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ILL. RANKED NO. 1 IN '92 FOR INDUSTRY PROFITSIllinois might be called the insurance state, a

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) will press three major issues at the Summit of the Americas.

This year's rice harvest is expected to expand to 23 million tons despite heavy floods in the south

A driving force behind the North American Free Trade Agreement and a leading free trade advocate in

The Navy's Military Sealift Command may terminate the operating contracts for nine tankers that were

The mix of prepositioned cargo ships and roll-on, roll-off vessels recently deployed by the U.S. Nav

With intra-American trade set to explode in the next century, the region's customs services must beg

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

The Inter-American Development Bank is about to embark on the most intensive program in its 35-year

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Davydov and a top Dutch official are to meet in Geneva today for

AMTRAK (Washington) - Ronald Hartman was named assistant vice president, contract services, a new po

TRANSPORT BOARD WEIGHS NEW SAFETY STANDARDSAir safety officials said Wednesday they may ask

The Bundesbank plans to reduce the number of computer centers and branch offices in the next decade

CLAIMS CENTER SET UP FOR PIPE DAMAGE CLAIMSTUCSON, Ariz. - The three companies involved in a

1989 (Dec. 7, 1994) Previous day - 1977 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 227.99 up 0.96 wh

Far East Shipping Co., which has attracted a following among shippers in the U.S.-Australia trade wi

Mexico's new president has named a strong privatization advocate to head the country's much-maligned

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The European Union and its 12 member states will ratify the Uruguay Round global trade agreement and

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COS. (New York) - David Smith has been named vice president of claims in the F

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U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil rose by 1.6 million barrels during the week ended Dec. 2, co

IBM RESEARCH LAB IS PLANNED FOR CHINABEIJING - IBM plans to establish a research lab

Wasting little time delivering on a campaign promise, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leo

Ships crewed by seafarers with certificates from countries that fail to comply with new rules on sea

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Coordinating international trade and environmental policies will take years of effort and the ultima

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Closer coordination among Malaysia's ports is necessary to ensure efficient growth and operation, tw

The European Union will unveil its strategy this weekend to bring the former European satellites of

The Export-Import Bank of Japan announced Wednesday it will lend $26 million to Philips Matsushita B

The U.S. dollar declined along with stocks and bonds Wednesday on concerns about the Orange County b

The U.S. apparel industry is bracing for major changes when the GATT trade liberalizing agreement ta

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The chairman of one of the biggest companies in the United States has urged American business leader

The graphic "Computer-Related Hardware: US Balance of Trade," which appeared Tuesday on Page 11A, sh

As the United States, Canada and Mexico ponder who next to admit to their North American Free Trade