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Private banks are stepping out, so the federal government is stepping in.The world's major i

U.S. high-tech firms are flocking to Malaysia, where a government-sponsored project invites outsider

When an Acer computer user in Houston orders replacement parts, he makes a toll-free call to an Engl

American Airlines and Japan Airlines are expected to announce an alliance today that will increase t

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers became the second union to drop its opposition to the planne

The Surface Transportation Board will convene an April 2 hearing to explore rail rate and competitio

US Airways pilots dashed the airline's bid to serve Japan through cooperative arrangements with two

FEBRUARYNational Defense Transportation Association. Feb. 26. New York. Annual luncheon. Vic

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You're surfing along for new trade leads on the Net when - bam - you're suddenly thrown off line wit

The Registrar Accreditation Board and U.S. industry executives have been working behind the scenes t

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Analogy of the day: Custom aircraft are to cargo airlines what designer clothing is to hobos.

Railtrack, the owner of Britain's rail network, has emerged as the most likely savior of the threate

The U.S. dollar steadied Tuesday after Monday's sharp decline against the Deutsche mark.Fede

US IMPORTS MORE APPARELFROM LATIN AMERICAWASHINGTON - U.S. sourcing for apparel continued to

SHARP MICROELECTRONICS GROUPThe group has combined its sales and application engineering gro

China has warned countries playing host to a senior Taipei official not to harm ties with Beijing.

Peru's unique composition of desert, high altitude and humid jungle provides a variety of different

MIDDLE EASTEGYPTThe government is planning two new ''special free zones'' in the nor

Shipowners are taking a tough new attitude when it comes to their liability insurance costs. That wa

Cargo traffic at the world's airports increased by 5.5 percent in November, to 4.9 million tons, as

Consider the reasonable person. Every lawyer will recall being introduced to this fictional characte

When Transportacion Maritima Mexicana and American President Lines recently announced their upgraded

Russian officials and industry sources Tuesday attempted to clarify a political dispute over the flo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 226.10 off 2.34 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 23, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

Spurred by the fast-growing market for personal computers in China, Dell Computer Corp., the world's

European Union governments have until Friday to submit economic data that will decide whether they c

Malaysia is promoting the idea of a regional forum to coordinate and extend the concept of global el

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 18, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Congress returned to work Tuesday under pressure from insurance companies, agents and state governme

Russia appears to be covering its bets in its bid to control Caspian Sea oil by bargaining for a sta

So, you want to create your own Web page. And you've been told that you can't do it all by yourself

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Plans for tonight's roast of Conrad Everhard, the retired chairman of Cho Yang (America) Inc., sent

Moscow's attempt to stamp out corruption in the Customs collections process has turned into a logist

For the week ended Feb. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A double-digit increase in capacity in the east coast South America trade over the past nine months