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Troubled by the turbulence in Southeast Asia's financial markets, the United States on Thursday sign

ATLANTICARGO TO CALLAT NORFOLK IN NOVEMBERJERSEY CITY, N.J. - After more than 20 years of re

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 17, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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1283 (Sept. 18, 1997) Previous day - 1281The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Surface Transportation Board chairwoman Linda Morgan denied a request from 12 rail union officials w

An old oil refinery is now on its way from the west coast of Canada for use in a new refinery comple

The software industry scrambled Thursday to avert a major and perhaps final defeat for its bill to b

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While the eyes of economists and institutional investors are on the Brazil, those carrying out the d

The number of House lawmakers who have endorsed a resolution to preserve the Jones Act has climbed a

Surplus capacity, falling rates and fierce competition: Just as these factors dominate the direct ma

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Brazil's current account deficit and overvalued currency lend themselves to comparisons with Thailan

Canada's Petrolex Energy Corp. said Thursday it has temporarily suspended its Colombian oil and gas

SENATE PANEL APPROVESAIR BAG PROVISIONWASHINGTON - A Senate committee has approved a provisi

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Chile is open to negotiating either a bilateral free-trade pact with the United States or membership

MEXICO, ISRAEL PLANNINGTALKS ON FREE TRADEMEXICO CITY - Mexico and Israel are planning to be

SHIPSUZBEKISTAN USING IRANSEAPORT FOR FIBER TRADETASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Uzbe

The Federal Aviation Administration has upgraded Jamaica's air safety oversight rating, allowing air

U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMYLillian C. Borrone, director of the Port Commerce Department of

CHINA TARIFF CUTS EXPANDTO MORE COMMODITIESSHANGHAI - China has expanded its list of tariffs

With the first day of fall fast approaching, heating oil markets are turning their attention to wint

Vietnam conceded Thursday that a lack of local expertise and failure to disburse modernization funds

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

With air traffic expected to grow rapidly over the next decade, Germany's government is taking steps

A study into the potential benefits from a unified port management structure along the U.S.-Mexico b

EXPLOSION IN ARCTICCOAL MINE KILLS 26OSLO - Twenty-six Russian and Ukrainian coal miners wer

WHIRLPOOL PLANS LAYOFFS,SALE OF UNIT, BRAZIL DEALBENTON HARBOR, Mich. - Whirlpool Corp. said

Walter Hanson's mission is anything but small. ''Preserving the world's grain stream and helping pe

The ''Products & Services'' column that ran in The Journal of Commerce on Thursday, Sept. 11, should

The finance subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee, canceled Thursday's planned markup on fina

Sept. 18, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The High Court will decide next week whether a judicial review should proceed into the issuing of of

Recent developments have reinforced concern in financial markets about the risk of a ''significant s

A letter to the editor from Douglas C. Worth that ran in the Sept. 18 edition included a typographic

Japanese shipping lines hit two weeks ago by U.S. sanctions resulting from a port dispute say they a