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Masayoshi Takemura, Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, said he is "seriously concerned" about remarks

The United Arab Emirates is looking into privatizing some government-owned companies as its largely

A new cargo complex at Newark International Airport is ready for occupancy, but Federal Express Corp

Bank of China will lend money mainly to efficient, government-approved enterprises this year and not

A 900-mile regional railroad has settled a longstanding dispute with Chicago & North Western Transpo

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

South Korea's Samsung General Chemicals Co. and Hyundai Petrochemical Co. plan to increase their dom

Jan. 13, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

DNE Sales Inc., of Fort Pierce, Fla., needed to kill a particular larva to get the bugsout of its ex

William Hathaway, the Federal Maritime Commission chairman, said FMC recommendations to the European

The Clinton administration's silence on the rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas reflects a cal

Canada's beer industry Wednesday sharply rejected charges from U.S. brewers of foul play on access t

When President Clinton stood before the shelves of Procter & Gamble detergent, Coca-Cola drinks and

Thailand's efforts to curb intellectual property rights infringements and improve human rights won e

In a pitch to expand its cargo clientele here in the United States, multinational insurance broker W

Businesses in Mississippi struggling to buy workers compensation insurance and make a profit could g

The Transport Workers Union and Dynair Services agreed Wednesday to settle a year-old unfair labor d

SWISS FIRM TO BUILD MALAYSIAN POWER PLANTZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss-based industrial Asea B

3 CONFERENCE CARRIERS TO SHARE VESSELSThe three carriers of the shipping conference operatin

INDIA EASES SOME CURBS ON COFFEE EXPORTSNEW DELHI, India - The government moved furt

Farmers could be scraping the bottoms of their bins to feed livestock by the time this year's corn c

SucDen Kerry, a division of the French group Sucres et Denrees, plans to sell 2 million metric tons

Alcan Aluminium Ltd. of Montreal Thursday said it will temporarily curtail 156,000 metric tons of pr

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a former Philadelphia longshoreman's complaint, and its

Extending the hours of marine terminals at the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may b

Guy Jones, a 44-year-old lawyer, has been dismissed as president of the Toronto Harbor Commission.

When Japan scaled back restrictions on imports of citrus fruit in the early 1970s, DNE Sales Inc.'s

Joseph J. Annotti was named director of media relations for the National Association of Independent

Freightliner Corp. topped the heavy-truck industry for the second year in a row as 1993 sales by the

In a case of interest to truckers, the Supreme Court will hear attorneys' arguments Tuesday on wheth

Most crude-export licenses have not been issued by the Russian government and the delay is creating

Japanese oil companies are readjusting their crude unloading schedules after an accident late last y

After years of steering clear of a privately held world trade center in Seattle, the Seattle port bo

The Venezuelan economy and its ocean trade to the United States has slowed to a standstill after a s

A 24-hour strike by French dockworkers Thursday shut down cargo-handling activities at France's two

The mate involved in last week's oil spill off San Juan beaches said Thursday that the tug involved

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday above 1.75 deutsche marks, a 28-month high, after cracking technical r

The future of Germany's vast metals conglomerate Metallgesellschaft AG was hanging by a thread Thurs