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Contship Holdings, the Italian shipping and ports company, is seeking to transform an Italian proble

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

Canadian business and government officials anticipate steady growth in Canada-Mexico trade as a resu

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Final closing on the sale of the rail portion of the Alameda Corridor in Southern California, origin

Joint-venture and foreign firms in China said last week they would sharply raise local prices to cou

The retired Soviet submariner rolled up his sleeves to give a lesson on how to use a Russian washing

As of Dec. 30, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Italy's Montedison SpA announced a long-delayed plastics merger Thursday

Two cargo ships carrying the elements of another labor confrontation were steaming to the Philadelph

International unions are continuing successful efforts to make inroads at Florida East Coast Railway

In a form of economic extortion, trucking companies are blacklisting drivers who are complaining abo

REEBOK LOOKS TO INDIA FOR HEAVY PRODUCTIONNEW DELHI, India - U.S. sports shoe giant Reebok i

During his trip to Moscow thismonth, President Clinton is scheduled to pledge U.S. financial support

The French government may end up helping French insurers cope with a torrent of claims arising from

Paul Hsu has examined Chinese commerce for 12 years and still is amazed by the marketing complicatio

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 226.56 up 1.18 which compares

Thursday, Dec. 30, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -3.9412/23 94.412/27 94.212/28

The associations that represent the major shipping lines and trucking companies in Southern Californ

An up-and-down year that culminated in House passage of maritime subsidy reform legislation in Novem

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has exercised its right to top the winning bid for state-owne

Most large U.S. manufacturing and service firms saw no shift in liability rates, and relatively smal

The North American Free Trade Agreement smacks of trade protectionism and threatens Chinese commerce

Foreign companies operating in China will be charged the same value-added tax (VAT) as their Chinese

COST OF LIVING HITS 2,567 PERCENT IN BRAZILRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's cost of living

Gov. Pete Wilson can exempt farmers for at least two weeks from warning their workers that a widely

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 30, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended12-24 12-1

SOUTH KOREA BOOSTS GASOLINE, DIESEL TAXESSEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean gover

Competition between two natural gas transporters in Northern California is heating up as each one tr

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

Ports have been complaining that the rate increases over the last year in thetrans-Atlantic

Russian gross domestic product will contract by 5 percent in 1994, after a 12 percent fall in 1993,

The North American Free Trade Agreement took effect Saturday with little fanfare after a bruising po

Dec. 30, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

What was once the world's largest sulfur mine has shut, and the town that grew up around it will soo

The families of two Kansas City workers will split a $1 million lawsuit settlement agreed to by a Ka

The U.S. dollar's recent advance against European currencies will continue into the first week of 19