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A four-month legal battle has stranded 10 merchant sailors aboard their Honduran freighter. They're

The yen's continued gains against the dollar kept prices of imported goods falling in May, the Minis

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ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Neil I. Swanson was named resident vice president for the Ne

William Hathaway, chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, fired off a scathing criticism Friday

Saying that it intends to be the dominant cargo carrier in the Caribbean, BWIA International Airways

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Reversing a downward trend, Germany's imports of U.S. coal tripled in the first quarter of this year

Former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills expressed relief that the 11th- hour compromise on U.S.

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The United States and Europe, ending decades of disputes over farm policy, Friday started scaling ba

NONLIFE INSURERS POST PROFIT GAINS IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's 26 nonlife insurance comp

Sears, Roebuck and Co. said the spinoff of its 80 percent stake in insurer Allstate Corp. through a

Country funds, mutual funds that invest in the shares and debt of companies in a particular country,

The U.S. Defense Department moved out of the planning stages and into action to provide transportati

German producer prices in May were unchanged from April and up 1.9 percentfrom May 1994, the

In a bid to capitalize on a rapidly growing market free of entrenched Japanese competitors, the Unit

While the potential of direct marketing in Japan has U.S. companies salivating on their catalogs, on

Canada plans to update its competition laws to combat the rise of new problems in such areas as cros

After months of speculation, the Chinese government formally announced that it cut the tax rebates i

Pakistan has launched feasibility studies to set up export-processing zones in at least five additio

GREEK FERRY STRIKE STALLS TOURISTS, TRADEATHENS, Greece - A strike by ferry crews in

With fewer than two weeks to go before the United States may hit Tokyo with aviation sanctions, U.S.

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Ministers responsible for trade in 34 countries in the Americas return home today after a four-day t

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Friday, June 30, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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Preserving the status quo in the shipping industry is impossible, given the revolutionary change tha

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

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

Over vehement objections by pro-labor Democrats, House Republicans spent Friday ramming through the

Russia isn't likely to buy U.S. grain soon, but the long-term outlook is hopeful as the country cont

Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. said it and other partners in the Kubaka gold mining project in Eastern Rus

INDIAN COFFEE BOARD THREATENS ACTIONBANGALORE, India - The Coffee Board of India is

Friday June 30, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

"We have to call a halt to the transfer of new powers to Brussels."

Airlines that call at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will receive a refund of about $20 mil

June 30, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f