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Soybean futures ended Wednesday sharply higher - at their highest levels since late January.

1500 (May 18, 1994) Previous day - 1504 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A state Superior Court judge Wednesday ordered 78-year-old Evelyn Berman Frank, matriarch of a famil

The House Foreign Affairs Committee, over Clinton administration objections to some provisions, Wedn

East Africa's refugee crisis is deepening as more people flee fighting in Rwanda, stretching the reg

With its computer market showing explosive growth, China is looking to make more of the components i

WORLD BANK TO GIVE JORDAN $200 MILLIONPARIS - Jordan is to receive $200 million in 1

The number of unemployed persons in Sweden fell by 17,000 in April to 310,000, or 7.4 percent of the

U.K. retail prices rose 2.6 percent in the year through April, the Central Statistical Office said W

Neptune Orient Lines filed a series of rate discounts, set to go into effect today, which threaten t

The losses are continuing to mount at the Port of San Francisco. Three more ship lines are f

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Here we go again. Let the games begin.With more than five months before unions and railroads

A practical reference manual for bulk carrier surveys has been published by the International Associ

State-owned Air India and Indian Airlines are looking at three types of aircraft for their fleet exp

LIQUID ETHANE PIPELINE BACK IN OPERATIONWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Flows through the Cochi

Foreign firms have shown keen interest in setting up a power plant near Pakistan's largest coal fiel

The slow pace of contract talks this year between U.S. coking coal exporters and steelmills in Japan

For the second time in as many days, the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange has raised margins for nea

Most French ports were paralyzed on Tuesday by a strike by the country's dockworkers union, which is

A growing demand for bird's nest soup, considered a health tonic in Asia, is threatening the swiftle

Spotty enforcement of a Texas law requiring Mexican truckers to carry state stamps when they cross i

A lack of adequate financing is preventing small and medium-sized firms from exploiting the European

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

Two U.S.-flag shipping groups representing container lines and tanker operators are seeking unpreced

The treatment of Romanian stowaways who have been held in leg irons pending a decision on their lega

United Airlines' pilots, disappointed over the recent tailspin of their carrier's stock, are making

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service Monday to drop a new international service it initia

World Airways has stepped up its bid to develop new ties to Latin America by opening a sales office

State officials will proceed with a staged collision between a train and car today, despite a crash

Partial operations resumed over the CSX Transportation mainline between Richmond, Va., and Florence,

USAir Group, struggling to survive a global slump for air carriers, has postponed acceptance of 40 B

The government on Tuesday rejected a major investment offer from a consortium of Western oil compani

South Korean bunker fuel oil prices jumped late Monday to the highest levels since the Gulf War on t

The new head of the Maritime Law Association of the United States is hopeful that changes in New Yor

HORNBECK OFFSHORE TO BUY TRICO MARINEGALVESTON, Texas - Hornbeck Offshore Services I

In a bid to break into a lucrative market and bolster its own standing in the region, Malaysia annou

Peter Middleton, chief executive of Lloyd's of London, said that after four years of losses, Lloyd's

While international banking plays an important role in the Pacific Basin, regulatory constraints and

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