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INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKThe bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification

Moody's Investor Services Wednesday downgraded Thailand's long-term credit rating amid fears the eco

LURGI CORP.Lurgi Corp. has announced that Ralph Weber, former chief of the Brazilian Korf Gr

European Union officials are mulling over a proposal U.S. trade officials have put on the negotiatin

ISLAMIC GROUP DEMANDSAN APOLOGY FROM NIKEPORTLAND, Ore. - The Council on American-Islamic Re

Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy will push for the implementation of a free-trade agreement betwe

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The Pentagon believes that China will stress economic growth over rapid military development, but a

Russia belives a steel deal reached this week between itself and the European Union - which offers a

Negotiations for Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization will take several years, U.S. Deput

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Following an erosion of cargoes and confidence in the Port of Boston last year, Massachusetts offici

China is courting increased foreign investment in its railroad industry despite a slump in freight t

DELTA SAYS IT WILL SETRECORD FOR HUB FLIGHTSATLANTA - Delta Air Lines said it will become th

U.S. officials were set to launch ''open skies'' negotiations with Chile today and said they hope th

The struggling Port of San Francisco would acquire a heavyweight marketing partner if a deal emerges

Saber rattling is at full tilt as U.S.-Japan talks here over a port dispute drag on against a Monday

UPS' NET INCREASED 9.9 PERCENTAS REVENUE GAINED IN '96ATLANTA - United Parcel Service had ne

Crowley Maritime Corp. is expanding its West Coast oil transportation business by purchasing two dou

George Hearn, whose career as a maritime executive took him from Whitehall Street to Washington, D.C

Plans by the Mexican government to sell dozens of bonded warehouse facilities have caught the attent

SAUDIS TO OPEN PORTSTO PRIVATE OPERATORSRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia will let the pri

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There is a seafaring affliction, worse even than the disease called money, that can flatten the stur

April 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

India's principal ports handled 227 million metric tons of cargo in fiscal 1997, which ended March 3

In an effort to win new business, the Port of Galveston reduced its tariff rate on breakbulk cotton

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South Korea has decided not to impose safeguard tariff measures against imports of bicycles and bicy

GREENPEACE TO FIGHT ONDESPITE OIL-LICENSE SNUBLONDON - Environmental group Greenpeace said i

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Cargill has reached an agreement with the North Korean government for a commercial sale of U.S. whea

Volga Linen Co. recently hit the pages of London's fashionable design magazines when it reintroduced

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 240.46 up 0.11 whi

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Chrysler Corp. seems set to quit a $192 million car assembly plant in Vietnam, switching its focus t

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