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Brazilian oil refining Thursday was 620,000 barrels, up from the previous day's figure of 440,000 an

Hong Kong recorded a visible trade deficit in April of 21.3 billion Hong Kongdollars (US$2.7

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China's State Planning Commission has announced a cut in the sales tax for gold ornaments in a bid t

Motorists in the United States, already facing the highest springtime gasoline prices in a decade, s

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

President Fidel Castro's reforms, although headed in the right direction, are far too slow to help C

International efforts to agree on a more humane technique to trap animals for fur will be stepped up

The Clinton administration will press other nations to adopt "model" business principles governing c

REGIONAL BLOCS Venezuela: New Agenda for Progress. June 1. New York. Contact: Rosema

COALITION URGES CLINTON TO RENEW CHINA MFNWASHINGTON - A coalition of more than 650

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Western Germany's consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in May from April and was up 2.1 percent fro

Gross domestic product in the Netherlands grew 3.4 percent in the first quarter of 1995 compared wit

U.S. publishers Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace won a court-mediated cash settlement and an apology

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The coming general election appears set to divide old business styles and the new business elite, wh

It isn't every day that you buy an $8 million cargo ship, pick up a couple of hauling contracts and

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

The Marlboro man took to the air this year, after the Jan. 17 earthquake in Japan heavily damaged th

On one side is the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which owns and operates the most active

Government officials said a new shipping firm, Changshu Nissin Zhongwaiyun Shipping Co., has been se

NC TERMINAL POSTS RECORD STEEL MONTHWILMINGTON, N.C. - March was a record month for

Smokers of large, premium-quality cigars finally have brought some fire back into the long-cooling c

D-E-A-D, spelled out Roy Hoffmann, executive vice president of Meehan Overseas Terminal Ltd., operat

Cuban cigars still are revered by many smokers as the best that money - and at times influence - can

"No smoking" does not mean no tobacco for shippers in the United States. While anti-smoking

China will permit overseas companies to form shipping agency firms, with equity or other forms of in

At home, the major U.S. tobacco companies may feel under siege from anti- smoking groups, small armi

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

A story appearing on Page 8B Thursday should have said Evergreen Marine Corp. still provided service

Bay Ship Management Inc. of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., will continue to operate and maintain eight larg

TRAFFIC CONTROL SNAG SNARLS NY-AREA AIRPORTSNEW YORK - Failure of an air traffic con

The National Labor Relations Board will rule shortly on a recommendation to seek an injunction again

The U.S. railroad industry had the safest year in its history during 1994, as accident, injury and d

Talks between the National Automobile Transporters Labor Division and the International Brotherhood

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Air carriers and city officials are both claiming victory this week as they interpret the decision o