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

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

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

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'

Thursday Mar. 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

U.S. refiners drained their stocks of crude oil to a 19-year low in February to produce enough fuel

Shippers of truck and ocean freight through Philadelphia face days of long delays and high tolls aft

Representatives of the Teamsters union, meeting here Tuesday, announced plans for a publicity campai

Freightliner Corp. kept up a strong pace of deliveries in the heavy-truck industry in February as ma

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

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

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

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

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

The California Public Utility Commission approved a multistep road map this week to begin moving the

An iron ore deposit with initial reserves estimated at 54 million tons was discovered in the deserts

Mar. 14, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Indian government assured U.S. business leaders that it will revamp its procedures for privatiza

With a two-week perspective, overseas executives said they liked China's latest round of foreign exc

The U.S. dollar followed bond prices higher Thursday, on news of an unexpected decline in February p

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

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

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

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

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

David Ballog Jr. is rapidly becoming the Joe Valachi of insurance crime.Back in the 1960s, c

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Japan announced Thursday technology-sharing deals with French electroni

CALIFORNIA PIPELINE GETSOK TO GO THROUGH FORESTLOS ANGELES - A proposed pipeline to ship cru

Strong container exports from North America to Europe contributed to a sharp improvement in Atlantic

Singapore's manufacturing output in January surged 25.8 percent from a year earlier, the Economic De

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Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

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

The House Ways and Means Committee Thursday approved a bill giving President Clinton the power to ex

Canada's February price index rose 0.1 percent from January and rose 1.3 percent from February 1995

A report on shipping reform to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is drawing

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

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