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In an ambitious expansion of its South American shipping services, the Colombian carrier Flota Merca

European business executives are urging President Fidel Ramos to push ahead with a German-backed pet

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NATIONWIDE STRIKE HALTS CRISIS-TORN LESOTHOMASERU, Lesotho - A strike called to put

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Eastern German employment figures rose for the first time ever in the second quarter of 1994, the Fe

Danish unemployment rose 4,800 in July, to 349,400 in seasonally adjusted figures, or 12.5 percent o

Chinese inspectors will "zero in on property rights for audio and video products, computer software,

In one of the first fruits of Russia's partnership and trade agreement with the European Union, Russ

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

As World War II ended, Besser Co. sold about 18 concrete blockmaking machines to the Soviet Union. A

Despite the worst year for Germany's commercial vehicle manufacturers since World War II, the indust

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China is key to General Motors' drive to take advantage of explosive growth in the Asia-Pacific regi

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The maritime industry caused less beach pollution in recent years because shipping companies are fol

U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen signed two tax protocols on Thursday in Mexico City in the fir

BOUND FOR GUANTANAMO, SHIP LOADS AT BEAUMONTBEAUMONT, Texas - Military equipment and

South Korean Trade Minister Chulsu Kim, in a bid to become the proposed World Trade Organization's t

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell 3.7 million barrels during the week ended Sept. 2 compared with th

The United States, for the last six years the world's most attractive destination for tourists, is c

Cotton exporters and shipping lines in the trans-Pacific are preparing for a real tug of war over ra

As of Sept. 8, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

To water-ski or not to water-ski, that was the question at this week's just- completed 38th annual R

Indonesia's government and a giant timber firm, led by one of the country's best-connected ethnic Ch

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.22 up 0.76 wh

Seven ships from the U.S. government's Ready Reserve Force are being activated to prepare for a poss

A Ukrainian ship crew remains stranded in Tampa, Fla., while charges of shady dealings and counterch

Any move by the United States to upgrade relations with Taiwan will ''seriously" damage ties with Ch

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, extending an early advance after a senior White House official said t

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

Russia's textile and clothing industry is disintegrating at the same time demand, especially for for

In a bid to dramatically reshape the way Californians obtain electricity, a group proposed that citi

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Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co. said Thursday it is offering 30 million cubic feet a day 1f firm na

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

Norway's gross domestic product rose 6.9 percent in the second quarter of this year compared with th

PRICECOSTCO SHIFTS TO CF MOTOR FREIGHTMENLO PARK, Calif. - PriceCostco, of the natio

The future of two of the nation's highest-wage industries, aerospace and air transportation, hangs o