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TIDEWATER BARGE LINES (Vancouver, Wash.) - Michael H. Rike was promoted to operations manager, overs

A state contract to build three new super-ferries will determine whether Todd Shipyards Inc. can mai

The failure of the steering committee at the International Monetary Fund to make greater funds avail

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Sept. 30, 1994.

Two trade bills, including one aimed at letting U.S. authorities go after foreign monopolies, were s

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +19.849/27 107.79/28 108.09/

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

President Clinton called a bipartisan rally at the White House Monday designed to turn up the pressu

System integration (SI) was once a term associated with government contracting, space exploration an

Members of the West Coast of South America Discussion Agreement will introduce a bunker fuel surchar

German insurance giant Allianz agreed last week to take over the German, Swiss and Italian direct in

Barge rates have risen considerably as farmers and carriers brace for what is expected to be a bumpe

The trade agreement reached Saturday between the United States and Japan to open the $320 billion Ja

The European Union will attempt today to defuse an internal power struggle that is threatening to de

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The United States and Japan began a new chapter in their relations this week after reaching a peace

FREIGHT RATE INDEX REACHES 3-YEAR HIGHLONDON - The index measuring freight rates for

Country Statistic Singapore 3.9%Mexico

The forthcoming privatization of Lufthansa, Germany's national airline, will give a powerful boost t

Vietnam got bad news on two economic fronts on Monday with official figures showing a growing trade

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Sept. 29, 1994* Country Category Description

STATE OF EMERGENCY CALLED IN AZERBAIJANBAKU, Azerbaijan - President Haydar Aliyev im

U.S. aerospace giant Pratt & Whitney has put its hopes of entering the Czech aviation market on hold

FRANCE'S AXA BUYING CANADA'S BOREALPARIS - French insurer Axa said Monday it was buy

Head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Peter Sutherland said Monday legal and legislativ

PRECISION STANDARD INC. (Birmingham, Ala.) - Richard E. Young was named vice president of program ma

Officials from Canada's major railways have welcomed a government decision to appoint a task force t

An aircraft maintenance company vying for a contract to assemble McDonnell Douglas' newest jets want

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

FINNISH DELEGATE TO HEAD INT'L COFFEE ORGANIZATIONLONDON - Harri Maki-Reinikka, Finn

Oct. 3, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Dirty money is being laundered through Canadian stock exchanges and brokers, but industry officials

As of Oct. 3, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Keebler's cookie crumbled when the launch of a high-profile product fell flat last year and the comp

Officials from seaports in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America gathered Monda

The European Union will try to avoid divisiveness in a vote today on participating in a global agree

Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. has tapped James R. Hertwig, 43, to take the wheel as president of t

China expects to be importing nearly 350 million barrels of oil a year by the end of the decade and

"We each need to recognize certain special interests, in our case we see the CIS (the Commonwealth o