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Japan's Construction Ministry is considering punitive action against its own senior officials becaus

Nexos Line Inc., Tampa, Fla., has suspended service between the Gulf and Central America and appears

Computers, machine tools, motor vehicles, and construction, electrical and medical equipment are amo

Sri Lanka's five-year telecommunications development program is well under way with what one officia

SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIANGLE GETS TELECOM BOOSTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Companies from Indonesia,

Number of voyages carrying large-volume, non-containerized cargo To To

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

France is mulling legal action against Britain for allowing U.S. television mogul Ted Turner to laun

ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION BACKS US-RUSSIA TALKSWASHINGTON - The Aluminum Association on W

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on Wednesday reported a net loss of $680 million for the third-quarter

Japan has purchased nearly 15,000 metric tons (16,500 tons) of U.S. rice, the Rice Millers' Associat

Oct. 27, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. said Tuesday that copper demand next year could increase with

Scientists working in the southeast corner of Missouri will be among the first to harvest gene-alter

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 217.70 off 0.94 which compares

Oct. 27, 1993 Copper Total, 95,911. Gold Total, .2,358,874.Silver To

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RUSSIA PREDICTS DROP IN 1994 GRAIN HARVESTMOSCOW - The Russian Agriculture Ministry,

Despite some blustering from city hall, officials at the Port of San Francisco have seemingly conced

The Federal Maritime Commission Wednesday voted unanimously not to take any action regarding a servi

(in billions of dollars) UK $13.8France $7.7Germany

Inefficiencies at Japanese ports - including mounting costs and rules that prevent ship-handling on

Air Cargo Association. Oct. 28. Holiday Inn at John F. Kennedy International Airport. LuncheonSpeake

NEW ORLEANS ILA, SHIPOWNERS EXTEND PACTNEW ORLEANS - New Orleans longshoremen signed

Apple growers in Washington state are unlikely to break last year's record for volume of apples expo

Waterway industry officials who make up a leading trade group have voted overwhelmingly to back a bi

Merger negotiations between the new owners of a key eastern German shipping line and Senator Lines G

Central Soya Co. has reached an agreement to sell its North American-based animal feed, pork process

May-July May-July Lane 1993 1992East Asia to West Co

China expects to receive massive amounts of foreign funds for railway modernization, a senior offici

Benlate DF fungicide damaged plants at Sunshine Foliage World of Zolfo Springs, Fla., and Du Pont sh

World rice imports are expected to increase by 900,000 tons or 6.7 percent this year, hitting a reco

A genetically engineered drug to help children with kidney failure keep growing won unanimous endors

Consolidated Rail Corp. has received a shot in the arm from General Motors Corp.'s announcement that

The bitter labor conflict at Air France has cost French freight forwarders more than $1 million in l

Polystyrene - the stuff of plastic foam cups, trays, egg cartons and packaging "peanuts" - is light,

Survivors of the crash of Amtrak's Sunset Limited on Sept. 22 near Mobile, Ala., urged a federal jud

The number of Missouri employers buying workers compensation insurance in the costlier, assigned-ris

U.S. ginseng now sells for four times as much as good-quality ginseng produced in Asia, where the he

The Tokyo stock market buckled Wednesday, rattled by the suspension of trading in newly listed East