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The United States posted a $114.2 billion international trade deficit in 1996, the highest in eight

The state railroad that rings this metropolitan sprawl and links it to the rest of Mexico and the Un

THE AMERICAN COLLEGEMichael Delaney has joined the faculty of the Bryn Mawr, Pa., college as

The United States will give diplomacy at the highest level a chance to work before touching off a ma

The long-running U.S.-European dispute over trade with Cuba will come to a head today in Geneva when

Partners in one of the largest investments in the Caribbean, including U.S. companies, are planning

JAL EXPANDS WEB SITETO FACILITATE ACCESSNEW YORK - Japan Air Lines has expanded its World Wi

Several major French ports were recovering Wednesday from a work stoppage called by dockworkers dema

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

Federal Highway Administrator Rodney Slater was sworn in as Secretary of Transportation Friday in a

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 14, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINETO MARK 20TH ANNIVERSARYVALDEZ, ALASKA - Alyeska is getting ready to ce

The U.S. maker of well-known gasoline additive STP Gas Treatment has won a month of breathing space

Foreign direct investment in the former communist world topped $46 billion at mid-1996, up 60 percen

After four years of intense effort, Chevron Corp.'s giant Tengiz joint venture in Kazakstan looks re

The state Insurance Department has failed to properly monitor money insurance companies are supposed

Lawyers representing former insurance lobbyist Clay Jackson, whose 1993 conviction for bribing a sta

Fifteen years ago, when Gary Parker worked for Coca-Cola, he would gather information for topexecuti

HONG KONG TO OPENEXPRESSWAYS TO AIRPORTHONG KONG - Hong Kong this week will open the first o

Feb. 18, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

OIL WORKER KIDNAPPED;GUERRILLAS ARE SUSPECTEDCARACAS, Venezuela - Kidnappers seized a U.S. o

Feb. 18, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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The 14-member Caribbean Community goes into this week's summit meeting facing the daunting task of p

JAPAN TO URGE BRAZILTO PULL NEW AUTO POLICYTOKYO - Japan will shortly urge Brazil to abandon

A big issue - banks selling insurance - in the small state of Rhode Island has prompted an unusual s

Canadian National Railway Co. will acquire 75 new high-horsepower locomotives as part of a C$530 mil

The impact on the global shipping community of a massive claim for liability damages running into bi

Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from suppliers and other sources.

The travel and tourism industry is one of the largest industries in Sweden, with an estimated worth

''If we can get this stupid deal out of our lunch pail, we could work together.''

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 26, 1996, - Feb. 18, 1997, (a graph)

JAXPORT OFFICIALS REPORTFIRST-QUARTER INCREASEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Trade with Puerto Rico co

APL LTD.Stan W. Graff has been named senior manager, sales and marketing, for the automotive

Wallenius Lines, the Swedish vehicle-carrier, is investing in South Korea, where it predicts a signi

The Dow Jones industrial average wasn't the only stock measure to cross a millenary point when it hi

Ryder do Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Ryder System Inc., has invested in Companhia Transportadora e

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 12, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

A leading U.S. consumer group said a proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines

A top Air France executive said the French government will deliver a proposal for a new air treaty t