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UPS TO CLOSE 29 SITES IN CANADA; LAYOFFS LOOMATLANTA - United Parcel Service said it

Teamsters union leaders, faced with another battle with United Parcel Service Inc. for a new labor c

BANK OF AMERICA TO BACK TWO PHILIPPINE PLANTSHONG KONG - Bank of America will help a

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 4.4 million barrels during the week ended Nov. 5 compared with th

U.S.-flag ships hauling bulk freight within the Great Lakes continue to post slight gains in cargo v

With container volume at a record level, the Port of Seattle is proposing to spend more than two-thi

Malaysia will introduce automatic rubber tapping machines on plantations and new palm-oil products a

Carriers say Australia's much-heralded waterfront-reform program has failed to work and point to a s

Hull and liability insurance rates charged to major airlines rose by anaverage of 60 percent

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Price wars between European fish farmers are forcing Northwest shippers to look for new markets for

U.S. containerized exports to Europe are expected to decline almost 9 percent this year, driving up

U.S. officials are trying to head off a Japanese attempt to craft a so-called reverse engineering la

With shippers increasingly demanding intermodal service on their trucking company menus, small and m

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

Look for polystyrene prices to remain firm over the next year or two, sources say. The reaso

As of Nov. 10, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The price differential between high-sulfur and low-sulfur fuel oil has widened in Asia because of pl

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 10, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

OPEC countries will assess the reasons behind the recent fall in oil prices before taking any decisi

Many sheep ranchers expect to lose up to 20 percent of their income when the federal government ends

U.S., Japanese and other foreign investors are pulling out of the Russian Far East in the face of on

Heavy-truck sales continued to surge in October as the industry raced to the finish of its best year

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

Belgian gross domestic product grew 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 1993, compared with a fall

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday, lifted by another report pointing to a strengthening U.S. economy, tra

SAUDI LINE REVISES US-MIDEAST SCHEDULEBALTIMORE - National Shipping Co. of Saudi Ara

EC MAY ANNOUNCE NEW GROWTH FORECASTSBRUSSELS - Henning Christophersen, European Comm

The company that sprayed herbicides along the Tensas River last month for an East Carroll Parish flo

Negotiations now going on between Sakhalin Oil Development Cooperation Co. and the Russian governmen

Several U.S. chemical companies have been cleared of charges that they dumped liquid caustic soda in

VENEZUELA TO SET UP CRUDE-PROCESSING PLANTNEW YORK - Intevep, a research affiliate o

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 218.23 off 1.43 which compares w

A new plastics company closed a $10 million deal this week to buy the BASF plant here and begin prod

Munich Reinsurance Co., the world's biggest reinsurance company, has strengthened its position in th

Compromise wording contained in a Senate bill primarily concerned with high- speed train projects ma

HOW TO USE: Under the U.S. government's American Business Initiative, the Eastern Europe Bus

India's economic reforms are fueling a boom in business - and creating demand for more facsimile mac

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The political row between China and Britain over Hong Kong will not affect a planned $4 billion join