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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

May 26, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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Bangladesh looks likely to follow India and Pakistan in tapping nuclear energy to meet chronic power

Bunker fuel prices in Asia are continuing last week's slide as world crude oil prices consolidate, a

US, TEXAS OFFICIALS CUT RED TAPE IN SPILL PLANHOUSTON - Federal and state officials

GATT CHIEF: TAIWAN NEEDN'T WAIT ON CHINAHONG KONG - GATT chief Peter Sutherland deni

President Clinton on Thursday said he would renew nondiscriminatory trade status for China indefinit

In 1930, Mary Muir was different from all other customs brokers in the United States. She was female

The prospect of millions of dollars of agricultural shipments returning to the ports of Los Angeles

In a rare move, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, James Blanchard, accused U.S. Agriculture Secretary M

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Two companies with American connections appear on the recently released ranking of China's 10 best j

The Caribbean's most famous brew is at the center of a trade dispute between the region and the Euro

Tempers flared this week over the construction of an additional runway at Seattle-Tacoma Internation

Japan Airlines and Air France plan to launch a joint daily flight between Osaka and Paris on Sept. 4

An adequate supply of railcars is expected during this year's hard red winter wheat harvest in the U

Michael P. Angelos was appointed executive direc- tor of the Maryland Port Administration by Gov. Wi

A compromise agreement reached Wednesday at an International Maritime Organization meeting will perm

OPEC PREDICTS OUTPUT TO DOUBLE IN 25 YEARSLONDON - OPEC countries will have to almos

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The laker bulk shipping industry reported a sizable drop in 1994's early shipping season volume in t

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The International Chamber of Commerce warned Thursday that major financial institutions and companie

Knotty political as well as economic issues seem likely to prevent Taiwan bankers from directly ente

In baseball, football and other sports, the home team has a special advantage over the visiting team

Operators of the Channel Tunnel said Thursday they will need another $2.26 billion to keep the under

After two years as acting vice president of cargo sales for Trans World Airlines, Bob Uttmark no lon

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Arab states have not made any major oil discoveries over the past five years, but their gas reserves

Alliance Navigation Line, a small non-conference carrier operating on the North Atlantic, has replac