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In a move that could raise the profile of port interests, the California Assembly has created a sele

Jean Corbeil, Canada's minister of transportation said that the impact of Nafta on Canadian-Mexican

Singapore will cut its corporate tax rate to 27 percent from the current 30 percent in fiscal 1994-9

An increase in U.S. textile exports could make a significant dent in the trade deficit, an executive

Talks on phasing out global subsidies to the steel industry remain deadlocked after officials from o

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The only motor vehicle tunnel between the United States and Canada will undergo a $21 million renova

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European Community industry ministers last week gave initial support to the EC Commission's rescue p

Oil companies say they want environmentally safe, high-quality ships to carry petroleum across the o

Germany's three leading coffee roasters are increasing domestic prices in response to the stronger U

The Tennessee Valley Authority has issued a staff recommendation to its board of directors to deny t

Trucking industry profits and revenue improved smartly in 1992, but the industry is hardly rolling i

U.S. small-business owners say information technology is so crucial that half of them plan to boost

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Ample supplies of U.S. soybeans will cushion the impact of strong export demand, suggesting the next

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Russians who flock to Japan to buy cheap secondhand cars and refrigerators are no longer welcome in

MINIMUM WAGE HIKE SOUGHT FOR BANGKOKBANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai panel has recommended

Foreign investment, as actual capital infusions from abroad, dropped to US$327.8 million last year,

1373 (Feb. 26, 1993) Previous day - 1375 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

When the European Community named its new Commission on Jan. 1, one appointment attracted more atten

The Association of American Railroads calculates that the Clinton economic package could cost railro

Zhejiang province last week signed a contract to create Zhejiang Commercial Bank Ltd., its first joi

This month will mark the fourth anniversary of a fateful date in American maritime and environmental

A new medium-term policy containing special concessions to boost exports is being drafted by the gov

The volume of world beef exports are expected to shrink by 2.8 percent this year, signaling a furthe

If you thought piracy disappeared from the shipping industry 200 years ago together with Captain Kid

Environmentalists, lawmakers and energy industry executives began drawing battle lines last week in

Kentucky miners who participated in the 1989 strike against Pittston Coal Co. now will be dealing wi

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NIGERIA TELLS FIRMS TO CUT OIL PRODUCTIONLONDON - Nigeria has instructed oil compani

In an example of how small U.S. companies can pay dearly to defend their patent rights against forei

The powerful blast that rocked the World Trade Center complex in New York'sfinancial distric

Because of the explosion at the World Trade Center complex, the consequent loss of communications at

President Clinton said in a major address that the United States was at a ''great moment of decision