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U.S. exporters have traditionally guarded against the risk of an overseas buyer defaulting on a paym

The General Accounting Office is doing an analysis of the economic impact of the Jones Act on our do

Feb. 13, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Once king of the coast in breaking up old ships, China is fading fast and facing even further diffic

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

Breaking his silence, the fired American director of the North American Free Trade Agreement's Commi

A new round of global talks to reach an accord to eliminate import duties on hundreds of information

Shippers can take legal comfort in the decision by a Hanjin Shipping Co. captain who ignored U.S. or

Japan will release a new economic stimulus package this week, and once again it will disappoint the

The Port of Long Beach reached an agreement with preservationists that should result in construction

The United States rejected a proposed deal protecting international investment, a decision that may

IMF: CURRENCY CONTROLSCOULD HARM INDONESIAWASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund Managing

Risk funding, such as insurance, is no substitute for risk mitigation, according to William J. Kelly

As the Port of New York and New Jersey labors to persuade Sea-Land Service Inc. not to take its busi

Offers to buy* SPORTING GOODS. Seeking bowling gloves. Specifications: shell-rashel lace spa

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 231.66 up 0.03 w

Raphael Che, president of Gateway Container International Ltd., has a groundbreaking idea for resolv

FEBRUARYSociety of Maritime Arbitrators Inc. Feb. 18. New York. Luncheon. Stewart Wade, vice

APL Ltd. and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana's joint venture designed to speed up traffic through t

A unit of the Atlanta-based United Parcel Service of America Inc. has announced a joint venture with

You're an American businesswoman. You've faxed a carefully worded proposal for a multimillion-dollar

Central government leaders may trumpet efforts to increase Beijing Capital Airport's capacity, but a

As of Feb. 13, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Feb. 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

GERMAN CHEMICAL SECTORTO RELY ON FOREIGN SALESFRANKFURT - The business situation in Germany'

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 28, 1997 - Feb. 13, 1998 (a graph)

Unable to make much progress on structuring negotiations for hemisphere-wide free trade, trade offic

The money held by Lloyd's of London in its new Central Fund will stay as a policyholder's stopgap, i

When Gary Palmer and four colleagues at Web Press Corp. in Kent, Wash., bought the company a year ag

U.S. manufacturers of X-ray machines, CAT scan equipment and other medical products have been hit wi

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Executives at cargo airlines who once had little choice but to throw up their hands when they saw a

The plunge in currency values in parts of Asia is beginning to be felt in countries where levels wer

Feb. 13, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 12, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A special dispute panel formed under the North American Free Trade Agreement has recommended that th

A new hunt for organized crime's influence on the New York-New Jersey waterfront will spread beyond

Insurance regulators told a congressional hearing last week they are determined to make sure that Ho

Eighty-three years after it transformed itself into a mutual from a stock company, Prudential Insura