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Throwing down the gauntlet, the Republican who will take control of a key House trade panel insists

Japanese trade barriers are crippling that nation's economy, draining 3 percent of its gross nationa

The Canadian government, in a move welcomed by shipper interests, has rejected CP Rail System's US$1

A sharp jump in international operating profit enabled Federal Express Corp. to register a 44 percen

Iran is aiming for a dramatic increase in non-oil exports in a major effort to supplement dwindling

CAMBODIA DRAFTING OIL, MINERALS LAWSINGAPORE - Cambodia is drafting a comprehensive

U.S. exporters to Spain cringed last year as that country's worst recession in three decades led to

2039 (Dec. 14, 1994) Previous day - 2043 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Norway's central bank said Wednesday non-oil gross domestic product growth would be at 2.5 percent i

Newport News Shipbuilding executives this week said they hope to soonannounce a second comme

The Noble Collection: A Work in Progress. Through spring 1995. Staten Island, N.Y. New exhibition at

NIGERIA TO UNVEIL PLAN FOR DEMOCRACY SOONThe Nigerian military government will unveil a prog

The European Union Commission on Wednesday approved a shipbuilding accord with France, paving the wa

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

China said Wednesday it is not optimistic about entering the GATT world trade organization now but i

A direct liner service between Russia and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for both containerized and breakbu

The U.S. government must do more to help ensure that U.S. companies capture a major share of the fas

TURKEY ENDS CURBS IN DARDANELLES STRAITANKARA, Turkey - Turkish maritime authorities

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The government unveiled plans Wednesday for new cargo and passenger railroads linking the urban Kowl

The fate of the Santa Fe Pacific Corp. remains in limbo just 24 hours before a scheduled Friday shar

Caltex Australia Ltd. and Ampol Ltd. said Wednesday they will merge their oil refining and marketing

The tanker Pluto reported damage and the loss of two crewmembers overboard in the Caribbean, Lloyd's

State Superintendent of Insurance Salvatore Curiale, riding out his last month in office, said he is

STATE FARM: $2.53 BILLION IS ITS 'FINAL' QUAKE COSTBLOOMINGTON, Ill. - In what a spo

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PRESTON TO RAISE RATES BY 4.55 PERCENT NEXT YEARPRESTON, Md. - Preston Trucking Co.

The Interstate Commerce Commission gave the Union Pacific Corp. a virtual free ride Tuesday, approvi

CREW RESCUED AS SHIP SINKS OFF HONG KONGHONG KONG - A small, Chinese-registered carg

Saia Motor Freight plans to offer full-state coverage of Texas by the end of March 1995, after compl

A long and tempestuous saga surrounding the Alameda Corridor came to an end Monday, when the Long Be

CP Rail System, which has long coveted a direct route into the Big Apple, is hoping to be selected b

Work on a U.S.-backed natural-gas and oil processing plant on China's southern Hainan Island is runn

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 13, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The value of orders for new construction in the United Kingdom rose by a provisional 1 percent in th

China said Tuesday it signed a US$100 million contract with Italy's Snamprogetti SpA for another set

The Coast Guard can't predict when the East Coast will again see a frigid, ice-filled winter like la

Joe Comuzzi, the Canadian official who wrote a study proposing massive changes to the St. Lawrence S