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As trade grows between the United States and its top trading partners Canada and Mexico, so do comme

As the German shipbuilding industry continues to struggle, efforts to forge a closer alliance among

GLOBAL, DOMESTIC CARGOREVENUE UP AT JAPAN AIRNEW YORK - Japan Airlines Thursday reported int

NIGERIAN OIL WORKERSREPORTEDLY HALT STRIKELAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian oil workers on strike si

Thursday, Oct. 30, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Iraq said Thursday it would not back down on a decision to bar Americans from taking part in U.N. ar

Oct. 30, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

The new owners of Satellites Mexicanos plan to exploit cross-border opportunities with the former st

While the sudden cancellation of a multimillion-dollar warship project is not expected to hurt Bath

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

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

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

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

Rebating - the ocean shipping industry's slippery little secret - is beginning to rule the Atlantic.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.Robert H. Benmosche, executive vice president for individual

Survivors of the Holocaust living in Florida may be entitled to life insurance benefits never paid a

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

Oct. 30, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

NOVEMBERInternational Air Transport Association. Nov. 2-5. Amman, Jordan. Contact: Anne Pave

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

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

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

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - OCT. 29, 1997PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

The trade community wants Washington to release funds so Customs can finish developing its automated

Now that the United States and Chile have initialed an ''open-skies'' agreement, negotiators for the

The European Union has missed another deadline to allow U.S. beef and pork into the 15-nation market

The brief ''Agents say regulator undermines state law'' (Oct. 30, Page 11A) should have stated that

MORAN COMPLETES CONVERSIONOF ITS THIRD TUGBOATGREENWICH, Conn. - Moran Towing Corp. has fini

RUSSIA'S TRANSNEFT SEEKSPIPELINE CONSTRUCTION BIDSMOSCOW - Russia's pipeline monopoly, Trans

As of Oct. 30, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

Tanker freight rates should remain firm until the end of the year due to increased oil consumption a

'To put on a state dinner is like the ultimate White House coffee.'

Portuguese archaeologists have discovered the remains of what they believe was an important 17th cen

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 15, 1996 - Oct. 30, 1997 (a graph)*

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The United States has put labor and environmental issues on the table as trade officials from across

As part of its winter schedule, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. began improving frequencies from Hong Ko

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