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The upper Mississippi River's spring barge season slowly began opening for business this week.

The new chief executive of Newport News Shipbuilding's parent company says the shipyard is seeking t

Lufthansa German Airlines and United Airlines will begin code-sharing on June 1 if they receive the

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

AMTRAK (Washington) - The board of directors approved the nomination of Elizabeth C. Reveal as vice

ILLINOIS TRANSIT AGENCY SELLING VINTAGE DIESELSCHICAGO - The West Suburban Mass Tran

The North America Free Trade Agreement continues to be a source of contention in various areas, incl

GATT chief Peter Sutherland, in a clear barb at U.S. conduct in its trade dispute with Japan, Thursd

KAZAKHSTAN TO INCREASE CRUDE OIL EXPORTSMOSCOW - Kazakhstan intends to export 5.6 mi

Mar. 3, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Shipping lines may say they treat cargo consolidators the same as shippers when negotiating the term

India has received bids from 30 foreign oil companies since mid-1992 for oil and natural gas explora

Rising long-term interest rates could choke a faint recovery in Japan's economy which has at last be

Three ocean carriers announced plans Thursday to disband their longstanding joint service in the Asi

Florida West Airlines continued its expansion program this week by acquiring TradewindsInternational

In the midst of the Great Lakes' toughest ice season since 1978, a coalition of shipping interests h

Often a guaranteed method of getting an export order is to offer open account payment terms to the b

A three-railroad, short-haul intermodal transportation experiment designed to improve service reliab

U.S. District Judge John H. Moore, in a ruling that could affect some $300 million in lawsuits pendi

Home Insurance Co. signed a reciprocal agreement with the state-owned insurance company of Vietnam a

Compaq Computer, one of the nation's largest importers of computer equipment, says it expects to cut

"Made in the USA" is starting to mean something again - at least in the Japanese aluminum trade.

Japan's information highway is still clogged with bureaucratic and business obstacles despite the go

The European Union lifted import quotas on Russian aluminum Thursday after Moscow joined an internat

Italy swung to a balance of payments surplus of 5.134 trillion lire in January after a deficit of 2.

TOYOTA MAY SET TARGET FOR US PARTS PURCHASESTOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's larg

Fearing that the North American Free Trade Agreement could easily become a ''fee-trade agreement," a

A trial date has been set for the defendant in a high-profile smuggling case that U.S. Customs agent

The U.S. dollar rose against all key currencies Thursday except the Japanese yen, despite the decisi

International Petroleum Exchange Mar. 3, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Romanian industrial output rose 5.5 percent in January compared withDecember, continuing the

Spain's gross domestic product fell 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 1993 compared with a year e

China's domestic demand for copper and aluminum is "soaring," and imports of foreign metal are likel

Bayway Refining has declined to comment on reports the company is not selling any low-sulfur diesel

CN NORTH AMERICA (Montreal) - Sylvie Godin was appointed vice president for public affairsand advert

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

Mar. 3, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Canadian imports of U.S. corn could double in 1994-95, industry and government sources said.

A Virginia insurance consultant has been hired to oversee day-to-day operations at Kentucky Central

Chinese companies are taking steps to deal with an oversupply of oil products in the domestic market