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''When you bring (these regions) together and start linking (them), you're going to be linking 500 m

WORLD BANKThe bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Apprai

The impending repeal of a key tax provision means Hong Kong will need to build a network of internat

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Tuesday and was little changed against the Deutsch

The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization approved Tuesday the creation of five ne

Tuesday Feb. 25, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Despite rising demand for silver, increases in supplies will continue to depress prices in 1997, ana

Trucking industry attempts to win support for use of larger trucks from their long-time railroad adv

A U.S. company's purchase of more than 1,300 miles of government-owned rail track in northern Chile

As of Feb. 25, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

British Airways World Cargo plans to crack down on shippers and forwarders who submit shipments that

QATAR INAUGURATESLNG TERMINALDOHA, Qatar - Qatar, which has the world's third-largest natura

Despite controversy, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) is confident work will start soon on

Anti-sweatshop activists are taking their fight from the newsroom to the boardroom as they turn to s

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Sales of earthquake insurance policies by the California Earthquake Authority were low for its first

COLOMBIAN REBELSDYNAMITE PIPELINE AGAINBOGOTA, Colombia - Leftist rebels dynamited Colombia'

Michael S. Starnes, chairman, president and chief executive of M.S. Carriers Inc., was inaugurated M

Feb. 25, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1079 (Feb. 25, 1997) Previous day - 1066The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

1460 (Feb. 25, 1997) Previous day - 1463The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Drive more than 70,000 miles a year for over two decades and you learn a few things about highway sa

This tiny city-state is heavily dependent upon imported resources of all sorts, including people.

The Alabama Senate has decided that metric signs along state roadways are eyesores that offend drive

A new standards information system touted as helping make U.S. firms more internationally competitiv

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GETSLOAN FROM JAPANESE BANKSMANILA - The Export-Import Bank of Japan, al

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How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Cuba has asked the Caribbean Community to start discussions on a free-trade agreement between the is

Russians, among the least insured populations in Europe, are increasing their insurance-buying despi

A man infected with AIDS may have cheated a life insurer by sending another man to take his medical

Lufthansa Cargo AG Tuesday was bracing for a possible pilots and flight attendants strike at its sis

WEST JAPAN RAILWAY CO.Shojiro Nanya, vice president of the company, will become its new pres

Lavinia Corp., a Greek shipping outfit involved in maritime trade to the Russian Far East, has acqui

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Squeezed by a strong dollar, import prices in January registered their largest decline in seven mont

LABOR PANEL BEGINSTALKS ON CHILD LABORAMSTERDAM - International experts begin a two-day conf

Companies that ship millions of dollars' worth of goods could be plying seas fraught with the same u

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