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General Motors Corp. is being forced to stockpile cars and trucks, and Chairman John F. Smith Jr. bl

China said Thursday that the yuan's low level was not to blame for Southeast Asia's economic crisis

'It's just like the bad old days, when workers were treated as disposable clogs, not as human beings

Some 300 former employees of Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., owner of the Port of Liverpool, have reje

China's second-largest boxport is getting a significant boost from Hong Kong's largest container lin

MEETINGS SCHEDULEDON MISSISSIPPI TRAFFICNEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Coast Guard will hold special

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Two stumbling blocks were identified Thursday in the resolution of a maritime dispute with Japan -

The shortage of longshore labor at the nation's largest port complex continues to worsen, and no one

The federal crackdown on hazardous cargo has surfaced in Miami again with a vengeance.Sixty

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Air cargo companies Kitty Hawk Inc. and Kalitta Cos., in a sign that their merger agreement is in je

As the debate grows over the merits of linking trade and the environment, the seemingly innocuous to

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

LAWMAKER MOVES TO HALTEX-IM AID TO GAZPROMWASHINGTON - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thu

COLORADO INSURER TO BUYS. CAROLINA-BASED UNISUNCHARLESTON, S.C. - Guaranty National Corp. pl

A Bangladesh official will press President Clinton to withdraw quota curbs on imports of ready-made

OFFERS TO BUY* REPAIR CORDS FOR OUTSIDE TUBELESS TIRE. Repair cords for outside tubeless tir

Chile's Senate on Tuesday approved various attachments to the bill that aims to modernize the state

Increasing globalization of the steel industry will spur competition between regions and countries f

The former communist nations in Central and Eastern Europe are in danger of replacing the Iron Curta

Oct. 23, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

DELTA'S PROFIT, REVENUERISES IN QUARTERATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Thursday reported first-qua

The Clinton administration said it ''strongly opposes'' the Amtrak reform legislation moving through

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Thursday Oct. 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

In a key step toward deregulating the telecommunications sector, Mexico has published long-awaited r

Despite political wrangling, there is no lack of investor interest for the sale of Argentina's airpo

TBS Group will expand its 25-ship operation with its first primarily breakbulk service from the Gulf

Europe's largest shipbuilder has promised to build at least three ships at the shuttered Philadelphi

U.S. reinsurers can have the best of both worlds by forging relationships with both insurers and the

Swedish Club, the Gothenburg-based P&I insurer, wants to grow 50 percent in the next five years with

A November deadline for the sale of Argentine airfields is fast approaching and chances appear to be

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International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 23, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The discovery of the E. coli germ in a shipment of Canadian beef to the United States is an isolated

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Legislation making it more difficult for the federal government to impose unilateral trade sanctions

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