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Jamaica, best known for beaches, bananas and rum, is changing that image ''into one of an attractive

After months of patient talks, Hong Kong is challenging China directly over the question of politica

March 17, 1993 Copper Total, 106,726. Gold Total, .1,425,639.Silver T

Mar. 17, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The lengthy approval process for dredging proj- ects is causing problems, at times severe, in keepin

Council of Logistics Management. New York City round table, March 18. Seminar on "United States, Can

Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft manufacturing consortium, plans to muscle its way into the c

New York Mercantile Exchange Mar. 17, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Average weekly earnings of U.S. workers other than on farms fell 0.2 percent in February, after adju

Listen to enough liner shipping executives talk about "balancing loads" and ''rationalizing assets"

CMB Transport, Belgium's biggest shipping line, and Nedlloyd Lines, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands,

Prospects for a substantial increase in trade between South Africa and the Persian Gulf are fueling

A federal jury in California has convicted the operators of a self-styled trucking association that

Three South Korean semi-conductor manufacturers agreed Tuesday to set minimum floor prices for their

SOUTH AFRICA AWAITING CRUCIAL BUDGET SPEECHJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa

Economic difficulties in the West mean Third World countries should take more responsibility for the

Hope was fading Tuesday for the 32 missing crew members of the Gold Bond Conveyor, a gypsum-carrying

The U.K. government's proposal to simplify the taxing of Lloyd's of London underwriters should help

In April, by the time Virgin Games Inc. of Irvine, Calif., unveils the ''Seventh Guest," its new vid

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

About 80 percent of the $17.6 million in new aircraft ordered from Boeing Co. in 1992 will be export

The city of Denver's move to push back the launch of its new international airport from late October

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

House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., tapped Rep. Gerry E. Studds, D-Mass., chairman of the House Mercha

A key House maritime committee said reforming U.S. containership-line subsidies will cost some $2.8

Tuesday, March 16, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Philippine trade deficit widened to $398 million in January, up 6.1 percent from $375 million a

The bombing of the World Trade Center brought home the vulnerability of our technological society, a

The National Bank for Cooperatives has filed claims for about another $84 million in payments from t

The former president of the Vancouver Port Corp. is spearheading a project to build a $112 million g

Willy Strothotte, new chief executive of the powerful commodity trading house Marc Rich & Co., said

Demand for fats and vegetable oils will grow in 1992-93 (October-September) in industrial countries

The Clinton administration, new leadership of key committees and new faces in Congress all pose chal

UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORP. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Robert E. Martin will retire as president in

Burlington Northern Railroad said Tuesday it will spend more than $675 million over the next five ye

Freightliner Corp. recaptured its lead in the heavy truck industry in February as all major manufact

APL Stacktrain Services, a unit of APL Land Transport Services, and Southern Pacific Lines agreed on

Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena said Tuesday he expects the White House to publicly announ

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