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PHILIPPINE CHIEF OKSPORT RATE REDUCTIONMANILA - President Fidel Ramos has approved a cut in

OCCIDENTAL NET HARD-HITBY DROP IN OIL, GAS PRICESNEW YORK - Occidental Petroleum Corp. said

The sharp rise in the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico in May is adding more fuel to the gr

The effects of the strong dollar are being greeted with cheers and jeers around the world, from Euro

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The data processing subsidiary of the A.P. Moller shipping and shipbuilding group is teaming up with

Four out of 10 times, consumers get less milk and juice than promised on cartons, the government sai

Friday July 18, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

In the Japanese government's strongest official assessment of the economy in the last five years, th

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is set to announce this week that it will acquire midsize U.S. br

Bath Iron Works and its chief rival in Mississippi remain tight-lipped about published reports that

General Electric Co.'s top executive told New York Gov. George Pataki it might be too soon to tally

The National Maritime Union said it is ''extremely disappointed'' that Transportation Secretary Rodn

Rough-and-tumble contract talks between US Airways and its pilots are getting rougher.On Thu

With a vibrant U.S. economy and Latin America returning to strong economic growth, trade lanes from

TRANSPORT GROUP SLAPSDEFIANT RUSSIAN UNIONLONDON - The International Transport Workers' Fede

Officials of West Coast terminal operator Marine Terminals Corp. has received safety awards from the

The U.S. trade surplus in agricultural commodities was $1.061 billion in May, down from $1.440 billi

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Many ports in Latin America have streamlined operations and boosted their productivity and efficienc

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Brazil, the largest economy in South America, plans soon to tap the private sector to augment its co

INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICEJohn K. Kramer joined the insurance data company as senior vice pre

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American Commercial Barge Line is expanding its operations in South America, hoping that in the not-

Ships only began calling at the new container terminal at Freeport in the Bahamas in May, but port o

Chilean authorities are about to clear a final legal hurdle in their efforts to privatize 10 of the

Small and midsize U.S. companies eager to seal their first foreign deal are frequently looking south

The Uruguayan government is scheduled to open bids July 29 for the privatization of container termin

Private operation of a short rail line targeted for abandonment by Union Pacific is feasible with an

Brazil is redrawing the maps of its regional intermodal transportation corridors, aiming to foster n

The Dominican Republic has traditionally claimed a central place in the maritime history of the Amer

As this Caribbean island prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the arrival of U.S. troops during

Less than three years after Burlington Northern Santa Fe abandoned its 18-month effort to operate a

Early on in the privatization process, the Pacific Coast port of Ensenada was billed by some Mexican

A committee of experts examining multimodal freight rates in Europe has concluded that through tarif

When is a merger not just a merger? When regulators look at it through different colored glasses.

Pushed by globalization and the increasingly fuzzy line between domestic and foreign-made products,

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- India is hoping to convince the United States and other major trading nations that its offer of a