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BANK SELLS ITS STAKE IN MALAYSIAN CARRIERKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Bank Negara, the M

The exports of Dawn Food Products are not only selling like hot cakes - they are hot cakes.

Australian-based life insurer National Mutual is seeking a Chinese or other Asian investor to help i

Thomas C. Sutton, chairman and chief executive of Pacific Mutual of Newport Beach, Calif., was elect

JAPANESE INSURERS SEEK HIGHER FIRE PREMIUMSA committee filed an application Wednesday with t

Russia will make the first repayments on May 14 to depositors who lost $8 billion in the collapse of

Canada's decision to police fishing beyond its 200-mile limit on the high seas may not be strictly l

The Philippine government expects an increase in private investment in infrastructure projects, now

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

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In an attempt to reduce massive tax avoidance on its thinly policed borders, Russia has introduced a

Four years ago there was a public outcry that sent trucking companies and public officials scamperin

Privatization authorities will decide the fate of public ship operator Lloyd Brasileiro Monday after

The Jeremiah O'Brien, the one remaining World War II merchant ship headed to Europe for the 50th ann

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS (Washington) - Robert E. Fronczak, previously a program manager wi

MIDWAY SACKS PEANUTS IN QUEST FOR LOW FARESCHICAGO - A new two-airline fare war has

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The Port of Tacoma, buffeted this year by the Teamsters truck strike and ocean carrier changes in As

The nylon resin market in Taiwan, though the largest in East Asia, is showing relatively slow growth

Bremer Vulkan, the western German diversified shipbuilding concern, has posted a net 1993 loss of 19

The American Association of Port Authorities will host a seminar on "Port Planning for the 21st Cent

Just a few days before the official report on the Braer tanker accident is due to be published, Brit

Mexico has refused to alter compensatory penalties in place against Chinese exporters of fluoride gr

Despite the current economic recovery, U.S. international competitiveness remains at risk, the Compe

The nation's chief civil rights enforcer asked Congress Wednesday to help him determine how insuranc

US ACCOUNTING FIRM OPENS VIETNAM OFFICEHANOI, Vietnam - The U.S. accountancy firm De

A U.K. consulting firm finds itself at the center of a controversy over alleged corruption surroundi

The cost of handling of marine containers at ports rose by 4.3 percent between March and April, acco

RailTex Inc., a San Antonio, Texas, firm that operates 23 short-line and regional railroads, has bee

1491 (May 12, 1994) Previous day - 1477 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The drilling hasn't begun, but the war of words is heating up again over one of Asia's potentially l

Petrofina, the Belgian oil company, said its Antwerp refinery will be operating at full capacity by

German ministers are calling for a 20 percent increase in patent filing fees, following a report tha

As President Clinton struggles with a decision on China's most-favored-nation trading status, a top

Chemical Banking Corp. said its Chemical Bank unit and Margaretten Financial Corp. signed a definiti

Spanish unemployment fell to 17.76 percent in April, a 0.9 percent drop from March that continues a

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Liberty Corner, N.J.) - William C. Summers, 34, has been named director of co

William O'Neil, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, strongly scolded tanke

Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, levied a withering attack Thursday against the

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