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South African mining giant Anglo American-De Beers is ''currently in discussion'' with Zairean rebel

It's been an eternal dream for exporters and importers - a world where products flow easily and seam

The company's farm equipment can be found in the wheat fields of Argentina and the cornfields of Kan

Shippers and carriers have become comfortable with Southern California.And their relentless drive fo

Friday, April 18, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Two former national security advisers are urging the Clinton administration to allow limited busines

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

A story appearing on Page 1A of the April 15 edition, headlined ''NOL-APL: What now?'' should have c

The dollar could come down with a case of jitters this week ahead of the weekend Group of 7 meeting

Japan is buying more U.S. cars and car parts, but it still has ''a long way to go in meeting the obj

BOARD OKS STATESRAIL'SPURCHASE OF KYLE ASSETSWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board c

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 18, 1997 (a graph)

BRITISH TELECOM, MCI,TELEFONICA IN ALLIANCENEW YORK - Telefonica de Espana, British Telecomm

U.S. trade statistics for as many as 15 months may be revised as a result of the incorrect reporting

Brazil and Canada today are exploring reaching a bilateral free-trade agreement or a pact embracing

Lawmakers here have dealt a blow to plans by the Secretariat of Tourism to allow casino gambling, po

Over the next six weeks, Reebok International Ltd. will begin shipping to the U.S. market the first

Away from the glistening waterfront office block, shimmering in gold or silver cladding, the vast ma

''I'm not sure what they've been smoking, but they clearly aren't reading the rule book.''

US, AUSTRALIA AGREEON ANTITRUST PACTWASHINGTON - The United States and Australia have reache

The Commerce Department will more closely monitor how other countries carry out their trade agreemen

OFFERS TO BUY* MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS: SECONDHAND. Secondhand medical instruments (stainless st

Attempts by the United States to unilaterally change the international system of accounting for tele

Everyone in the computer industry remembers what happened to Sony with its Betamax videocassette rec

The Internet has attracted its fair share of practical jokers and malicious pranksters.Earli

Opening the U.S. coastal trade to foreign-owned shipping lines would make domestic shippers more com

INDIAN COALITIONFORMING NEW LEADERSHIPNEW DELHI - India will have a new government by today,

TRAINSCN PRESSES FOR RAILNETWORK IN NORTHEASTCHICAGO - Canadian National off

Frederick Smith, Federal Express chairman, is said to be worried that some of the shipping giant's p

Legislation to privatize the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada passed a critical stage last week.

To the U.S. Coast Guard they are rickety, unsafe vessels that don't belong on the high seas nor dome

Japan has called for a World Trade Organization dispute panel to examine its complaint that Indonesi

In an edgy public exchange, the top two protagonists in the U.S.-Japan aviation debate squared off h

The European Union is fast losing patience with South Korea as a series of disputes risk escalating

TWA LATEST CARRIERTO END FUEL SURCHARGEST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines ended its cargo fuel

Mergers between ocean carriers are not a sign that liner shipping alliances are failing to achieve t

After a two-month search, the Intermodal Association of North America, of Greenbelt, Md., selected J

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

A controversial dispute over sovereign seas and how far the U.S. Coast Guard can go in chasing suspe

The American Institute for International Steel Inc. has protested strongly against an International