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The global container shipping industry is launching a public relations offensive in response to year

Foreign direct investment in the economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union showed stea

Japan, the United States and the European Union started carefully setting out their battle lines Mon

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, as foreign investors worried about a repeat of Friday's panic selli

Dutch aircraft maker Fokker NV said Monday it plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week for

A California judge ruled Monday that General Motors' finance division charged 116,000 California car

Art Scheunemann has a problem, a fish problem, and he's not quite sure how to resolve it.The

The New York State Senate Labor Committee will be wrapping up Thursday the latest round of public he

Five Latin American presidents Sunday approved the creation of an Andean Community economic bloc to

The European Union will back diplomatic sanctions against countries suspected of promoting terrorism

A state-appointed study group Monday launched an investigation into South African government communi

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Africa's biggest crude oil producer, Nigeria, saw business in its commercial hub Lagos grind to a ha

Freight transporters on both sides of the English Channel tunnel are urging the British and French g

The fatal crash of two trains operated by U.K. subsidiaries of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp

Shipping lines hope to press the Cote d'Ivoire government to improve procedures for the export of co

Iraq and the United Nations resumed negotiations Monday on an oil-for-food agreement that diplomats

CURRENT TEXTILE AND APPAREL QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full

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JAPAN'S CURRENT ACCOUNTSINKS INTO THE REDTOKYO - Japan had a current account deficit

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A second Chinese accounting firm has forged international links as part of the country's determinati

The first federal oil and gas lease sale off the Pacific coast of Alaska since the Exxon Valdez oil

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. created one of the

ALITALIA CHAIRMANRESIGNS, REFORM ERA ENDSROME - The chairman of Italy's flagship airline Ali

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The once controversial Customs initiative known as remote filing has been working fine since it bega

CANADA TO PROMOTEFOOD PRODUCTS IN JAPANTOKYO - Canada is to launch a three-year sale

The government will buy Alaskan pink salmon for school lunches and other food aid in an effort to bo

Economic growth averaging more than 5 percent over the next 20 years in India is expected to spawn m

Twenty percent of all imports are not in compliance with Customs regulations, according to the first

Paper shippers are beginning to look increasingly at intermodal carriers for their transportation ne

The U.S. paper industry had another banner year for exports in 1995, helped along by huge price incr

P-I-E FINANCIALBUYS ICA OF HOUSTONCLEVELAND - P-I-E Financial Corp., the wholly owned subsid

Florida's insurance commissioner accused State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., of ''clouding the issue''

Mar. 8, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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