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Taiwan's exports rose 5.4 percent from a year earlier to US$7.26 billion in July while imports fell

USDA PROPOSES BAN FOR WATER ON GRAINWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture'

Aug. 5, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Keppel Corp., the last of Singapore's big shipyard groups to report, said interim profit rose but ac

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. (New York) - John M. Griffin, CPCU, was named president of Landmar

Tanker owners ordered fewer new ships so far this year, which should help boost the market's long-aw

Canadian Pacific Ltd. reported that its second-quarter profit slipped to C$12 million (US$9.3 millio

The Senate Wednesday night approved $21 million for grants to small railroads hit hard by flood dama

Aug. 5, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

COAST GUARD CELEBRATES ITS 204TH BIRTHDAYST. LOUIS, Mo. - The U.S. Coast Guard reach

Cosmo Oil Co. and the Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. have formed a joint venture to explore for oil

New cargoes remained scarce on the tanker market and rates were largely unchanged, brokers said.

British drug giant Glaxo Holdings PLC, preparing for a court battle next week to defend its sole rig

Jeff Cull, a wheat grower here, surveyed his 3,400-acre crop last week and figured he had an outside

Weekly railroad traffic results released by the Association of American Railroads continued to show

The nation's two largest airlines said Thursday that they have matched steep fare cuts initiated lat

Monthly average refining margins rose in July in Europe, but declined in the United States and Singa

The bulk carrier Georgi Grigorov is still aground in the river Parana near San Lorenzo, Argentina, a

Fish Before Work. Through Oct. 31. South Street Seaport. A behind-the-scenes look at the historic Fu

The budget package heading toward a congressional vote may spell relief for south Florida's depresse

The Clinton administration Thursday came in for harsh criticism from Democratic Sens. John Breaux of

Even though they rank as the nation's two busiest containerports and operate right next to each othe

Some foreign currency accounts available to exporters: * Currency money market account: A li

Two Venezuelan methanol joint ventures are on schedule and should begin operations next year, helpin

Fruehauf Trailer Corp., wracked in recent years by a heavy debt load that strangled production, expe

A request by U.S. steelmakers that the International Trade Commission reverse itself and vote to imp

Indonesia, urging its industries to be more aware of green issues, said Thursday that it would force

Aug. 5, 1993 Copper Total, 112,290. Gold Total, .2,448,369.Silver Total, .277

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

LLOYD'S INVESTORS GET DEADLINE TO JOIN SUITLloyd's of London investors wishing to su

Baltimore-Washington International Airport officials are banking on the recently formed Maryland Dis

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Labor chaos at France's two biggest ports, Marseilles and Le Havre, has prompted the French Shippers

SEALIFT COMMAND AWARDS CONTRACTSWASHINGTON - The Military Sealift Command has awarde

Exporters in Bangladesh are pressing their government to devalue the currency, but officials maintai

Fairlawn's A. Schulman Inc. is building a $15 million plant in Mexico to handle growing demand for p

Clinton administration officials Thursday again sought to deflect attention away from environment an

Pierre Godfroid, president of loss-making Belgian airline Sabena, tendered his resignation to the ca

Shares in Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Dutch shipping and transport company, have soared 50 percent

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