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

When U.S. steel producers - eager to export - look overseas, they see an economic image ever flatter

The recent opening of Mexico's natural gas market is luring a slew of U.S. energy companies south of

Sea-Land Service Inc., the United States' largest shipping line, expects its business in the former

Canadian nickel miner Inco Ltd. on Wednesday made a $3.3 billion takeover offer for Diamond Fields R

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Major Japanese life insurance companies plan to cut payouts to policyholders in fiscal 1996, startin

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has been dubbed one of the world's worst airports

India is planning to challenge a decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade to ban shrimp imp

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 252.44 up 0.36 whi

JAPANESE OFFICIAL BACKSCORPORATE TAX REDUCTIONTOKYO - Japanese Trade minister Shumpe

A tug hauling a barge loaded with mud dredged from the Port of Oakland sank last week 15 miles west

TIG HOLDINGS INC. (New York) - The board of directors of TIG Holdings Inc. nominated George D. Gould

They would fill more than 40 freight trains, each a mile long.If they were used, that is.But

Independent Pier Co. - one of the oldest stevedoring companies in the Philadelphia port - filed rece

Russia dispersed two storm clouds over its economic relations with the West, lifting a ban on poultr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 26, '96 (a graph)(2)

SPAIN POSTS SURPLUSIN CURRENT ACCOUNTMADRID - Spain posted a current account surplus

Deutsche Shell, German subsidiary of Royal/Dutch Shell group, Tuesday reported 1995 after-tax profit

U.S. cattle producers are hoping Britain's mad cow disease will lead European countries to relax res

Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos said last week his government would legalize hundreds of t

The American Trucking Associations Intermodal Conference has begun asking its members to tell the re

Placer Dome Inc. said Tuesday that milling operations have been suspended at its 39.9 percent-owned

The next two years should show an increase in the container capacity of the world boxship fleet of a

Tuesday Mar. 26, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

1428 (Mar. 26, 1996) Previous day - 1425The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to file a declaration in a California cour

There is an old saying about short-line railroads: ''We're not as long as the big guys but we're jus

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Clinton administration will keep the U.S. market open to China despite trade, human rights and o

The chairman of Gazprom, a giant Russian energy company, came to the United States to get loans from

CHILEAN EX-ARMY COLONELSOUGHT IN CODELCO SCANDALSANTIAGO, Chile - When Judge Jose Benquis fi

A branch of Siemens Ltd. China this month opened in this capital of central Hubei province, joining

Mar. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Australian government has agreed to extend $7.4 million in interest-free loans to improve China'

To reduce logistics costs, the first thing a company should do is figure out how much it's spending

Beef production neared a record in the first quarter of the year but was expected to end the January