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Manufacturers' new export orders and imports of materials continued their long upward march in Febru

The U.S. deficit with Japan isn't growing as fast as it used to, but that doesn't mean trade barrier

China is expected to announce Thursday a major policy shift - and some good news for foreign investo

The Mexican government is continuing efforts to decentralize and privatize port operations as part o

GE CAPITAL TO MOVEOPERATIONS TO VIRGINIARICHMOND, Va. - GE Capital has decided to move its o

Premiums for nonlife insurance in South Korea are starting to tumble, and the life sector will see m

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 242.41 off 0.31 wh

KLM MAY SELL STAKEIN NORTHWEST AIRLINESMINNEAPOLIS - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has proposed s

U.S., French and Japanese firms are fighting for stakes in a project to build a $340 million gas con

A slightly rumpled, seemingly unsure chief executive will provide visitors here with a world-class s

Feb. 28, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 30

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

The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange is looking into circumstances surrounding Colombia's contradictor

KCS WANTS TO REMOVESOME VICKSBURG RAIL LINESVICKSBURG, Miss. - Kansas City Southern Railway

RYDER AUTOMOTIVECARRIER SERVICESScott R. Francis is the new vice president and chief executi

Global car giants are pouring millions of dollars into joint ventures or subsidiaries in India to ex

GROUP LENDS SUPPORTIN MEATPACKING LAWSUITThe National Association of State Departments of Ag

Officials said China's first domestic airmail route opened between this industrial city in northeast

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 28, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Feb. 28, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

American Airlines and its pilots' union have been busy lobbying lawmakers as a panel appointed by Pr

United Parcel Service, Raytheon Co. and other corporate giants lined up to blast a Massachusetts san

Contracts, still relatively young in the ocean shipping world, are experiencing an identity crisis.<

John Terpstra, ousted as executive director of the Port of Tacoma, Wash., at the beginning of the ye

The nation's two submarine makers - Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat Corp. - agreed to wo

When the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America moves into its new Washington,

Cigna Corp. said Friday it was strengthening its health insurance business by buying Healthsource In

MEXICO'S DOMOS SILENTON TOUCHY CUBA PLANSMONTERREY, Mexico - Mexico's Grupo Domos, which has

While the European Union challenges U.S. sanctions against ''rogue'' nations like Cuba, Iran and Lib

Hong Kong's Legislature is drafting a tougher copyright law as part of efforts to stave off U.S. pre

U.S. private sector investors are increasing investments in Latin American infrastructure at a fast

Friday Feb. 28, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Maersk Inc. and two Brazilian exporters have hooked up to ship what they call the ''first-ever contr

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

A nuclear power plant accident in Indonesia would make the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown ''look like a ted

Feb. 28, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As inter-American trade continues to grow, the U.S. Customs Service is seeking to coordinate import

The sound of punch bowls being put back in the cupboards is ringing through world financial markets

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A massive project to produce, transport and export Alaska North Slope natural gas to Pacific Rim mar