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Japan's major life insurers further slashed foreign-denomination investmentsfrom April to Se

City officials said a vessel for regular passenger transport will go into service Dec. 9 between thi

ROTTERDAM TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH CHINABEIJING - The city of Rotterdam, the l

President Clinton called today's House vote on the Uruguay Round trade pact the first test of bipart

Foreign and domestic companies here are unhappy with a plan to impose heavy regulation on the postal

The Russian government has issued a decree allowing a number of major ore- enrichment enterprises to

Rhone-Poulenc, which reached a $13.2 million settlement in a class-action suit over chemical leaks a

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

Marine liability insurers are penalizing shipowners who run "green" ships, according to the Internat

Nov. 28, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

JAPANESE EXECUTIVE URGES RUSSIAN OIL DEVELOPMENTTOKYO - The head of the Federation o

Russia may cut fuel oil exports over the winter and increase fuel oil export duties,a senior expert

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

The Egyptian government, keen to capitalize on progress in the Middle East peace negotiations, is of

"The Republican landslide (in the Nov. 8 election) means there now may be sufficient support for Pre

China will permit more coal to be traded on the open market starting next year and will begin to abo

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE CO. (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - Stephen J. Brooks was named director of

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The Baltic Freight Index hit a record high Monday as dry-cargo freight rates continued to soar.<

Norfolk Southern has finished its effort to complete a low-cost, second mainline track across a heav

Hawaiian Airlines said it earned $1.68 million in the third quarter, a figure inflated by profit mad

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

China had received 55,000 patent applications from abroad by August of this year, accounting for 13.

After reviewing the impacts of rising terminal, container freight station and documentation costs, t

Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer sharply defended his many trips abroad and said they helped cr

Two of three major Japanese city gas suppliers suffered unconsolidated pretax losses for the six mon

AUSTRALIAN UNION DEFIES ORDER NOT TO STRIKECANBERRA, Australia - Australia's Transpo

An agreement to eliminate shipbuilding subsidies among 18 industrial nations faces resistance from R

German plant and machinery orders rose a real 15 percent in October from October 1993, lifted by a 2

Heating oil marketers may be hoping for a repeat of last winter's extreme cold, but so far it's been

Germany imported 13.7 million metric tons of coal in the first nine months of this year - a 13 perce

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Clearing their decks before leaving office, Mexican commerce officials waived trade penalties on som

AT&T TO BUILD CHINA NEW DIGITAL SYSTEMBEIJING - AT&T Corp. Has won a $13 million con

Ford Motor Co. announced Monday it is becoming directly involved in South Africa again, taking a 45

European Union leaders were urged Monday to support a $110 billion program of road and rail projects

Roadway Express has joined the parade of less-than-truckload carriers announcing 1995 increases, wit

After two years of touch-and-go negotiations to get the money, Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad has u