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

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U.S. cotton exporters, saying they are dissatisfied with the way ocean carriers set freight rates, a

Labor market pressure holds the key to whether the Federal Reserve Board will boost interest rates n

The bridge is in place, track-laying has begun on the railroad and land reclamation is well under wa

The Clinton administration this week denied knowledge of a reported intelligence list of 40 foreign

JAPANESE ECONOMYCONTINUES RECOVERYTOKYO - The Japanese economy continues to recover moderate

''We want our government to force the Canadians to come to the negotiating table, fess up to their e

LUFTHANSA POSTS DROPIN PRETAX PROFITFRANKFURT - Lufthansa German Airlines said Wednesday its

Prospects for a new round of port-deepening and inland river projects, the first authorized since 19

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More even than the change in sovereignty, it is the state of the economy that will determine Hong Ko

An influential Chinese think tank is urging the government to release 400 billion yuan ($48 billion)

A blurring of traditional transportation boundaries and increased demand for time-definite service w

COWS BARGE CANALIN VENICE PROTESTVENICE, Italy - Livestock breeders herded cows onto barges

July 3, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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Some see it as a way to improve the productivity of the sales staff. Others say it is simply an excu

JAPAN TO BOOST SPENDINGON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGYTOKYO - Japan's Cabinet approved an ambitious p

MOBIL ORDERS 2 TANKERSFROM SUMITOMOFAIRFAX, Va. - Mobil Shipping and Transportation Co. has

Foreign holdings of U.S. assets hit a new high last year, as foreign investors poured record sums of

Japanese trade officials this week continued to take a hard line on semiconductors and civil aviatio

When Disney World's Minnie Mouse gets ready for lunch, Jack Donovan is the one who feeds her.

The Border Trade Alliance wants to extend to manufacturers on the U.S.-Mexico frontier a federal pro

Italy, Finland and possibly Sweden, will enter the European Union's exchange-rate system in the fall

Mexico will continue to maintain a fiscal surplus despite a new tax relief plan unveiled this week t

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Doubt hangs over the nation's busiest coast this week.West Coast longshoremen and waterfront

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Mexico won round one Tuesday in a tomato trade fight with the United States, but complained to the W

A mystery ship believed to be carrying 200 Asians toward Halifax has renewed a debate about whether

While Japan continues to frustrate U.S. trade officials over semiconductors, commercial aviation and

Strength in domestic rates brought record results for Federal Express Corp.In the quarter en

M/S TURK SIEMENSKABLO VE ELEKTurkeyAmount of contract: $1,388,718Contract de

Ten months to the day after was it was announced, Union Pacific Corp.'s far-reaching plan to create

TAIWAN PRESIDENT VOWSTO SAVE PRETORIA TIESTAIPEI - President Lee Teng-hui, striving to preve

Long before the handover of Hong Kong to China was imminent, China was busily buying its way into th

TATARSTAN, CUBA DISCUSSSUGAR-FOR-OIL DEALNEW YORK - Tatarstan, a Russian Federation republic

Perhaps it was the case of the ''Ice Queen,'' a notorious Hong Kong dealer in crystallized methamphe

Yasuo Hamanaka, the rogue trader at the center of Sumitomo Corp.'s copper scandal, could not have pi