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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 14, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

TACOMA AWARDS FLETCHERCRANE RAIL CONTRACTTACOMA, Wash. - The Port of Tacoma awarded a $1.2 m

The 15,319-deadweight-ton Al Johffa, which sustained a cracked hull when it hit rocks on Feb. 13 whi

The state of California will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a recent state court decision invalida

The Hong Kong government plans to crack down harder on Chinese pirated products, said Denise Yue, Ho

A freight forwarding education program designed to promote professional competence and improve the i

INDIA TO LIFT CURBSON CONSUMER IMPORTSBOMBAY - India will remove all curbs on consum

Less developed countries, despite the Mexican financial crisis, last year attracted a record $167 bi

A coalition of foreign lamb suppliers and U.S. textile importers could be battling the U.S. governme

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Six decades of agriculture policy may have come to an end when Congress voted to overhaul farm subsi

The European Commission wants to improve the competitiveness of Europe's shipping and maritime indus

More than a century after a German immigrant first brewed it in St. Louis, the world's top-selling b

The Iron Highway - CSX Corp.'s effort to crack potentially lucrative short-haul intermodal markets -

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM), Mexico's largest steamship line, has again teamed up with St

A federal appellate court has struck a blow for importers against unwarranted and costly snooping by

Hong Kong trade carried by ship slipped a tad last year, to 49 percent from 50 percent, but the valu

Mexican Commerce Secretary Herminio Blanco has formally asked that his country be included in bilate

A government adviser has recommended that the best place for a third international airport for the P

''Imagine a salesperson you can actually trust.''

The push to open a third east-west rail corridor for intermodal cargoes crossing Washington state is

RIPPLES SPREADFROM GM STRIKEDETROIT - The effects of a 10-day strike of 3,000 workers at two

US, CHINA TO DISCUSSINTELLECTUAL PIRACYWASHINGTON - The United States and China in early Apr

Business analysts and executives in Asia are predicting that China and Taiwan will resume their grow

Financial costs for the wheat industry will jump if a ban on U.S. wheat exports to 21 countries isn'

Pakistan's biggest city almost stopped Thursday in response to a strike called by the ethnic Mohajir

Trade leads are supplied by:U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

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

In the March 1 column, we stressed the need to use negotiable vessel bills of lading with documentar

As of Mar. 14, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 247.32 up 0.43

Mar. 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

A House-Senate conference committee has reached a deal on proposed product liability legislation tha

Cargo transported in international shipping is often carried aboard vessels sailing under voyage cha

The House bill reforming the Superfund cleanup program has been delayed as Republicans and Democrats

AMERICAN RE CORP. (Princeton, N.J.) - Matthew P. Ansbro was named vice president in the reinsurance

MOODY'S CONFIRMS RATINGSOF CONSECO, AFFILIATESNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service confirmed