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Japan and the United States failed to reach an agreement Friday after three days of negotiations ove

"We do not expect the summit (of the Americas) to produce a magical transfiguration of current relat

The Federal Aviation Administration has spent almost 20 years and millions ofdollars to addr

Good pilots aren't afraid of bad weather, just extra cautious when they encounter it. But pilots are

Despite being on board for free trade in the Americas in the next decade, Caribbean nations will con

And the winner is . . . After receiving over 100 entries from Ontario to California, the pre

House Republicans named 33 members to the new Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Friday and

PG&E FIXES GAS LINES USING JAPANESE METHODNAGOYA, Japan - Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

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METROVISION (New Orleans) - Lisa Ponce de Leon was named director of international marketing. She wa

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a three-count administrative complaint against fo

Operators of a new recycling plant say they will be able to recycle plastic containers for which no

The ramp extending from the back of the freighter Texas hung suspended about 10 feet off the pier at

The shipping community isn't too happy with the collapse of talks to reduce tolls on the St. Lawrenc

COURT DENIES CARBIDE'S PLASTICS VENTURE APPEALThe European Court of Justice said last week i

Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., an insurance broking giant, has announced it completed a proces

The Caribbean basin and the smaller countries of South America are beginning to attract private-sect

The reinstatement of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti has been followed by frantic efforts

EU LIKELY TO EXTEND BAN ON MILK HORMONEBRUSSELS - European Union farm ministers are

CSX Intermodal is expanding double-stack train clearances in the Midwest and Southeast. The $10 mi

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 9, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

A government decision to let Samsung make cars signals a major shift in its policy toward "chaebol,"

Russia will cut exports to other former Soviet republics in 1995 unless they pay in full before taki

Although natural gas is supposed to be the "cleaner-burning fuel," the greatest roadblocks to more g

Not one dollar of foreign investors' profits has left Venezuela despite exchange controls introduced

Pepsico Inc. Friday said it would "aggressively" explore alternative packaging materials if aluminum

Dec. 9, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

FIRE FORCES EVACUATION OF NAVY-CHARTERED SHIPWASHINGTON - A Panamanian-flagged cruis

A.M. BEST REVIEWING INTEGON'S 'B++' RATINGOLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. placed the "

The 18th Miami Conference on the Caribbean and Latin America this week promises to pickup where last

Driven by a longstanding need to increase foreign earnings and to create new jobs, Caribbean Basin c

With Colombia, Brazil and Argentina leading the way, Latin America continues to boom as a destinatio

The Clinton administration, eyeing Republican fervor over cutting the cost of regulating transportat

The Port of Santos will shortly designate six priority berths to dock containerships and roll-on, ro

A U.S.-led consortium has won a $2.8 million contract to study the environmental impact of a 1,800-m

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '93 - Nov. 21, '94 (a graph) (2)

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

For the week ended Dec. 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 16

China's output of electric power is rising, but not fast enough to avert shortages. Producer

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