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Japanese manufacturers were less optimistic about business conditions in November than in August, th

The European Community summit Friday was close to approving a principle that decisions in the new si

Shippers have won another big victory in the battle with bankrupt trucking companies over rate under

The Bank of Boston opened a representative office in Mexico City, where it will make trade finance,

The government's failure to sign an accord with the International Monetary Fund caused it to lose a

The U.S. steel industry got a break last week when the Commerce Department imposed new, stiff tariff

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

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

European Community finance ministers meeting here today will be presented with a lengthy report on t

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LOW ALUMINUM PRICES MAY CUT CHINA EXPORTS TOKYO - Aluminum exports from China are likely to

Coal producers are not giving up on the dream of exporting Western U.S. low- sulfur coal from the Po

The St. Lawrence Shipowners Association has called for a federal-provincial summit gathering to addr

The Federal Maritime Commission recently revoked the ocean freight forwarding licenses of six compan

The minimum of repairs have been made to the freighter Lok Vikas at the Port of Kandla in order for

Why would Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari choose the year's busiest retailing month and

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

POLIO VACCINE ON WAY TO THE FORMER USSRMore than $13 million worth of polio vaccine, called

United Parcel Service said it has extended its Hundredweight freight pricing program toGermany, the

One year after its sale to private investors, a former state-owned Brazilian railroad car manufactur

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

A high-ranking official of the Panama Canal Commission said Costa Rica'splans to build a $1

Nigeria has ordered a "thorough re-examination" of a massive, $4.5 billion liquefied natural gas dev

NJ NUCLEAR PLANT DECLARES 'UNUSUAL EVENT'The Oyster Creek, N.J., nuclear plant, which is alr

Steamship lines that call Grays Harbor, Wash., will receive pilotage fee refunds as the result of a

Christmas sales have lifted the spirits of Canada's depressed retailers, pinched by a year of store

Argentina's plans to export canola to Japan has been set back by high costs, quality problems and fa

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 10, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Dec. 11, 1992 Copper Total, 76,161. Gold Total, .1,513,045.Silver Tot

VIETNAM COLLECTS FUNDS TO SHIP RICE TO CUBAHANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam is collecting donations

General cargo shipments remained at healthy levels at the Port of New Orleans this year, despite a d

Salvage teams said Friday they had started removing oil remaining in the Greek tanker Aegean Sea, wh

Claude Taylor, 67, is retiring as chairman of Air Canada on Dec. 31 after 43 years with the carrier.

Railroad signaling equipment manufacturer Harmon Industries Inc. said it landed two hefty long-term

CONRAIL WILL LEASE LOCOMOTIVES FROM GEConsolidated Rail Corp. said it will lease 50 new loco

UNILEVER TO PURCHASE 70 PERCENT OF POLISH BUSINESSUnilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch consumer pro

Japan's trade surplus with the United States is unlikely to decline for at least a year, a senior of

Exxon USA Co. plans to sell its Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J., to Tosco Corp. Tosco offici

Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard will face trial on Jan. 28 in federal court

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