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The Clinton administration has made South America the latest target of its free-market aviation poli

Indonesia, long a laggard in maritime infrastructure, will soon have its first modern containerport

The Port of Liverpool is switching to a new communications network for the local community this week

An early test of how willing the United States is to open up its telecommunications market gets unde

''The key to China's accession is really market access. That's the bottom line of everything they ha

RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONSVOW TO STRIKE IN MARCHMOSCOW - Russian trade unions vowed Thursday to go

With new labeling requirements scheduled to take effect in Mexico this weekend, exporters and U.S. g

Computers and parts were the shining light in Thailand's trade performance in an otherwise gloomy 19

RUBIN: TIME TO PAYUN, WORLD BANK DEBTWASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin Thurs

The Philippines continues to maintain that it does not unfairly block imports of pork or poultry fro

KANSAS HOUSE ADVANCESOUT-OF-STATE TAX BREAKTOPEKA, Kan. - The House has given tentative appr

California this week introduced legislation that would prohibit insurance companies from using domes

Compensation awards announced this week resulting from two airline disasters highlighted the vast di

The ever-widening losses at Physician Corp. of America are endangering a $509 million managed-care m

MASSMUTUAL PROFIT SHOWSGAIN FOLLOWING MERGERSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Massachusetts Mutual Life I

Russia's chief insurance regulator, Valery Sukhov, believes the Russian insurance industry is just m

OFFERS TO BUY* CHEDDAR CHEESE 50 percent FAT. Target price: $2,100, quantity: 1,000 metric t

BAKER HUGHES TO BUYSPECIALTY FIRM PETROLITEST. LOUIS - Petrolite Corp., a specialty chemical

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

Police say a murderer who eluded them for weeks died in the ValuJet crash that killed 110 people in

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Thursday Feb. 27, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Two Japanese oil companies that tested crude oil from Alaska's North Slope last year said they won't

China goes to market today with a bond issue of around $120 million to help finance the world's larg

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Taiwan vowed on Thursday to go ahead with a controversial plan to dump nuclear waste in communist No

Don't ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers how the Port of New York and New Jersey should keep its s

TANKER DELIVERIESREMAIN LOWLONDON - Despite a recent flurry of ordering, future deliveries o

POSTAL SERVICE SEEKS OKFOR NEW PARCEL PROGRAMSWASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service has asked

The concept is seemingly the perfect solution to the logjam on Europe's crowded highways: Limit the

Flooding forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt barge shipping Thursday on several portions

1454 (Feb. 27, 1997) Previous day - 1458The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

1081 (Feb. 27, 1997) Previous day - 1079The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

Feb. 27, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The caption with the photo appearing on Page 1B of the Feb. 24 edition should have noted that Canada

United Airlines Worldwide Cargo announced Thursday it will start international all-cargo service nex

The barge worker involved in the 26,000-gallon gasoline spill three weeks ago has been charged with

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Deterioration of freight rates in the competitive trans-Pacific trades will slow down this year, and

EVA AIR TO LAUNCHSERVICE TO BELGIUMTAIPEI - EVA Air said it will start a freighter service t