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JAPAN ADMITS TO LIMITS ON SALES OF US AUTOSWASHINGTON - The Japanese government ackn

Takao Hata, Japanese trade representative, believes a recent deal that will increase exports of Nort

Transportation industry executives, trade specialists, shippers and receivers of agricultural produc

The state's insurance sticker program for livery cabs will effectively risefrom the dead on

The Ohio Department of Insurance wants to know which legislators received payments - and from whom -

A new contractor plans to begin work today to free the Palm Beach, Fla., port channel of the mountin

Manufacturers and distributors of flashlights and batteries have won a reprieve from a National Clas

U.K. Customs has agreed to gradual implementation of the computerized import processing system that

Concerned about regional pipeline availability, as well as tighter differentials for Alaska North Sl

With cross-border business steadily increasing, Union Pacific Railroad has expanded itsBulkTainer se

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DECISION EXPECTED SOON ON THAI SMELTER VENTUREBANGKOK, Thailand - A decision is expe

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

Friday, Feb. 11, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 227.05 off 0.53 which compares

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

SIU OFFICE WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKE UNIONWASHINGTON - A majority of the office workers

The short-term outlook for the refrigerated shipping market is likely to be asbleak for West

The U.S. government's inspection procedures for imported produce haven't changed much since a contam

Norway's fisheries ministry announced a quota for the current year of 20,100 harp seals and 1,700 ho

Hermes, the German government's export insurance agency, showed a record 5.1 billion deutsche mark d

INSURANCE MERGER GETS FORMAL OK IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Mexico's finance ministry has

Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), the diversified Antwerp-based transport group, reported consolidated

The Maritime Administration will put off acquiring additional roll-on, roll- off cargo ships for its

NYK, NOSAC TO EXPAND VEHICLE-HAULING SERVICEBALTIMORE - Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ltd. (NY

For the week ended Feb. 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

Canadian softwood lumber interests are up in arms over an initiative announced last week by U.S. Tra

BLAST SHUTS GAS LINE SUPPLYING ARMENIALONDON - A pipeline supplying natural gas to A

China is forecasting severe shortages this year in cotton and other raw materials for textiles and g

Brazil expanded steel production and exports by 5 percent and 1 percent, respectively, in 1993 over

New products in drug companies' development pipelines could reach key markets two or three years fas

A major British trade house has become more pessimistic about sugar supplies in the 1993-94 season.<

Feb. 11, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Journal of Commerce's Refrigerated Transpo '94 conference, which opened Sunday in San Diego, com

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

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

Sales of U.S. personal computers in Japan rose sharply last year, with Apple Computer Inc. taking th

Railroads have had a devil of a time dealing with the temperature control market. The high c

CARIBBEAN PARTNERS LEND $17.8 MILLIONWASHINGTON - Caribbean Basin Partners for Progr

Columbus Line says new reefer tower units that it purchased last year are providing a more efficient