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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Panama overtook Liberia last year as the world's largest shipping register while Greek shipowners co

The future of shipping and U.S. maritime policy will be addressed June 9 by William O. Gray, preside

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 6, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Traders here are up in arms in response to the European Union's decision to slap quotas on a range o

Foreign brewers have developed an almost unquenchable thirst for the Chinese beer industry. Current

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

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

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

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

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

The decades-old monopoly of China's vast telecommunications industry has finally developed some crac

Friday, May 6, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

The architect of a sweeping reform plan for the scandal-tarnished Vancouver Stock Exchange said the

At least $70 billion in U.S. oil and gas investment would flow into Russia if its Parliament acts on

The number of unemployed persons in Denmark rose by 1,600 in March, to 354,400, or 12.6 percent of t

Planning travel and business appointments in China is not a task for the impatient. After all, succe

Legal experts say the two shipping companies involved in a collision of containerships off South Kor

U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said he challenged federal officials from the Environmental Prote

Continental Airlines Inc. narrowed its first-quarter net loss from a year earlier on nearly flat rev

The Department of Transportation plans to draft new rules covering code- sharing agreements on domes

Scandinavian Airlines System has promoted Henric Nauckhoff, its director of U.S. cargo sales and ser

CAROLINA FREIGHT NAMES LARY SCOTT CHAIRMANCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp.

COASTAL PLANS TO EXPORT 'CLEAN' COAL TO MEXICOCoastal Corp. said Thursday it plans to export

BP PROFIT JUMPED IN FIRST QUARTERLONDON - Oil and natural gas giant British Petroleu

Operating costs in the Norwegian North Sea oil and gas industry are forecast to rise in real terms a

A World Bank funding scheme is helping to boost Indian natural-rubber output, which is expected to j

The Asian and Pacific region will require investment of as much as $1 trillion over the next six yea

The United States Thursday called off a threat to block imports of Canadian beer after two of that n

The number of unemployed people in eastern Germany fell to 1.216 million in April from 1.260 million

Two ranking trade policymakers in the U.S. Senate have asked the Clinton administration to explain h

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ASIAN BANK TO DOUBLE CAPITAL TO $48 MILLIONNICE, France - Member countries of the Asian Deve

RLI OPERATING LOSS OF $15 MILLION POSTEDPEORIA, Ill. - RLI Corp. reported an operati

Canadian grain, transportation, labor and port interests will meet with Canadian government official

XTRA LEASE, LANDSTAR LAUNCH TRAILER POOLST. LOUIS - XTRA Lease and Landstar System o

Import transactions often involve the payment of selling commissions and buying commissions to third

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