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Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif opened a $500 million purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant

The high cost of shipping empty bottles has caused Hawaii's biggest-selling microbrewery to move its

One of the virtues of writing a column called Export ABCs is that it forces me to revisit the basics

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Bright red and green trolleys that used to clang down the streets of San Francisco now shuttle throu

May 4, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

Sales of China cotton purchased by international merchants in a tender a month ago are proceeding at

FastShip Inc. said Tuesday it has received approval from a ship classification society for its revol

Under the guise of the Customs Modernization Act of 1993's theme of ''informed compliance,'' and in

MIDDLE EASTSAUDI ARABIASaudi Arabian consumers ''are not willing to sacrifice their

Amid the glare of headlights and the whine of locomotives, big trucks line up here every night to sh

FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADACHINA. May 6-15. The International Trade Administration is or

Last fall, well before the National Master Freight Agreement expired, Bill W. Huie said he was ''det

Stung by a loss of market share and hoping to keep Tacoma and Vancouver, British Columbia, at bay, t

Thousands of rioters burned cars and a warehouse in a Sumatran city, and students protested in the c

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

Competition resulting from the CSX-Norfolk Southern breakup of Conrail could givethe Port of Baltimo

'The experience of deregulation of other industries and markets clearly indicates positiveou

The producer of Chiquita bananas used elaborate legal structures and fronting companies to get aroun

The ever-widening U.S. trade deficit with Japan could ''lead to unfortunate protectionism here in th

Marine Drilling Cos. said it agreed to acquire a jackup drilling rig for $22.9 million.The o

The schedule for the three-day Intermodal Expo in Dallas.Wednesday, May 6Expo Grand Opening

Converting to the euro will present strategic, practical and organizational challenges to financial

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

NORANDA NOT SUREON COPPER MINE TALKSMONTREAL - The consortium bidding for Zambia's two bigge

LEBANON: MCDONALD'SCAN IMPORT POTATOESBEIRUT - McDonald's has negotiated an agreement with t

With the ink barely dry on their planned nuptials, Citibank and Travelers Group have together announ

The phrase: ''keep on truckin''' can translate into to a four-hour time savings on a cross-country t

NORTH AMERICASaudi Arabian Reverse Trade Mission. May 11-12, Los Angeles; May 13-15, New Orl

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 1, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

A study of the computer industry released Monday is expected to spark a struggle with Congress over

Tuesday May 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

As members of the International Insurance Council break bread today at their annual international in

It's every (railroad) man for himself.The yearlong Union Pacific service collapse is having

Toys are not like clothes. You can't change to making what's suddenly popular so quickly, and move w

Bigger and more expensive don't necessarily spell better service, shippers and freight intermediarie

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 225.76 up 1.10 whi

The Canadian government is looking for a law, any law that works, to put a cork in plans to export w

The European Union is seeking the go-ahead from its member governments to start talks with the Unite

The North Atlantic service operated by vessel-sharing partners Hyundai Merchant Marine and Mediterra