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U.S. gasoline inventories rose by 600,000 barrels in the week ended June 20 compared with the previo

REPUBLICANS PROPOSEMALPRACTICE LIMITSWASHINGTON - Two years ago President Clinton vetoed Rep

Pakistan will terminate a multimillion-dollar agreement to build a thermal power project with Hong K

The Supreme Court has refused to revive a $1.3 billion settlement that would have resolved hundreds

A plan by the Russian government to privatize Rosgosstrakh, the state-owned insurance company, has b

A rising level of the seas, thought to be from faster melting of glaciers and the polar ice caps bro

Lloyd's of London has welcomed a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to refuse to hear an appeal file

As U.S. multinational shippers have grown over the years, both in terms of products they sell and th

A House subcommittee dived into the issue of regulating bank insurance products, hearing Tuesday how

A surprisingly strong start to the busy import shipping season from Asia suggests that importers are

Agricultural commodity groups breathed a sigh of relief after the House refused to suspend China's t

CLINTON ANNOUNCESNEW US CLEAN-AIR RULESNASHVILLE - President Clinton said Wednesday he had a

Portland General Corp. shareholders voted Tuesday to approve the company's merger with Enron Corp.,

With the recent fall in oil prices, top OPEC players seem to be worrying that things will get worse.

Major U.S. agribusiness companies have been slapped with sharp compensatory duties in Mexico, after

Like the unsinkable Molly Brown - the resilient Denver millionairess who survived the sinking of the

DAEWOO SIGNS DEALSWORTH $282 MILLIONSEOUL - A spokesman for South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo

Less than a week after a similar plan was rejected by federal regulators, APL Ltd. unveiled a propos

MORE MONEY IS SOUGHTFOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTWASHINGTON - The House transportation appropriati

CANADIAN AGENCYRAISES SEAWAY TOLLSOTTAWA - The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Wednesday raise

Like a long-running soap opera, Amtrak is hanging by a thread again this summer.America's na

Canada's largest port officially opened its newest container terminal Wednesday.The US$162 m

Not taking any chances, the nation's shippers are busy trying to line up nonunion carriers in the ev

A California environmental group is calling for Draconian measures to reduce diesel emissions from o

All of a sudden, some big Net players seem to be giving away an awful lot. Take Microsoft Corp. chie

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Preussag AG, the German conglomerate that wants to buy a controlling interest in Hapag-Lloyd, has as

There are small parties and moments of silence this week at offices of Universe Tankerships LLC, all

The cotton crop won't be harvested for several months, but exporters are already talking about a str

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Wednesday, June 25, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Confucius, the father of international settlement disputes, said 2,500 years ago, ''The Master said,

REGIONAL BLOCSCanada, Mexico Documentation and Negotiations: The Harmonized System. June 30-

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

CHICKEN GIANT IN A BOILOVER ESPY-LINKED PROBEWASHINGTON - Tyson Foods Inc., now officially a

Leo Brien, maritime director at the Port of Oakland and a longtime figure in the West Coast maritime

ITALIAN SHIP GROUP URGESGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSGENOA, Italy - Confitarma, the Italian shipown