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In a cramped third-floor office near the center of this enduringly communist capital, a little band

Jeffrey E. Garten, a Columbia Business School professor and former investment banker, is expected to

Hong Kong posted a provisional merchandise trade deficit of HK$8.224 billion (US$1.1 billion) in Apr

A senior U.S. congressman is joining the campaign to open Japanese markets to American-grown apples.

Cigarette consumption in the United States is rapidly declining, but a rise in exports is helping to

Traders brave enough to withstand the barrage of bearish news that accompanies discounted futures ha

May 28, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Carnival Cruise Lines has a new president, and its parent company announcedplans to take on

Port inspectors will be empowered to test the seafaring abilities of ships' crews following a breakt

The following business missions are scheduled. The Journal of Commerce assumes no responsibility for

Just when Canadians thought free trade had made it safe to sail back into U.S. waters, some of them

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

Two major motor carriers start new freight services to South America today. Carolina Freight

Grumman Corp. and Japan Airlines agreed to consider joint production of a high-speed magnetically le

Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange Railroad Category 1

A large crop, an early harvest and high quality have combined with aggressive marketing to assure Br

Newport News Shipbuilding, which last year laid off 1,350 white-collar workers and has had an inform

Insurance swindler Carlos I. Miro was sentenced in federal court here last week to eight years and 1

American traders, tired of chasing paper-thin profit margins on Wall Street, are flocking across the

The United Mine Workers of America, embroiled in a major strike over job tenure and future work oppo

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US, GERMANY FREEZE AID TO GUATEMALAThe Clinton administration said last week it was freezing

NON-FUEL IMPORT PRICES ROSE 0.2 PERCENT IN APRILPrices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, rose

Zimbabwe, one of the top half-dozen tobacco growing countries, has brought in a crop that growers re

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

U.S. maritime interests may support Clinton administration proposals to include port services in glo

The European Commission's two-day hearing later this week to settle the future of the Trans-Atlantic

COMMERCE: STEEL BARS, RODS DUMPED BY BRAZILBrazilian alloy and carbon hot-rolled bars and ro

WIS. TRUCK FIRM 'UNFIT,' HIGHWAY AGENCY FINDSThe Federal Highway Administration last week se

Air Canada is expected this week to formally appeal a decision by the National Transportation Agency

Roadway Package System Inc. of Pittsburgh got a step closer to its goal of complete U.S. service cov

Sears, Roebuck and Co. has told shoppers not to bother calling its catalog outlet stores anymore - b

New York Mercantile Exchange May 28, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hig

President Clinton's decision to renew by executive order the most-favored- nation tariffs extended t

The textile industries of Europe, Japan and the United States jointly condemned China as the greates

The smoking public's proclivity for discounted generic brand cigarettes is becoming increasingly haz

Tobacco Road is branching out these days to include the railroad as truckers send more leafy rolled

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