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The Belgian National Bank said Friday the country's November unemployment rate was 10.3 percent of t

CHINA PLANS QUOTAS ON ALL RUBBER IMPORTSBEIJING - Officials said natural rubber impo

A Continental Grain Co. facility in Tacoma, Wash., that was shut down for extensive repairs followin

Farmers are growing impatient as they wait for a new federal farm policy. "We need a farm pr

JAPAN STAYS AT TOP OF SHIPBUILDING ORDERSJapan will remain the world's leading shipbuilding

The latest roadshow taking the maritime community by storm is the great Jones Act debate. Former Fed

The Multilateral Steel Agreement, all but given up for dead just a year ago, may yet become a realit

Asia's rosy economic growth outlook combined with a rising middle class may be fertile ground for po

The real gross domestic product of Japan's second-largest prefecture, Osaka, grew 0.2 percent to 34.

Other insurance companies would be liable for Cigna's policyholder claims if its proposed restructur

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 244.20 up 0.61 w

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Hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid money is in line for Haiti - and perhaps even more in pri

A proposal by the Canadian government to impose a tax on U.S. commerce is causing concern and anger

NORTHWEST AIRLINES (Minneapolis) - Phil Haan was promoted to senior vice president, international.

As of Dec. 8, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

1606 (Dec. 8, 1995) Previous day - 1607 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Nigeria will soon review its merchant shipping laws to adopt international conventions on maritime p

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

ZIM UNIONS STRIKE OVER THE WEEKENDHAIFA, Israel - Officer and seafarer unions at Zim

China's plans to raise paper and paperboard production by 35 percent over the next five years still

The Federal Aviation Administration next week plans to release its long- awaited rule requiring comm

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

President Clinton has signed an order that is expected to speed export licensing for many items but

China's struggle to wrench its garment sector into modern ways should provide opportunities for over

Taiwan's export-processing zones, once pioneering but now flagging, are moving to improve internatio

CNA Insurance Cos. signed an agreement to form an alliance with QualCare Preferred Providers, FOCUS

European Union transport ministers approved measures Thursday to liberalize ground handling at airpo

As of Dec. 7, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

S. KOREAN FIRM TO USE MITSUBISHI TECHNOLOGYTOKYO - Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Fewer U.S. producers plan to concentrate on natural gas next year, and instead will concentrate on o

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Two of the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force ships are on their way to the Adriatic to s

Chile and the Mercosur customs union will take another 90 days to try to settle differences on compl

Problems have crept into relations between India and its biggest business partner, the United States

A preliminary report presented to House Speaker Newt Gingrich by a private task force calls for cont

CATERPILLAR, DEALER WIN 4 DEALS IN THE MIDEASTCHICAGO - Caterpillar's overseas divis

MARITIME ATTORNEY RICHARD BARNETT DIESRichard Blair Barnett, a maritime and aviation finance