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'We think it is a lot more advantageous for us to move the smaller volumes that are hooked into reef

Friday, Oct. 31, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A modicum of stability returned to global financial markets at the end of last week, but the U.S. do

IMF emergency packagefor Indonesia unveiledThe International Monetary Fund Friday announced

A much wider trade deficit helped hold third-quarter economic growth to a strong but not explosive r

The United States and Japan locked horns in a World Trade Organization forum Friday over the imposit

What on earth are the world's most feared Islamic fighters doing in Buenos Aires?In recent m

The United States and France are major trade partners.U.S. Department of Commerce figures sh

PERU COMPANY TO BUILDPOWER PLANT WITH HITACHILIMA, Peru - The power generation company in so

Customs agencies in the Americas are actively working toward harmonizing entry procedures, a goal fi

French economic policy has one overriding objective at the moment - to create jobs. Socialist Prime

Global steel exports are forecast to drop this year to 160.5 million metric tons, from 164.5 million

Friday Oct. 31, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

There has been a dramatic switch in a boardroom battle for control of Novolipetsk Metal Kombinat, Ru

1318 (Oct. 31, 1997) Previous day - 1323The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The American, West-Africa Freight Conference, having operated for longer than 50 years, is close to

CHINA ORDERS FASTERTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTBEIJING - China will authorize more research instit

Oct. 31, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

SHIPSHVIDE MARINE REPORTSTURNAROUND IN QUARTERFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Hvide

John F. Kennedy International Airport ranks near the top in air cargo volume, but unfortunately it a

COST OF ACQUISITIONDRIVES DOWN CIGNA'S NETPHILADELPHIA - Despite an increase in capital gain

In an effort to ease the gridlock of big trucks jamming its highways, German transport officials are

GE TO BUY AUSTRALIA'SLARGEST MORTGAGE FIRMNEW YORK - GE Capital Services, a unit of General

Rogers & Brown Custom Brokers Inc. formed an alliance with Gefco SA of France in a move to expand it

Net profit for the global airline industry declined to $3 billion last year from 1995's record $5.2

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The security of a Lloyd's of London insurance policy is ''significantly inferior'' to that offered b

Leather-chapped gauchos herding cattle across the vast pampas of Argentina and Uruguay are preparing

Offers to buy* WHITE MAIZE. Packing: bulk. Quantity: 25,000 metric tons with a further 75,00

Revenue and operating profit for Mexico's first privatized railroad are outpacing its new owners' ex

Union Pacific Railroad, which has suffered two major rail collisions in the space of a week, Thursda

Hitting out at nervous institutional investors who have wreaked havoc on emerging markets this week

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In the heartland of Bangkok's computer supermarkets, the slide of the local currency is sending soft

Oct. 30, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Exxon Corp. looks likely to get a second chance to be involved in the development of a multibillion-

Spurred by a solid upturn in dry bulk commodities, world seaborne trade this year is forecast to rea

European Union Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert has given his clearest warning yet that he w

You might think that an air cargo conference focused on Latin America would only attract people doin