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China is finally trying to explain why its banking system is opening up so slowly. At a rece

A Taiwanese government and business delegation is expected here today for talks on investment in agr

Federal Express officials moved Friday to reassure customers that the threat of a job action by the

An expected cut in U.S. interest rates on Nov. 15 could be a positive factor for the dollar, analyst

The Australian government is being urged to commit A$90 million (US$68 million) over the next four y

Political reality is casting a long shadow over the European Union's plan for a single currency at t

"Once again, we have shown the entire world our country's great values of tolerance, openness and mu

The state of the economy of this English-speaking Caribbean republic is playing a central role as vo

For the week ended Oct. 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

1542 (Nov. 3, 1995) Previous day - 1538 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Republican-backed Superfund reform got bogged down in a House subcommittee last week, as angry Democ

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

The Port of St. Petersburg forgot to tell Sea-Land Service Inc. one crucial detail. Now that

A labor dispute at a Sony Electronics plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, will be the subject of a one-da

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

Top South Korean business leaders vowed to stop offering bribes amid concerns that a widening slush

CHINA'S STEEL IMPORTS DOWN 41 PERCENT IN 9 MONTHSBEIJING - Customs statistics show C

Wild rumors, including one of a possible military coup, hurt Mexicanfinancial markets Friday

Typhoon Angela, the strongest storm to threaten the Philippines in more than 10 years, swung clear o

COAST GUARD PROPOSES NEW TUG SAFETY RULESWASHINGTON - Safe-operating practices for t

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., said Thursday he was discomfitted by reports that the United S

Nov. 2, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. told the South Europe American Conference Wednesday that it was pulling ou

Mexico's new agricultural reform plan calling for the decentralization of agricultural decision-maki

"We are extraordinarily strategically important and extraordinarily well- located . . . Don't worry.

Norway's industrial output fell 0.7 percent in September from August, the Central Bureau of Statisti

BROKERS TO SET UP GLOBAL DATA NETWORKLONDON - The world's six biggest insurance brok

A Chicago freight forwarder charged that the Federal Maritime Commission harassed his company over a

OPEN REGISTRY AGAIN UNDER FIRELONDON - The International Transport Workers' Federati

Several major railroads may love today's movement toward mega-mergers like the one proposed between

CNA FINANCIAL REPORTS HUGE GAIN IN QUARTERCHICAGO - CNA Financial Corp. saw a huge j

The future of U.S. construction-equipment exports to developing nations could be largely determined

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, less than a month after an earthquake rocked Mexico's busy West Co

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Japan and the European Union are stepping up pressure against U.S. proposals to restrict the transpo

The auto industry, among the sectors hardest hit by Mexico's currency and economic crises, is welcom

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 2, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Thursday Nov. 2, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi