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Negotiators from most of the world's trading nations will seek to invigorate the moribund Uruguay Ro

The United States and Mexico are close to agreement on lifting a controversial embargo on Mexican tu

Two of the air cargo industry's most respected and durable executives, Air Canada's Geoff Bridges an

Disappointing U.S. economic reports and an increasing likelihood that the Federal Reserve will ease

Shipowners in Hong Kong will ask an international organization to appeal directly to Indonesian Pres

For many high-profile businessmen in Canada, the 125th anniversary year of the Canadian federation h

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1172 (June 12, 1992) Previous day - 1178 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Low local interest rates and a poor stock market are pushing Singapore's non- bank investors - corpo

The turmoil created by the Danish rejection of the Maastricht Treaty on European Community political

The United States and Japan are headed for a showdown on semiconductor trade this fall despite an ea

New York Mercantile Exchange June 11, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Officials from Germany's 16 landers, or federal states, are banding together for a four-city tour of

REGIONAL BLOCS Asean Food Processing and Packaging. June 16, Chicago; June 18, San Francisco

For the week ended June 6 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 132

Shipping companies that specialize in the transportation of fresh and frozen produce have a worse in

The Oakland Port Commission hired 25 teen- agers to serve as summer interns. The aim of the

The Port of Houston Authority finds itself at the center of a political controversy with its apparen

South African Farm Minister Kraai van Niekerk defended his government's decision to import 5,000 met

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The transportation segment of the North American free-trade agreement negotiations are nearing compl

The Federal Maritime Commission revoked the ocean freight forwarder licenses of three companies.

Records of a lengthy California court case show that more than $1 million has been paid in brokers'

The Railway Labor Executives' Association elected Ronald P. McLaughlin vice chairman and Robert Irvi

The first two U.S. Air Force-McDonnell Douglas Corp. C-17 cargo jets combined last week to record th

Africa's top banker talks openly of what few dared dream until now - a common market stretching from

U.S. lawmakers risk derailing private efforts in China to create a market- oriented economy, a top C

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SCRAPPING LATE SHIFTCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has begun elimi

My reading of the upcoming energy bill now moving through Congress is that its largest impact will b

QUOTA DEMANDS CALLED OBSTACLE TO COCOA PACTACCRA, Ghana - There can be no new International

A bottle made of fully biodegradable plastic will enter commercial use in the United States next mon

Clay bricks from Canada need not be individually marked "Made in Canada" to pass muster at the U.S.

Cancun, which boasts Mexico's second-largest airport and is the country's top tourist destination fo

Friday, June 12, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

French support for ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on European union is sliding, and oppositio

Friday June 12, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The strong growth in Malaysian imports and exports is fueling a port spending spree of at least $1.7

MEDALLION SHIPPING LINES (Northglenn, Colo.) - Walter "Wally" Weart was named operations manager of