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As the United States moves to increase economic pressure on Cuba to obtain political and economic ch

HURRICANE BERTHAHITS CARIBBEAN ISLANDSCHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas - Forecasters urged U.S. m

Importers of Mexican produce in Arizona are considering a request for fee increases on their product

The Clinton administration is drawing up plans for economic sanctions against Colombian airlines in

A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of 29,000 travel agents alleges that large cruise lines short

The Federal Open Market Committee has given Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan the authority to raise rates

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

China's second-largest maker of maritime containers hopes a pause for breath and recovery in trade w

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The upper house of Germany's Parliament gave final approval to a telecommunications bill that paves

July 5, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

As of June 28, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 14, '95 - July 5, '96 (a graph)* An

The United States blocked a request by the European Union to create a trade panel on unilateral duty

US BLOCKS EU REQUESTFOR WTO PANELGENEVA - The United States blocked the European Union's req

FIRMS VIE TO DISPOSEOF BRENT SPAR PLATFORMLONDON - Twenty-one companies have been chosen to

July 5, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

*July 3, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

July 5, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Bu

Peru is in the final stages of preparing an international request for bids to privatize port operati

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Latin America is just beginning to produce value-added products for export.While Caribbean a

Engines off, the containership anchored off Montevideo, Uruguay, to wait for a berth where the port'

Shipping lines are watching closely as ports on both sides of South America upgrade facilities, but

A task force of state insurance regulators is reportedly preparing to fine Prudential Insurance Comp

The nascent California Earthquake Authority was voted out of a compromise committee late Wednesday o

The London reinsurance market continues to soften in most areas of business, a recent survey by the

For two years, the greatest impediment to progress toward free trade in the Western Hemisphere has b

For more than two centuries, German ships - from three-masted Hanseatic sailing ships to today's gia

Now that it's edged past Valparaiso as Chile's leading hub for container traffic, the Port of San An

Several Caribbean ports are improving their facilities in a bid to capitalize on the increasing trad

Long known as one of the world's major holiday resorts, port officials in the Bahamas say it is abou

Headlines about the prospects for Hong Kong's financial sector after China regains sovereignty a yea

The fall of Sumitomo Corp.'s top copper trader, which led to the current copper trading scandal, sho

Hong Kong officials said they will not permit American authorities to extend their inspections of te

''Today the final score was STB 3, The Public 0.''

BRAZIL'S TOY INDUSTRYTOLD TO SHAPE UPBRASILIA, Brazil - The Brazilian government has given t

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lots

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 249.25 up 0.59