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Israel lowered its tariffs last week to a point at which economists say imports will finally challen

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Norway's rural fishermen and farmers once more are spearheading an emotional ''No" campaign in the r

Before deciding whether to join the European Union, Sweden must choose, in a general election on Sep

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Sep. 2, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

US AIRLINES BOOST CARGO TRAFFIC IN JULYWASHINGTON - With international freight leadi

Swissair has announced that it plans to usher in a new set of cost-cutting measures in a bid to impr

ENCOMPASS (Cary, N.C.) - Michael A. Odell was named vice president of marketing for the company, whi

Friday, Sept. 2, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar will decline this week, as inflation fears simmer ahead of Friday's producer price r

Hanjin Shipping Co. Saturday started a new intra-Asia service linking Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore

Earnings fell at Malaysia's flag ocean carrier in the first half of this year, though the group over

Mexican trains soon will get their bearings from Virginia. Gov. George Allen announced that

Despite a slight 1 percent drop in tonnage for the first six months of 1994, the Port of Houston Aut

CSX Transportation Inc. began recalling 350 laid-off employees Sunday at its Raceland, Ky., car-repa

No story.

The Chinese government has vowed to clean up the Huai River, one of China's dirtiest rivers, and wil

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

POLAND PLANS TO CREATE ENTERPRISE ZONESNEW YORK - The Polish Parliament will soon ad

RUSSIAN ARMS FACTORY GOES OUT OF BUSINESSTULA, Russia - Unable to pay its workers, t

When Philip G. Erdoes returned here in 1993 from Harvard University with an MBA to found an export c

OSE Implementors' Workshop. Sept. 12-15. Sponsored by National Institute of Standards Technology. NI

MINE BLAST TOLL RISES IN PHILIPPINESMANILA, Philippines - A man severely burned in a

Friday Sept. 2, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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Competition from ports to the south is putting the squeeze on longshoremen handling breakbulk cargo

1442 (Sep. 2, 1994) Previous day - 1435 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

The war of words between the United States and Canada over ship tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway con

Businessmen and policy makers in Finland, Sweden and Norway are all betting on ''yes" votes when the

"I can confirm Pakistan possesses the atomic bomb."

Large and small West Coast ports, particularly ports in the Pacific Northwest, are coping with the s

Georgia started rationing electricity Friday because of severe energy shortages. Georgian le

Australian food group Burns Philp & Co., savoring the taste of record earnings, is focusing on core

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sep. 2, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Shipping lines and port interests are telling the Environmental Protection Agency that the federal p

Shareholders of Mark VII Inc. will vote Sept. 22 on a proposal to sell the company's motor-carrier s