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With passage of the North American free-trade agreement (Nafta) facing anuncertain future, m

For the week ended Sept. 18, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Now that Germany and the United States have signed a new bilateral aviation agreement, Lufthansa Ger

Norway's current account surplus jumped to 12.64 billion kroner (US$1.75 billion) in January-July fr

France's troubled state-owned shipping, airline and aeronautics companies are seeking cash injection

Longshoremen unhappy with the Peavey Co.'s decision to cut the size of grain loading crews at a Colu

GLOBAL TERMINAL & CONTAINER SERVICES INC. (Jersey City, N.J.) - John R. Jeffrey was named chief exec

Waterfront workers employed by the firm Australian Stevedores continued a nationwide strike Monday d

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA POLAND. Oct. 6-22. A delegation of Polish companies will visit D

China will build a 200-megawatt nuclear reactor at the Daqing oil field near Beijing in its largest

Brazil's Companhia de Navegacao Maritima SA (Netumar), in an aggressive move that will increase its

Triple Crown Services Co., the intermodal joint venture of Consolidated Rail Corp. and Norfolk South

BURLINGTON AIR EXPRESS (Irvine, Calif.) - Norman Rasmussen was named vice president of sales for the

Flooding in northeast Oklahoma threatened three bridges on Burlington Northern Railroad's St. Louis-

U.S. grain exporters are having a bad case of the blues. Some buyers - such as the former So

Zimbabwe and its neighboring countries in southern Africa are making a modest recovery from the deva

The Great Flood of 1993 was a massive event in grain markets, wreaking havoc in supplylines and pric

CLINTON SEEKS PROVISION FOR SICK SUBSCRIBERSWASHINGTON - President Clinton wants Con

Newly publicized suggestions that China may seize Hong Kong ahead of the scheduled handover from Bri

Thailand's National Petrochemical Corp. has picked foreign and local underwriters for its planned fi

A story on Page 1A Sept. 24, headlined, "Teamsters to UPS: Deadline in Five Days," misstated United

Jan Carlzon resigned as president and chief executive of Scandinavian Airlines System on Monday to w

Sen. Wendell H. Ford, D-Ky., has introduced legislation to keep the Federal Aviation Administration'

The draft proposal put together by the United States, the United Kingdom and France to stiffen sanct

Japan's Sakhalin Oil Development Corp. (Sodeco) and Russia will meet next month to discuss resuming

Commonwealth Edison Co. Monday agreed to a $1.7 billion customer refund and rate reduction, called t

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has added a direct call at Keelung, Taiwan, on its PS-3 service from Los Angeles

DISCOVERY AIDS SEARCH FOR PIG DISEASE CUREWASHINGTON - A U.S. Department of Agricult

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

Following an import ban on many types of foods, Nigeria has again opened its borders to food from ab

The European Community wants to end an "aluminum war" with Moscow as a gesture of support for besieg

U.S. Customs officials occasionally run into a problem when they try to determine whetherthe value o

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A congressional investigating agency's report, issued on the same day as the Amtrak train derailment

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South Korea's Finance Ministry said it would extend 300 billion won in short- term loans to help cas

Egypt Monday reduced its cotton prices for the 1993-94 marketing year (August-July) in a bid to make

The new Association of Coffee Producing Countries seeks to achieve an orderly market and expects no

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 27, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 27, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High