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China, the world's largest tin exporter, is in a strong position to call the shots in the market now

Biologists have released 1,300 tiny parasitic wasps into Florida citrus groves to battle the leafmin

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Walt Disney Co. will enter the cruise business as early as 1998, with a Florida-based ship making th

Global Marine Inc. said it entered into an agreement to purchase a 1983 Marathon LeTourneau 116-C ja

Longshore mechanics are threatening to strike a new high-tech terminal facility here if they do not

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The Port of Hamburg posted gains in the first quarter, with cargo handling up 9.8 percent over the s

Sud-West Terminal (South West Terminal), the Port of Hamburg's fourth largest terminal operator, is

Port and shipping interests in Southern California told state regulators last week they do not want

A French warship started evacuating Westerners from Yemen's Port of Aden on Friday after fighting fl

Intermodal traffic, already on a blistering pace in 1994 from a growing economy, received a further

Ignoring protests from the United States, the Port of Paradip was scheduled to sign a US$11.5 millio

The U.S. trade embargo may be lifted, but Vietnam still faces challenges on the road to becoming a s

The Maritime Administration and U.S. ports strongly disagree about whether President Clinton's propo

REGIONAL BLOCS The North Carolina World Trade Association Annual Meeting. May 10- 12

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN CANADA HITS 11 PERCENTCanada's jobless rate soared to 11 percent in Apr

ATTRANSCO INC. (New York) - Capt. Victor Goldberg, chartering manager, was named to the new position

In a hangar that would make the Superdome look cozy, Stephen Hellwig stands under a silver Boeing je

China's economic ties with Southeast Asia are growing steadily stronger. Two-way trade betwe

State insurance officials are investigating an agency founded by Insurance Commissioner James Dill a

A New York state appellate court will decide this month whether the Excess Line Association of New Y

SALE OF FRANCE'S UAP IS OVERSUBSCRIBEDThe sale of French insurer Union des Assurances de Par

HOME'S NET INCOME DROPS TO $400,000NEW YORK - Home Holdings Inc. reported a drop in

With China's trade continuing to surge, carriers are fighting for the chance to move it. Chi

Executive search firms here are spending more of their energy and resources filling multinationals'

A South Florida appeals court overturned a ruling that could have awarded more insurance coverage to

Texas insurance officials have notified 59 insurance companies, including Illinois-based State Farm

The London marine hull and cargo insurance markets have added North and South Yemen to its list of c

They were hardly in the vanguard, but South Korean businesses are making up for lost time in China.<

The U.N. Security Council has clamped tough new sanctions on Haiti in an effort to dislodge the coun

Foreign investors in Beijing are squawking about rises in prices charged by government recruitment a

What do you do when your shiny new China venture loses enough luster that you're at your partner's t

Chinese public and private enterprises like to be wooed in a long and gradual courtship, but are not

The government in March summed up its strategy for the year as maintaining a balance among market re

From 1985 to 1991, China's seaborne cargo volume increased 60 percent. The country has more

China will be a leaner import market this year as the government slows the economy and appears to be

China, with a population of more than a billion, represents the greatest potential market for Americ

The Communist Party passed a blueprint at the end of last year mapping the transition from a central