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At cocktail parties in the Southern California maritime community, one of the favorite topics of con

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 27, '96 (a graph)(2)

Wednesday, March 27, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

World Bank President James Wolfensohn praised Egypt's economic reform plan Wednesday and said its pr

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

A fleet of tugs Wednesday began towing the oil tanker Sea Empress, which caused widespread oil pollu

Forget Russia's presidential campaign. Benjamin Franklin is hogging the spotlight here this week, an

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday on hopes for a cut in German interest rates at today's Bundesbank cou

BEE LINE MOTOR FREIGHTFILES UNDER CHAPTER 7OMAHA - Bee Line Motor Freight Co. and an affilia

SAFETY ON SHIPS. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's Maritime Tragedies. Seamen's Churc

Canada's industrial product price index measured 129.7 (1986=100) in February, up 1.9 percent year-o

American expertise will help the Philippines move ahead with a plan to link the capital by rail with

The Port of Seattle Commission edged closer to a decision to approve construction of a controversial

Leading German carmaker Volkswagen AG is re-entering the Philippine car market after an absence of m

SENATE CLEARS WAYFOR HAYES APPOINTMENTWASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has cleared the way for P

United Parcel Service Inc. hopes to have a transshipment hub operating in Taiwan by this fall, havin

Perhaps the only consolation for California this week was that Bob Dole would not declare victory in

The European Commission moved Wednesday to allay international fears about the safety of European be

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 252.66 up 0.22 wh

PACIFICORP SIGNS PACTFOR UNIT TO LEASE POWERNEW YORK - PacifiCorp, a large Western utility,

Rep. Bud Shuster's efforts to take $30 billion in transportation trust funds out of the federal budg

The label ''Made in America'' should mean exactly what it says, according to consumer advocates back

As of Mar. 27, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

A $10.1 billion International Monetary Fund loan announced late Tuesday could significantly improve

The volume in world merchandise exports is forecast to increase by 7 percent in 1996, or slightly le

''Mrs. Kantor didn't raise any fools and I'm not about to get into a negotiation.''

An explosion at an industrial gas plant near the Delaware River here triggered a fire that burned fo

The United States blocked Wednesday India's request to establish trade panels regarding import restr

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Changes in trade policy announced this week by India's Ministry of Commerce should prove a boon to U

The European Union's Executive Commission has approved a British government cash injection to help c

A new round of fierce union opposition could dash France's hope of privatizing within the next two y

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

U.S. businesses in Mexico will have to get in the political trenches during the U.S. presidential ca

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A young and aggressive Thai media and communications company is pushing what it sees as Asia's first

The rapidly expanding Benicia Ports PLC has acquired Hobleman Port Services in Baltimore, making it

Iran as a major hub for intermodal business?It's certainly not the case today. But Forrest E

A middle-ground proposal for deregulating the shipping industry met with a chilly reception here.