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China's economic boom is leading to a surge in imports, giving the country a rare trade deficit, dat

Australia's economic recovery, already struggling along with painfully slow growth, is in danger of

Russia's first open bidding for export of crude and products for state needs has been won by traders

American and Italian companies signed contracts over the weekend for analpha-alcohol product

A U.S. District Court judge Monday denied a request by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Associ

A Monterey Coal Co. mine in Albers, Ill., is expected to reopen this week, enabling as many as 348 u

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

July 26, 1993 Copper Total, 114,334. Gold Total, .2,366,134.Silver To

EQUITABLE COS. (New York) - Robert E. Garber will become general counsel of this insurance firm and

A domestic airliner carrying 106 passengers and crew crashed into hills in southwestern South Korea

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the ports of Houston and Galveston, Texas, some good news and

A senior Chinese official is in the United States for a seventh round of talks on China's bid to res

A number of U.S. oil companies are negotiating with Kuwait for rights to pump oil from wells near th

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending July 23, 1993.

Boeing Co., which suffered in the recession and a glutted market for commercial aircraft, reported a

Low tables, tiny flats and sleeping on tatami mats are becoming a thing of the past in Japan.

INDIAN GOVERNMENT FACES CONFIDENCE VOTENEW DELHI, India - The main Indian opposition parties

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INDONESIA, EXXON MAY RESUME TALKSSINGAPORE - Indonesian national oil company Pertami

DOCTORS FACE 14 PERCENT RISE IN NY MALPRACTICE RATESNew York's 25,000 individually insured p

Stockpiles at waterfront terminals in several British Columbia ports continue to shrink today as a s

The U.S. dollar rose against most currencies Monday, as market participants remained focused on the

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

Despite continuing rains and flooding in the Midwest, Southern California ports and their key interm

Italy has modified a controversial plan to revive Ilva, the ailing state- owned steelmaker, in a bid

An investigation authorized by Lloyd's of London has unearthed further evidence that private investo

International Shipholding Corp., the parent company of Central Gulf Lines Inc., Waterman Steamship C

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY (Charleston, S.C.) - Byron D. Miller was named a public relatio

Illinois Central Railroad Co. said Monday it had completed its review of two contracts with Edward L

Coast Guard officials and defense attorneys have reached a settlement in a case involving a group of

A unit of United Parcel Service Inc. has sued the U.S. Postal Service over its new contract service

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

July 26, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

As China's latest austerity campaign begins to bite, more workers are pulling up stakes and seeking

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Freight forwarders reacted with hostility Monday to suggestions that theTrans-Atlantic Agree

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, has begun his perennial mo

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J.E. LOWDEN & CO. (San Francisco) - Arthur P. Christ joined this ocean and air forwarder as manager

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