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Deep in central Asia, due north of Pakistan and bordering western China, a new ex-Soviet republic is

SWAZILAND INCREASES SUGAR CROP FORECASTJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Swaziland has re

The last time Felice Lippert saw her designer bag stuffed with nearly $500,000 in family jewels, it

Thierry Aulagnon, a senior aide to French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, Monday "categorically" deni

China is offering a new carrot for foreign investment, but also brandishing a stick at companies tha

Argentina formally signed an agreement Sunday to restructure $28 billion of foreign bank debt, a dea

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A Japanese executive believes his country will import increasing amounts of coal from Indonesia, den

General cargo shipments are booming at the North Carolina State Ports Authority's Wilmington and Mor

Transition officials for President-elect Clinton, concerned that the Bush administration might give

Port and terminal interests support a Federal Maritime Commission proposal to exempt terminal facili

Standard and Poor's Monday said it may lower the Government of Hong Kong's implied "A" senior long-t

The number of unemployed persons in Sweden rose by 9,000 in November, to 236,000, or 5.4 percent of

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Dec. 7, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Buyer confidence is returning to the ship sale and purchase market, where activity has picked up in

Shipping lines, airlines, terminal operators, cargo agents and union executives are forming a group

The major restructuring of natural gas markets approved by federal regulators this year could be alt

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Dec. 4, 1992. U

Dec. 7, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe es

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 202.08 off 0.37 which compares w

In finally beating both Los Angeles and Long Beach to the major citrus account of Cool Carriers (USA

The European Community moved swiftly Monday to salvage a 16-nation version of the European Economic

As investigations begin into the cause of one of Europe's worst-ever oil spill disasters, London shi

The Czech and Slovak governments are making huge strides in transferring state-owned industries to i

Seafood shippers and air travelers are pleased that Alaska Airlines will begin daily, year-round 737

A ferry barge accident killed two and left trucks and the barge overturned in the Upper Mississippi

G-7 EXPECTED TO CURB ARMS SALES TO 4 NATIONSThe Group of 7 leading industrialized nations ha

The fate of Navistar International Corp., the nation's leading builder of heavy trucks and school-bu

Three Weeks Ended Nov. 28, 1992, vs. Similar 1991 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Norfolk Southern Corp., preparing to serve a start-up steel galvanizing plant in Ohio, began taking

A move last month by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim its output, which has

Southern Co., of Atlanta, one of the top U.S. coal-fired utilities, announced it hasformed a partner

The Venezuelan Energy Ministry will delay to next year its plans to authorize projects planned for t

CHICAGO BOARD DISPUTES MEMBER INCOME FIGURESA Chicago Board of Trade official last week call

Changing trade patterns are prompting changes in the container-leasing industry at a time when leasi

Container shipping lines moving cargo between Australia and the United States see little hope that r

Worldwide reefer trade in 1993 could grow by more than 5 percent over 1992 figures. Growth will be f