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The Port of Shreveport-Bossier will house shipbuilding operations for North American Shipbuilding, a

915 (Dec. 16, 1997) Previous day - 915The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

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

Big changes taking place at the British Standards Institute - the grand dame of national standards b

South Koreans go to the polls Thursday to choose their next president at a time of global uncertaint

The new alliance of some of the world's biggest ship lines is raising the stakes in the trans-Pacifi

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

John Civali has already gotten part of his Christmas wish: clear weather until Dec. 25.At le

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 3 - Dec. 16, 1997 (a graph)* Annual

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Tuesday and held steady against the yen in another sl

The dollar will weaken next year, contributing to a modest rise in inflation, according to economist

TRANS WORLD AIRLINESWilliam Compton was named president and chief operating officer. A membe

Lincoln National Corp. said Tuesday it will take a $287 million after-tax charge on its fourth-quart

A leading Russian insurance executive claims that the volume of reinsurance captured by foreign comp

AMERICAN RE CORP.Steve Morello, Bob Trainer and Dave Tritton were each named executive vice

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts is talking with its hospital providers hoping to resolve a h

South Korea's keen desire to get into big-time aircraft manufacture is stalled on the ground, with p

Members of the nation's largest maritime officers' union plan to picket the Coast Guard Marine Safet

I'm annoyed, and I'm not going to take it anymore! Thank goodness the folks at O'Reilly and Associat

SHIPSECT TO OPEN TERMINALIN ROTTERDAM IN '98LONDON - Europe Combined Termina

The heated investigation into the cause of a 1996 fire on a Federal Express Corp. plane is raising a

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. intends to streamline its organizational structure as bu

Groundbreaking and construction will begin this month for a high-speed rail system linking northern

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

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

The only way to know for sure that a company's assets exist and that they are what they are purporte

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Tight credit policies by banks and top computer makers are holding back sales growth in Latin Americ

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When Japanese companies were buying American icons like Rockefeller Center back in the 1980s lik

For most of 1997, the case of United States ex rel. American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI)

REGIONAL BLOCSHow to Fund Investment and Exports to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Central Eur

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

The investment climate in Ecuador's hospitality industry is quite friendly these days.The bo

MIDDLE EASTREGIONALAfter considerable delay, senior officials now expect the six-mem

Importers that file substantial numbers of entries may want to consider taking their brokerage funct

OFFERS TO SELL* USED ARMORED CARS. 3 units. One 1992 Mercedes 600 SEL, UL8 armoring with bom

Water treatment equipment represents over 60 percent of Brazil's pollution control equipment market

With Christmas nearly upon us, can New Year's resolutions be far behind? Those promises made every

NORTH AMERICAGift & Home Furnishings. Jan. 7-15, 1998. Atlanta. Contact: Daniel McKinnon, (4