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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

Italy's producer price index rose 0.2 percent in June from May and climbed at an annual rate of 3.0

A group of U.S. investors is negotiating with Trinidad & Tobago Airways Corp. to purchase a stake in

A return to profit for Atlantic Container Line contributed to a further improvement in the financial

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Orders for copper tubes are expected to rise sharply in September due to hot summer demand for air c

Weather continues to boost the prices of "tropical" commodities like coffee, cocoa and sugar.

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

Exporters of Australia's native flowers say the world's cut-flower traders are poised for a thorny b

The United States is talking informally with Japanese officials about increased access for U.S. airl

Aug. 25, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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

Thursday, Aug. 25, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Reading daily accounts of violent crime left Cigna employees Virginia Krug and Doretta Hanschka wond

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 230.22 up 1.31

Air carriers are unhappy with recent Argentine Air Force regulations governing ground handling servi

The newly established Snohomish River Pulp Co. plans to build the region's first de-inked market pul

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 25, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

With the cost of food soaring in cities and more money pouring into already red-hot investment proje

Sweden's retail sales fell 1.5 percent in June compared with June 1993, the Central Bureau of Statis

Foreign purchases of U.S. companies rose 50 percent to a record high in the first half of 1994, as c

Nigeria's striking oil workers appeared to be holding firm against the military government Wednesday

Recession-slimmed European Union industry is still lagging behind its competitors in the United Stat