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China is taking its business to Africa, sending top government officials and trade missions to capit

Peter Sutherland, a fast-talking Irish lawyer who coaxed and bullied world leaders into history's bi

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 26, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

To survive as a maritime nation, the United States must consider radical changes, including allowing

U.S. cotton data released Wednesday show that recent historically strong demand continued in March,

COLOMBIAN COFFEE OFFICIAL FEARS A LOW HARVESTBOGOTA, Colombia - If the 1994-95 coffee crop a

Standard & Poor's Corp. and Moody's Investors Service reacted negatively to Lincoln National Corp.'s

Despite a 5 percent hike in the policyholders' surplus to more than $190 billion, the insurance indu

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Bilateral trade, energy investment and projected expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreemen

Norfolk Southern Corp., parlaying double-digit growth in merchandise and intermodal traffic, announc

IRAQ, RUSSIA SIGN OIL-GAS AGREEMENTBAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq and Russia have signed a dea

The Clinton administration began a trade-dispute proceeding against Mexico this week, after complain

After dissidents won a surprising election victory in the officers' division of a U.S. maritime unio

Mongolia's nomadic cattle herders say churning yak milk into Western-style cheese may be the solutio

The World Bank said it approved a $99 million loan for Russia to help combat one of the world's larg

Lloyd's of London took a fair old bashing in the British press over the weekend. In the latest wave

France scored a near-record trade surplus of 11.03 billion francs ($2.28 billion) in February, boost

Egypt plans to sign 11 agreements for oil exploration beginning next month in a bid to increase its

ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Joseph Z. Cortes was elected vice president and di

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Gulfport is cruising these days. The city's first serious cruise ship, the Gruziya, sets sail Monday

A committee of parliamentary deputies on Wednesday criticized joint ventures proposed by foreign air

Thailand's national carrier, Thai Airways International PLC, is set to face the heat of competition

The major industrial countries are endorsing two basic concepts at this week's International Monetar

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 26, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Karel Van Miert, the European Union's competition commissioner, held out the prospect Wednesday of a

Russia's oilseed harvest is not expected to increase this year, the president of Russia's Maslo Co.,

The seas of competition are turning rougher for Britain's leading cross- channel ferry company, P&O,

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The Federal Maritime Commission ruled 3-2 Tuesday that it is illegal under the Shipping Act for a ta

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 25, '94 - April 26, '95 (a graph)

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CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Menlo Park, Calif) - Six terminal managers were appointed at this t

Backers of a plan to resurrect the old Rock Island line between St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., beli

The dollar failed to sustain a short-covering rally after Europe closed for the day, and moved to ne

U.S. bankers frustrated by the lack of access to foreign markets are wrong to ask the U.S. governmen

Cargolux Airlines International said it will launch two freighter services between the United States

Former imperial powers Russia and Turkey are engaged in a fierce tug-of-war over rival plans to tran

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