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More than 12 million 20-foot boxes worth of traffic - containing everything from Italian shoes to Fl

Russia will withdraw its application to join the World Trade Organization if the conditions for entr

TRAINSBNSF FREIGHT TRAINDERAILS IN MISSOURICAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Burlingto

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BRAZIL PLANS TO MOVEON SALE OF MINING FIRMBrazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has

With a negotiated settlement apparently out of reach, railroads and truckers could be on a collision

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Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Basdeo Banday said a May 9 summit in Barbados between Caribbean

Rumblings earlier this year that the U.S.-Mexico border states would finally beopened to internation

With Latin American trade surging and with an eye on future global-trading patterns, Floridaports ar

Several ports in the Arabian Peninsula are building intermodal facilities in order to attract a grow

South Korea's insurance sector is expecting a boost at home and from across the Yellow Sea in China,

The U.S. dollar rose Monday as traders prepared to test the resolve of the Group of 7 industrial nat

Caribbean airlines are to link several services, improving their cargo and passenger handling system

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CHINESE FIRMS TO BUILDPOWER STATION IN MALAYSIABEIJING - China's Ministry of Machine-Buildin

An environmental group filed a $900 million lawsuit against U.S. Sugar Corp., alleging the company d

President Boris Yeltsin on Monday signed a decree ordering sweeping reforms in Russia's giant gas, e

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s efforts to survive ran into another hurdle this month when Sea-Land Serv

Bridge Terminal Transport may be only a tiny corner of the Maersk Inc. empire, but the motor carrier

JAPAN'S AUTO EXPORTSUP 1ST TIME IN 5 YEARSTOKYO - Japan's vehicle exports rose for the first

Most people think of bombed-out buildings, kidnappings and terrorist bombings when they hear the wor

Monday, April 28, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Grandiose plans to split Conrail, the East's dominant railroad, between its two rail rivals - CSX Co

Trade imbalances took center stage at the Group of 7 meeting Sunday, as finance ministers and centra

1264 (April 28, 1997) Previous day - 1274The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

An Indonesian tribal leader has refiled a suit alleging human rights violations at Freeport-McMoRan

Despite warnings that the issue could slow disaster relief, a House panel has voted to roll back the

U.S. North Atlantic ports, waiting anxiously for more details on the future of Conrail's assets and

The California Senate last week overwhelmingly approved legislation to use millions of dollars in un

It's probably a commentary on the times, but the word ''honesty'' is most often now preceded by ''ol

Postmaster General Marvin Runyon strongly suggested he favored raising postal rates this summer, a m

British shipowners are being urged to use quality as a competitive tool.Paul Skinner, the ne

ALCAN CONSIDERINGSMELTER IN QUEBECTORONTO - Alcan Aluminium Ltd. is considering building a $

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The fate of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency may be decided Tuesday when a World Bank po

The Caribbean's widening trade deficit with the United States and the controversy over the region's