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California farmers are facing the frightening prospect of labor shortages as Congress and immigratio

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Ten days after a Cuban MiG attacked two civilian planes over international waters, the U.S. Senate s

Export and import prices rose in January but factory orders for transportation equipment declined.

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday, despite a stronger-than-expected rise of 0.5 percent in factory or

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index slipped to another 16-month low Tuesday, reflecting f

Canada's Export Development Corp., an agency based in Ottawa, introduced a guarantee product that ma

In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice said Tuesday that governments that violate Europ

Mexico has ''the right to conduct business with whomever we have diplomatic and commercial relations

Customs brokers say the proposed implementing regulations for the issuance of broker licenses and pe

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

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

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

The world's longest electrified railroad, linking the bottom of Southeast Asia with Western Europe,

Florida lawmakers returning to Tallahassee today for their annual 60-day legislative session will be

The Customs Service is launching a redesigned system for processing imports that will give major cor

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Earlier this year, Maersk Line launched a ship capable of carrying 6,000 20-foot containers - arguab

Imagine agreeing to buy a factory and not knowing if all the equipment will still be there when you

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The insurance industry is still dawdling when it comes to the Internet, trailing other industries, l

CNA Insurance Cos. said Monday it had denied an insurance claim in October filed by O.J. Simpson for

Johnson & Higgins said it acquired Corporate Risk PLC, the largest independent insurance broker in S

A spectacular propane tankcar explosion left three other railcars carrying the liquid gas burning fo

''Eurocondoms'' with a guaranteed minimum strength, length, width and quality are soon to go on sale

Retail sales of consumer goods grew by 10.3 percent in 1995 over the previous year after adjustment

The hectic pace of containership ordering shows no sign of slowing, according to the inspection body

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 28, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. may come up with less money than it hoped for from a ship deal that went a

Area leaders Monday slammed New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman for worsening the dredging crisis

The board of directors for the North American Maritime Ministry Association recently awarded its Por

BRAZILIAN SHIP OCCUPATIONENDS ON VOW BY CUSTOMSSAVANNAH, Ga. - Thirteen members of t

In a story appearing March 4 on Page 2B, headlined ''SNCF posts record loss for 1995,'' the franc-to

Mergers should not be used as a way to save ailing rail carriers, said a group of shippers opposed t

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US WON'T VETO RULESFOR NUCLEAR TRANSPORTVIENNA - The United States will not attempt

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 244.46 off 4.31 wh

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