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Spain posted a current-account deficit of 193.6 billion pesetas (US$1.4 billion) in March, compared

U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may form an association with Brazil's No. 1 retail chain, Loj

The European Union and Russia agreed in principle on a wide-ranging commercial accord aimed at creat

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

GM Forms $100 Million Joint Venture in IndiaGeneral Motors Corp. and Hindustan Motors confir

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

Colombia's coal mines, largely developed through direct foreign investment, are fuelingsales growth

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

The U.S. Agency for International Development has given Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. an $850,000 fede

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

A plan to change French competition laws would make it illegal for companies to sell goods for less

Foreign companies are beginning to think about forsaking the gleaming office towers of Hong Kong's C

Steel executives and a leading steel economist Tuesday painted a cautiously bullish outlook for the

Two to three containerloads bound for overseas or traveling overland are hijacked every day in the N

CANADA MAKES PROGRESS IN INTERNAL TRADE FEUDWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canada's federal an

Saddled with significant overcapacity, Canada's property and casualty insurers are facing a major sh

The state's highest court barred the Massachusetts Insurance Insolvency Fund Tuesday from taking par

COMMERCIAL UNION PROFIT JUMPS 400 PERCENTLONDON - Commercial Union PLC on Wednesday

A House subcommittee Wednesday gave initial approval to a move to overhaul the nation's environmenta

QUARTER DISASTER LOSSES REPORTED AT $6.5 BILLIONRAHWAY, N.J. - Eight major catastrophes in t

The nine Military Sealift Command tankers currently operated by International Marine Carriers Inc. h

As attention focuses on the treatment of stowaways who seek political asylum in the United States, o

Dutch retail sales rose a provisional 1.9 percent in the first quarter compared with first-quarter 1

U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by a provisional 0.6 percent in March from Febru

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Container traffic through Felixstowe is growing so rapidly that the port could reach full capacity n

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JORDAN EXPECTS ACCORD ON SHIP INSPECTIONSAMMAN, Jordan - Jordan said Wednesday it hoped with

MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION (New York) - David J. Henley was appointed director of the Mayor's

An Army Corps of Engineers plan to alter the Missouri River's flow to restore the habitat of trouble

In an effort to upgrade its industry's image, an oil tanker trade group this week said it will ask i

The Canadian government has introduced legislation that would allow it to arrest "pirate" vessels pl

The Coast Guard may miss its self-imposed June 1 deadline for issuing a final rule on oil spill fina

In an apparent pressure tactic to resolve its most recent labor dispute, the state-controlled ferry

The largest U.S. international trade group is opposing a proposal to triple the vessel-tonnage fee t

Prominent shipbuilders, marine insurers, ship financiers and other industry experts are forecasting

MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION (Baltimore) - Eugene R. "Gene" Bailey was named terminal operations man

Insisting that they not have been eliminated as potential buyers for the state shipping line Naviera

The Port of New Orleans will evict Turner Marine Bulk Inc. from the PublicBulk Terminal on M