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House negotiators are resisting a Senate proposal to drop a controversial piece of legislation that

In the midst of a rising tide of financial problems for ports, a group of small California ports in

The Bush administration says legislation extending U.S. labor laws to foreign-flag ships likely woul

GENERAL SHIP CORP. TO RENOVATE GREEK SHIPBOSTON - General Ship Corp., which patched

All new ports built in Chile will be developed by private investors, Transport and Telecommunication

German industrial group Daimler-Benz AG and Kazakhstan Wednesday signed an agreement for the assembl

The Czech government has called on the Slovak leadership to negotiate a customs union to begin opera

The European Community will only sign an international accord to open up trade in maritime services

Mexico this week published 700 modifications to its tariff code, but no changes in the level of tari

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in 1991.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:The Worldwide D-I-Y

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

California companies, wary of India's notoriety for red tape, are shunning a Washington plan to show

A recent seminar on export opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean for American aerospace c

For those who frequently conduct phone business with or from Mexico, the feeling is not - as a jingl

Sept. 24, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

Sept. 24, 1992 Copper Total, 45,842. Gold Total, .1,943,010.Silver To

HUNGARY, POLAND PLAN FREE TRADE ZONE BY '93BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary and Poland plan to se

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 201.09 off 0.51 which compare

Ship Sale Report appears on alternate Fridays. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence In

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/24 9/23 Change % Change: 8/31

EC SEES SUGAR CROP AT 15.8 MILLION TONSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission's latest

A bitter dispute between union tugboat workers and tug companies continues to wind its way through t

The U.S. Agriculture Department is considering making a major announcement to sell subsidized commod

Recent sharp gains in the yen against the U.S. dollar have been encouraging Japanese end-users to bu

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 24, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

The National Aluminium Co., India's largest aluminum and alumina producer, is virtually in a "debt t

South Africa's gold mines will become increasingly vulnerable unless there is a sustained increase i

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

Sept. 24, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

At Atlantic Container Line, which has a partnership with Hapag-Lloyd AG in the Europe-U.S. trade, ne

Taiwan's imports of low-priced raw cotton from Russia have increased sharply this year and will prob

State Farm Insurance, already estimating insured losses from Hurricane Andrew of about $1.6 billion,

HYUNDAI ETHYLENE UNIT CLOSES FOR MAINTENANCESouth Korea's Hyundai Petrochemical Co. will clo

Despite 11 steamship lines' persistent lament about losing $400 million on the intensely competitive

Continental Insurance Co. estimated its pretax loss from Hawaii's Hurricane Iniki will approach $55

Florida regulators seized a second insurer, Great Republic Insurance Co. of Miami, Wednesday after a

The Indian government has temporarily revoked the export license of a company that sold Syria a chem

A member of the Bush administration will recommend to the president that he veto a comprehensive ene

GHANA TO CULTIVATE SUPER-GRADE COFFEEACCRA, Ghana - The Ghana Cocoa Board has accepted World

Western Germany's July trade balance showed a surplus of 1.057 billion deutsche marks ($710 million)