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Amid calls for liberalization and open trade, the Asia-Pacific's tourist industry's growth may be th

Alan Knight will be loading a consignment of television sets into two of his trucks today for export

Idaho, the potato capital of the country, is mashing the hopes of collection agencies looking to col

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The largest one-month jump in oil prices in two years accounted for a 0.5 percent increase in the Ma

Experts see the demand for this type of financial instrument growing in Latin American countries, pa

The global talks to broker a market opening accord on basic telecommunications services have switche

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., hit by bad weather and train derailments, reported improved but

The National Grain and Feed Association announced it has completed a comprehensive overview of risks

Deutsche Bahn, Germany's giant state-owned railway, wants to go private.The Bonn government

The American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) has released a report indicating its increasing

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The European Union has rejected calls to lift its ban on 45-foot containers, helping to forge an unu

Steel importers with a poor record for following Customs import rules on how shipments are classifie

The story titled ''APC to sell intermodal unit to Hub Group,'' which appeared Thursday on Page 1A, s

Poultry imports to Russia, mainly from the United States, will be the main target of Moscow's plans

Top financial officials from around the world agreed this week to try and help the world's poorest n

The reinsurance industry has undergone vast changes in the 15 years since Franklin W. Nutter became

Davis Helberg, executive director of the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth, collapsed and fell unconsc

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SANDOZ SHAREHOLDERSFAVOR CIBA MERGERBASEL, Switzerland - Sandoz shareholders Tuesday voted o

Six years from conception, trial electricity production is about to begin at what's billed as the bi

CTC Distribution Services, which went to war with one transportation giant, United Parcel Service, h

The northern Chinese Port of Dalian, already undergoing rapid expansion to cope with growing busines

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TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADABARBADOS. June 18-19. A trade mission is being held for informati

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JAPAN OFFICIAL RULES OUTTRILATERAL CHIP ACCORDTOKYO - Shunpei Tsukahara, the international t

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U.S. banks, law firms and trade advocates are pressing Mexico's commerce agency for legal changes to

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the German shipping group, increased container traffic by 13 percent last year to 96

RAYTHEON WINS CONTRACTFOR CHINA POWER PLANTNEW YORK - Raytheon Co. said it has won a $200 mi

A fundamental shift in U.S. energy markets has created the best investment climate in years for smal

MARSH & MCLENNAN'SREVENUE JUMPS 12 PERCENTMarsh & McLennan Cos., New York, saw its first-qua

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The U.S. foreign trade deficit narrowed in February, improving prospects of a substantially better t

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