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Since U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary began her 11-day visit to Hong Kong and China, most media

The strike by 3,000 employees at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.'s five U.S. aluminum plants contin

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

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A Romanian stowaway couple were married at a federal detention center in Elizabeth, N.J.,on Tuesday,

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Maersk Line this week enacted an earthquake surcharge of $250 a container

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Protection and indemnity clubs that insure shipowners against liability risks stepped up their effor

A major tool to force open markets abroad, known as the Section 301 law, is caught in the partisan c

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 18, '94 - Feb. 22, '95 (a graph) (2

The seasonally adjusted index for western German December manufacturing orders was revised up 0.3 pe

The U.S. dollar slipped Wednesday after comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to Congr

The Brazilian government is preparing to send Congress constitutional amendments that would open hea

Hoping to join the ranks of the Washington think tanks, the Border Trade Alliance plans to create an

Austrian industrial production rose an average 4 percent in 1994, according to provisional figures r

The European Union warned Wednesday of possible retaliation against Canada's decision to raise tarif

More textile and apparel raw materials are being liberalized as part of bilateral agreements reached

Clothing was Sri Lanka's biggest import and export item again last year, according to figures issued

The current statistics on merchandise entering and leaving the United States frequently provide mean

"Saigon is hurtling headlong back into the 1960s, with general managers replacing U.S. servicemen an

CHINA REPORTS PROGRESS IN US TRADE TALKSBEIJING - China and the United States made s

The three candidates vying for the job of heading the World Trade Organization may have to step down

Brazil's efforts to rein in imports following the Mexican peso crisis are taking effect, but January

As some 300 foreign buyers picked over exhibits Tuesday at China's largest display of handmade carpe

China reckons it will need 700 million units of electronic circuits for consumer goods and 600 milli

A visiting team from the Washington-based International Monetary Fund has praised Uganda for its rec

China unveiled an ambitious blueprint Friday to rebuild Beijing's Zhongguancun district, known as Ch

The development of the first free zones in Argentina will soon be under way, facilitating trade and

With Brazil warming up for its annual pre-Lenten carnival, probably the world's biggest bacchanal, a

U.S. law firm Dirksen Flipse Doran & Le is getting ready to open the first international law office

Global economic recovery helped Taiwan's exports and imports to rise 9.4 percent and 10.8 percent, r

Japan's growing scandal over two failed credit unions won't seriously jeopardize Japan's financial s

Further government reforms are in the works to encourage foreign investment, Prime Minister Chuan Le

Feb. 22, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

2019 (Feb. 22, 1995) Previous day - 2009 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Container lessors are the maritime equivalent of surfers. When the demand cycle is onthe upswing, th

Controversial U.S. oil spill regulations will attract maverick operators to the worldwide tanker mar

The country's first state-approved shipping exchange will be established in this largest of its port