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Switzerland's consumer prices fell by 0.6 percent in May from April, but rose by 0.4 percent year on

Norfolk Southern Corp. and Illinois Central Railroad were repeat winners of the rail industry's top

The loss of customs broking business following the completion of the European Union's single market

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said Friday he was disappointed at the lack of progress made

Simpson, Spence & Young, one of the world's largest shipbroking firms, is planning to gradually expa

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

China's central bank has begun revising existing laws governing gold and silver as a first step to s

Germany's Metallgesellschaft AG Friday announced it will drastically restructure its refined metals

CHEVRON CONFIRMS TALKS ON TRANS-CASPIAN DEALA spokesman for Chevron Corp. said negotiations

Several hundred children marched through the streets of Karachi Friday to demand the government halt

R. Jane Hill, senior vice president with insurance broker Sedgwick James Inc., will be honored as 19

INSURANCE ACCORD LIKELY, JAPANESE OFFICIAL SAYSTOKYO - Japanese Finance Minister Hir

A Senate panel backed limiting contingency fees for lawyers in malpractice cases, although they left

VIETNAM PLANS TO CUT DOMESTIC USE OF DOLLARHANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Ph

The chairman of the largest industrial concern in Western Europe levied a scathing attack at Preside

Thursday, May 26, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

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

Shipowners who have been hit by sharp premium increases in the past few years are getting a break in

The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Thursday unanimously agreed to a bill that would p

Air India will boost freighter capacity out of the country to 160 metric tons a week starting next m

A furious, two-day battle between warring Teamsters union factions that have been trading verbal hay

ICC OVERTURNS TARIFF FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODSWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commiss

As of May 26, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The China Chemical Industry Information Center said trade in chemical products topped $6.9 billion i

Spot premiums paid for deliveries of copper to Pusan, South Korea, on a cost, insurance, and freight

In a sign of growing interest in property insurance by Russian industrial firms, Russia's biggest tr

Mexican and Canadian officials are beginning to doubt the wisdom of starting negotiations to speed u

Western Germany's consumer price index was up 0.2 percent in May from April and was 2.9 percent high

The Australian government is seeking to entice more skilled business people, including Americans, to

A seasoned commercial banker and member of the kitchen cabinet of President Lee Teng-hui was named t

The Insurance Environmental Litigation Association praised a decision by New York's highest state co

The Alliance of American Insurers named Gary L. Countryman, chairman of the board and chief executiv

Nine stowaways from Colombia were to be flown back to that country from New Orleans Thursday, accord

MED SHIPPING TO JOIN RATE-SETTING GROUPNEW YORK - Mediterranean Shipping Co., which

REPORT: BOEING NEARS $5 BILLION CHINESE DEALNEW YORK - Boeing Co. is within weeks of

The House has overwhelmingly approved the Department of Transportation's map for a National Highway

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

Estimates for higher West African cocoa production contributed to a forecast for a smaller worldwide

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