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Continuing to apply pressure on its international rivals, United Parcel Service on Wednesday announc

TALKS WITH CAR HAULERS YIELD GAINS, UNION SAYSALEXANDRIA, Va. - Progress at the nego

Industry attempts to retain congressional support for maritime subsidies met with mixed results Wedn

China is gearing up for its hot summer months with an aluminum-buying spree that traders said on Wed

KODIAK ISLAND TO BENEFIT FROM VALDEZ SETTLEMENTWASHINGTON - About $60 million from t

Mexico's troubled trucking industry faces serious new problems with the creation of a second nationa

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The European Union on Wednesday raised the stakes in the trade war between the United States and Jap

Arab oil reserves dropped by more than 1 billion barrels in 1994, mainly as a result of a sharp decl

The European Union's top antitrust official vowed Wednesday to step up the battle against state aid

UZBEKISTAN, PAKISTAN INK COOPERATIVE DEALSTASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Pakistani Prime Min

Pier rehabilitation and crane replacement are in the works at one of Manila's two container faciliti

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

The Clinton administration's efforts to help secure world peace through economic development get ano

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The United States and Ukraine have put the final seal on an agreement that will limit the imports of

Texas' House of Representatives voted Tuesday to lift the ban on retail competition in the state's e

Swapping the tenets of U.S. shipping policy like trading cards is not in the nation's best economic

A Republican-controlled state Senate committee advanced a major overhaul of Illinois' workers compen

The U.S. dollar declined against the deutsche mark Wednesday on a weak U.S. durable goods report, wh

Russia, a powerhouse in the diamond business, wants any new diamond agreement with South Africa's de

Manufacturing and energy-related natural resources are the sectors attracting most large-scale forei

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell by 1.1 million barrels during the week ended May 19 compared with

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After pulling out seven years ago, Evergreen Marine Corp. of Taiwan has returned to the Port of King

Environmental group Greenpeace took its attempt to stop an oil rig being dumped at sea to Britain's

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A breakdown in a Taiwan Power Co. extra-high voltage transmission line in southern Taiwan Wednesday

Japan's inflation-adjusted household spending for March is expected to show a year-on-year decline o

The Philippine government will stop having its coast guard reissue international certificates of shi

The director of the Port of San Francisco has agreed to establish a maritime task force after being

Ports in South Korea and Singapore are increasing efforts to improve bunker supply facilities as the

Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd., said it bought a containership for about $20 million. The A

Japan will retaliate if the United States goes ahead with threatened airline sanctions, a Japanese g

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport plans to acquire a 1 percent stake in Vienna International Airport afte

Despite a drop in apple sales to Mexico, the biggest market for Northwest apples in recent years, to

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Baltica Forsikring and Tryg Forsikring on Tuesday announced a merger creating Denmark's biggest insu

Japan's five major non-life insurance companies expect that their revenuefrom fund managemen