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FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADACHINA. May 2-14. The chairman of the U.S.-China Chamber of Co

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush at a press conference here announced a new inter

The United States and Mexico may be on the verge of a breakthrough in the long-delayed opening of th

Japan warned the United States Tuesday it might call an international dispute panel to review Japan'

A World Trade Organization dispute panel has ruled that the European Union's banana plan favoring im

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April 29, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 29, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

You might think the only things to fear from the Internet are child pornographers, suicidal cults an

COLOMBIA OIL WORKERSEYE STRIKE, BARRING DEALBOGOTA, Colombia - Oil workers at Colombia's sta

PANAMA CANAL TRANSITGETTING BACK TO NORMALPANAMA CITY - Transit through the Panama Canal is

Mergers are often described as marriages. And, as in a marriage, when two railroads merge, promises

Iran faced the prospect of increasing isolation on two fronts Tuesday as the European Union imposed

A clerical error has given Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., his first chance to make good on threats to se

Canadian Air Cargo announced Tuesday it is working with the Red Cross to transport flood relief ship

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 246.24 off 2.03 wh

KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADEThe Kansas City Board of Trade announced the appointment of its ou

Rotterdam's position as Europe's top containerport is hanging in the balance as Europe Combined Term

Atlas Air Inc., reporting a 40 percent increase in quarterly revenue, said it would have had an even

Many shippers believe that railroads, preoccupied with merger-mania for the past two years, have rel

Swiss chemical exports in the first quarter of 1997 rose by 5.6 percent, to 7 billion francs ($4.7 b

NORTH AMERICATrade Tech '97: International Trade in the Information Age. May 8. Los Angeles.

Sea-Land Service Inc. recently became the second ocean carrier, after Maersk Inc., to participate in

STATE FARM REINSTATES29 FIRED AGENTSOMAHA - Ed Rust, State Farm president, said in a memo to

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OFFERS TO SELL* ENERGIZER BATTERIES. 40,000 AA 4-packs available. Expiration date: 2000. Alk

The Russian market may be ''a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,'' as Winston Churchill o

SHIPSLONG BEACH AGENCY AGAINGIVES NOD TO COSCOLONG BEACH, Calif. - Hoping th

The story headlined ''Costa Rica Attractive to High-Tech Industries,'' which appeared on Page 4C on

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday on weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data, which changed the inter

The Clinton administration broadly endorsed legislation Tuesday that would open the U.S. market wide

President Clinton is expected to sign ''open-skies'' agreements with six Central American countries

Legislation to privatize major Canadian ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway is dead, at least until a

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April 29, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. containerports should experience growth of 5 percent to 7 percent this year.Considering

Japanese trade officials are eager to learn from the undercover price-fixing probe of Archer Daniels

A surge in container purchases by steamship lines together with more shipping mergers has left box l