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ALUMINUM PRODUCTION DECREASES IN EUROPELONDON - European primary aluminum production

As of Aug. 25, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

India's four aluminum companies produced 148,656 tons of metal in the first four months of fiscal 19

Four states have received the lion's share of the Federal Highway Administration's annual redistribu

The acquisition of Fisher Price and the general increase in north-south business has Mattel Toys exp

Importers often inquire whether a "license" or "royalty fee" paid to a vendor becomespart of the dut

A Federal Maritime Commission proposal to make ocean carriers pay a fee for filing freight rates wit

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The Federal Maritime Commission so far has collected $132,000 from companies that download freight r

Strikebound grain farmers on the Soo Line are surviving by using trucks to get their produce to mark

1473 (Aug. 25, 1994) Previous day - 1494 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Oslo Stock Exchange's bid to become the world's premier shipping market is about to take off.

With coal mining deaths up 73 percent in the first half of this year from last, Chinese officials ar

PIRATED-TAPE SEIZURES FELL IN 1ST 6 MONTHSNEW YORK - The number of seized counterfei

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MATSUSHITA REPORTS INCREASE IN PROFITTOKYO - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., own

An American company is among 14 chosen by state-owned Coal India Ltd. to set up coal washeries in th

The U.S. dollar hit the day's low against the deutsche mark in midafternoon trading Thursday after t

Panama's privatization program has taken a major step forward with the Aug. 19 sale of95 percent of

American General Corp. hopes to get a ruling before the weekend, as to whether the company it's seek

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

Next week 15 carriers in the U.S.-Mediterranean shipping lanes will introduce a rate-policing progra

While most European airlines are frantically chasing alliances or seeking government handouts, Finna

Industrial output in the Commonwealth of Independent States was down 31 percent from last December,

RUSSIAN SUBMARINES ARE BACK ON PATROLREYKJAVIK, Iceland - Russian submarines have re

Czechs can spend 20 years "on hold," waiting to be hooked up to a telephone, as the state's embattle

Israel is advancing discussions with Egypt and Qatar to import natural gasfrom those countri

As environmental negotiators gathered at the United Nations this week to discuss ways to reduce carb

Emery Worldwide and a local Russian-American-owned company this weekend will launch the first regula

Japan's beef industry is worried about growing imports and a huge supply glut caused by falling impo

Frederick W. Smith, chairman and chief executive of Federal Express Corp., is accompanying Commerce

CONTINENTAL UNITS FINED BY NY STATENEW YORK - Two Continental Corp. subsidiaries rec

Insurance companies will not be obligated to join a planned public corporation to provide help to in

"The WTO's 'trade uber alles' regime adds another layer of unaccountable bureaucracy to chill future

The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) and the Georgia Freight Bureau (GFB), operator of

TNT Logistik, the transport planning and fleet management arm of TNT Express Holding Germany, has wo

More than eight months after the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a special lab

The Swedish shipping group B&N (Bylock & Nordsjofrakt AB) reported a half- year profit of 73 million

JAPAN CASTS DOUBTS ON US INSURANCE DEALTOKYO - Japanese officials are increasingly p

The conduct of Nigeria's military government and signs of an imminent reshuffle in favor of hardline