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Seeking strength in unity, 75 Chinese companies have joined together to form the first chamber of co

When an American contractor needs materials, he can go to the lumberyard or the "big box" chain reta

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

New textiles and apparel labeling rules in Mexico do not mark a shift awayfrom the status qu

Are China's leaders plotting a new media and information clampdown? International reaction t

A Minnesota federal judge and a bankruptcy judge in California last week handed shippers two victori

PORT OF SINGAPORE BOOSTS CARGO HANDLINGSINGAPORE - The state-run Port of Singapore A

The former president of District 1/Marine Engineers Beneficial Association- National Maritime Union

1520 (Jan. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1529 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Japan gets good marks for implementing a year-old financial services pact with Washington, but the U

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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Japanese corporate capital investment is expected to rise moderately, with the quarter-on-quarter in

Despite requests from James R. Moffett, chairman of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., to return h

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 24, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

In search of a bipartisan compromise on U.S. farm subsidies, the House is scheduled to pass a modifi

Hong Kong expects to begin dredging the main approach channel to its containerport complex this year

Hit by a sharp decline in bulk shipping stocks, The Journal of Commerce transportation stock index t

BILL BLACK AGENCY GROUP USA (Falmouth, Mass.) - Jesse Hatcher was promoted to manager of this agent'

A federal magistrate set March 19 for the trial of three disarmament activists accused of damaging a

An influential road transport group has launched a program to track growth trends for the commercial

Associations representing insurance companies that insure large U.S. trucks called Monday for strict

MOODY'S MAY UPGRADE RATING OF CHARTWELL REMoody's Investors Service Inc. said Monday it has

China's southern Guangdong province is pressing the central authorities for permission to open its i

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO. (Princeton, N.J.) - Albert J. Beer has been elected president of the Casua

St. Paul Cos. said its 1995 net income rose to $521.2 million, or $5.68 a share, from $442.8 million

The farm ministry has drafted a plan to reform Agricultural and Fishery Cooperative Savings Insuranc

A proposed merger between Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insura

The issue of redlining is set to cause a lot of headaches this year in Ohio. A trial has bee

President Shankar Dayal Sharma late Sunday ordered the setting up of the country's first independent

South Korea supplied 62 percent of its grain needs with imports in 1995, a government ministry said

Northwest lumber companies wrangled some moderate discounts in a six-month service contract with the

The 329 Liverpool dockworkers fired in October at the Port of Liverpool will be balloted this week o

JAPAN SEES MORE SIGNS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERYTOKYO - A senior trade ministry official s

The court overseeing Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s reorganization made several rulings that are favora

The price of shares in the parent companies of three top European carriers - Maersk Line, P&O Contai

SEALIFT TO HONOR SHIPS RETURNING FROM BOSNIAWASHINGTON - The return of two U.S. Seal

For the week ended Jan. 20, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

An ambitious multibillion-dollar program to build high-speed rail tracks across Europe faces a major