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The Thai Cabinet has endorsed a move to cut fees at the Port of Laem Chabang, part of a package of m

A decline in Hong Kong's high civil service standards after its handover to China this summer would

Gaining a competitive edge in the new telecommunications market means you have to treat the business

OFFERS TO BUY* WEAVING MACHINES. Large numbers of weaving machines. Preferred brands: Sulzer

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 26, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

The National Labor Committee, whose protests galvanized public opposition to products made in sweats

A federal judge has approved Texaco Inc.'s $176.1 million record settlement of a widely watched raci

China's state-run shipping company, springing off a solid jump in profit for last year, is diving in

AID PLEDGE INFURIATESDANISH SHIPBUILDERSLONDON - Danish shipbuilders are furious with the Eu

While most of the financial world was digesting the Federal Reserve's increase in short-term interes

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.49 up 1.52 wh

Reliance Industries, one of India's biggest private companies, has commissioned what it says is the

CARGO VOLUME SETSRECORD AT BARCELONABARCELONA - The port of Barcelona handled record cargo v

The worldwide aviation insurance market faces another tough year as it continues to be dogged by sur

INDEPENDENT AUDITORQUESTIONS TWA VIABILITYST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines Inc. said the opi

The world's major trading nations put the finishing touches on a deal to eliminate tariffs for compu

Entire truckloads of goods vanish off the highways. Shipments of beer or cosmetics freeze solid in t

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A U.S. power company has rejected a request from the Grenada government to renegotiate an agreement

Canada has begun challenging the U.S. sugar re-export policy before a disputes panel of the North Am

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM INC.Gregory A. Reid was named senior vice president, marketing, of the

Challenge Air Cargo and United Parcel Service announced Wednesday they have increased their Latin Am

SHIPSAMSTERDAM-AREA TRAFFICHIT RECORD LEVELS IN '96AMSTERDAM - Traffic handl

U.S. ship lines and the waterfronts they serve need to step up pressure on lawmakers if their are go

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Houston port commissioners OK'd the issuance of $28 million in unlimited tax bonds, an important ste

Wednesday, March 26, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 29, 1996 - March 26, 1997 (a graph)

Vice President Al Gore wrapped up a three-day visit to Beijing Wednesday. The most senior U.S. offic

Roger Tamraz, the shadowy figure at the heart of a White House funds-for-access scandal, said this w

Harry Stonecipher, McDonnell Douglas chairman, bluntly criticized his company's showing in the comme

31 Shell workers freedin Nigeria, 96 still heldLAGOS, Nigeria - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell

U.S. inventories of crude oil declined by 2.2 million barrels in the week ended March 21, compared w

March 26, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

International air cargo carriers could bear the brunt of $300 million in user fees proposed by the F

A small German operated feeder ship ran aground on the Scilly Isles off the southwest English coast

March 26, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

It used to be that supermarkets sold more seafood on Good Friday, which falls this year on March 28,

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday, as it continued to be buoyed by the Federal Reserve's decision Tuesd

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