church Institute. May 22. New York. Commemoration of National Maritime Day. Contact: (2

Wide-ranging experience in key leadership posts in P&O Nedlloyd's strongest trade lane prepared Mike

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While the world rushes to convert millions of software lines before the year 2000, the insurance ind

A senior Commerce Department official said Wednesday that the United States remained concerned over

After monthlong talks with its labor union failed, Hyundai Motors Co. said Wednesday it will cut its

As of May 21, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Indonesian trade and banking fell victim to the political turmoil that forced President Suharto from

The Port of Savannah, Ga., will expand its container terminal space by 21 percent and its berthing a

America's outdated battleships no longer rule the waves, but they still command a lot of attention.

Eastman Kodak Co. is rolling toward summer, when camera-clicking travelers shoot the world, from Cai

With a July 20 deadline looming closer, a global trade committee has to slog through dozensof techni

Indonesia's political future remains in doubt, but analysts say its economic prospects are grimly cl

CHINA'S TAX INTAKE DROPSIN SIGN OF SLOW DEMANDSHANGHAI - A sharp fall in China's April value

An Italian insurance company with thousands of Holocaust survivors' claims unpaid since the end of W

LINCOLN NATIONAL BUYSAETNA INC. UNITNEW YORK - Aetna Inc. has agreed to sell its domestic in