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The United States and Mexico have signed a bilateral income-tax treaty that, for the first time, pre

The cost of building new harbor dredge disposal sites is a federal responsibility under a $2.46 bill

A United Airlines aircraft with 238 passengers on board had to return to San Francisco airport soon

Word that Hapag-Lloyd AG is coming back into the Pacific has shippers licking their lips in anticipa

The view of the railroad industry from Wall Street is rosy. A panel of three veteran securit

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

1050 (Sept. 24, 1992) Previous day - 1054 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Trade negotiators from the United States, the European Community, Japan and Canada are conducting se

Forty-two seamen are still missing after a weekend collision between two ships in the Malacca Strait

Sept. 24, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 24, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen H

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

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

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

Buyers in Japan and South Korea say they will propose premiums in a range of $1 to $3 a metric ton i

A Defense Department investigation has found serious defects in the wings of the McDonnell Douglas C

The largest Japanese and German containership lines are joining forces, with support from Singapore'

Speculation is mounting that the crisis in the currency markets, far from tearing Europe apart, coul

A key Senate lawmaker, angry over the manner in which the U.S. Postal Service chose the site for its

Argentina is closely watching the North American free-trade agreement's progress through the U.S. Co

Striking customs agents in Brazil returned to work Thursday after choking the flow of Brazilian good

Thursday Sept. 24, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

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

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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

Can a human gene that everyone has be owned and patented? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi

Canadian Great Lakes carriers say more than half of their bulk fleet has been idled because grain sh

Capt. Frederick Coutinho was named director of marine operations for the U.S. agency of Hapag-Lloyd

The South Korean government must fully liberalize its freight forwarding market by next summer and i

Faced with disappointing third-quarter earnings, Carolina Freight Corp. officials said they plan to

For the week ended Sept. 19, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

International freight traffic will expand by an average of 6.9 percent in the period 1992-1996, the

HOUSE PANEL TO CONSIDER PLAN ON UNDERCHARGESDemocratic members of the House Public Works and

Thursday, Sept. 24, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Port of New Orleans is looking for someone to run its bulk loading terminal, which will be witho

Sept. 24, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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

CONFERENCE DOUBLES SURCHARGE FOR FUELSAN FRANCISCO - The eight ocean carrier members

CARD, MACGREGOR AGREE TO MORE AVIATION TALKSWASHINGTON - The United States and Brita