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Deciding on a little outsourcing itself, GATX Logistics Inc. has chosen AmeriGas Partners L.P. to su

The pending sale of APL Ltd. is a saga of our times replete with the contradictions, ironies and c

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALANDDIRECT LINESunil Chopra was named general manager for the Western regio

CONTINENTAL CLOSESAIRPORT PROJECT FUNDINGHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has announced the cl

A Clinton administration plan to raise taxes on multinational U.S. exporters by at least $1.8 billio

The symbolism could hardly be more stark: The first Chinese troops to take up position in Britain's

The nation's leading shipping line wants the government to cut the lifeline now being clutched by on

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On Saturday, history was made at a Taiwanese dock.But money wasn't.And by Monday there were

Monday, April 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S dollar declined Monday, led by strength in the Deutsche mark on French election worries.

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

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A controversial effort to make last-minute changes to the nation's unfair trading regulations seems

Plans to expand and strengthen the International Monetary Fund will be at the top of the agenda at t

Robert Pozen, picked by President Clinton to oversee trade negotiations with China, has abruptly wit

CHIRAC DISSOLVESFRENCH PARLIAMENTPARIS - President Jacques Chirac, trying to hold on to his

Current textile quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''I believe that this country was born with smaller enterprise. Everyone has the right to live . . .

Russian steel trade figures show that growth in shipments to the United States accelerated faster la

RUSSIA'S TAX COLLECTIONIMPROVES AS HELP ARRIVESMOSCOW - Russia's woeful tax collection recor

When he was a colonel in the quartermaster unit of the Indonesian army, President Suharto demonstrat

VIETNAM, CHINA AGREETO EXPEDITE BORDER TALKSHANOI - Vietnam and China have agreed to acceler

U.S. mail-order companies have found a niche here and they have been attracting more Japanese custom

U.S. makers of capacitors, an essential electronic component, are considering suing the Clinton admi

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The European Union asked the World Trade Organization Monday to suspend a panel looking into its pot

Indian trade and industry circles expressed relief Monday as Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as Prim

United Parcel Service pilots have begun a strike authorization vote following a final company offer

The Commerce Department plans to open new trade offices in India this year to help U.S. companies ca

SHIPSPOLITICAL MUSCLE COMESTO BAT FOR MAINE YARDBATH, Maine - Maine's politi

Talking a page from ''Field of Dreams,'' a business and civic coalition is renewing a push for a thi

Germany wants to end the legal battle among ocean carriers, shippers and European regulatory authori

The rebound in U.S. stocks last week also saw broad-based advances in The Journal of Commerce's inde

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Caliber System Inc., which last month closed most of the operations of one of its subsidiary truckin

STOLT LISTS ITS SHARESON THE OSLO EXCHANGEABERDEEN, Scotland - Stolt Comex Seaway S.A. said

Den norske Bank and Christiania Bank, Norway's two largest banks, are both controlled by the state,

Capt. Jim Drahos, a ship pilot and champion of maritime training, died in an automobile accident nea

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