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The director-general of the World Trade Organization, Renato Ruggiero, has proposed a summit meeting

RADIATION LEVEL HIGHAT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANTTOKYO - The Japanese state-run Power Reactor and N

Executives at Arco Alaska Inc. are trying to find the source of sea water bubbling up next to some o

With environmentalists stronger than ever, the only hope to make dredging projects a reality is to e

ATLAS EXTENDS TWO CARGOPACTS WITH CHINA AIRLINESGOLDEN, Colo. - Atlas Air Inc. said it exten

FRANCE TELECOM DENIESINTEREST IN SPRINT BIDPARIS - France Telecom denied Wednesday that it i

The U.S. dollar rose above 1.68 Deutsche marks Wednesday on realizations that any delay in European

Most international economists believe the European Union's plan to launch a common currency by Janua

MEXICO'S ALESTRA SIGNSPHONE DEAL WITH HOTELSMEXICO CITY - The Mexican telephone company Ales

Toy manufacturer Mattel Inc. has signed a large-volume contract with the group of ship lines that se

Two California congressmen have asked the Defense Department to postpone turning over a closed Navy

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.34 up 0.23 wh

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Turkey's total wheat imports for 1996 rose by 21.6 percent to 1.97 million tons, according to a repo

Japanese shipping analysts said Tuesday's agreement by domestic maritime groups to improve Japan's p

Coast Guard officials in New Orleans are hoping that the mighty Mississippi River will be open for b

SEA-LAND UPGRADES ITSUKRAINIAN CARGO SERVICELONDON - Sea-Land Service Inc. is increasing the

SHIPSAILORS FACE PROSECUTIONIN STOWAWAY DEATHSHALIFAX - Six Taiwanese sailor

If you believe all the gloomy headlines, you'd think Asia was falling apart. Daily reports detail ho

''When you're doing business overseas, you're a barbarian. Whether you're male or female makes littl

Grain traffic on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway was disappointing in 1996, but there are so

The Port of Seattle's oldest, largest and most diversified international cargo terminal is wearing o

The polite term is ''residual ballast.''But a better description is the ''unpumpable slop an

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Last summer, ocean carriers could have earned $1,100 for shipping a 20-foot container from Italy to

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There aren't just two sides in the watershed debate over ocean shipping deregulation, which resumes

The Journal of Commerce has made three editorial appointments to reflect the newspaper's expansion o

Caribbean banana exporters fear extensive damage to their market following a ruling this week by the

Nearly half the Russian economy is controlled by organized crime, and billions of dollars are hemorr

OFFERS TO BUY* KINDER SURPRISE EGGS. One 40-ft. container or truck per month. Send full deta

CONSORTIUM WINSSECOND GAS CONCESSIONMEXICO CITY - A U.S.-Mexican consortium has racked up it

Rules being drafted here will determine how ''trillions of dollars'' worth of minerals are recovered

The president of the Teamsters union is massing an army of 11,000 organizers to march on the nation'

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U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky is turning to a mutual fund executive to serve as her

As China's home market for motorcycles sputters, its army of manufacturers is looking abroad under p

Ports in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway range, which battled back from a slow and icy start in