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China's exports of garments exceeded those of textiles for the first time last year, new figures sho

For the 1991-92 crop year, the world cocoa market is expecting its first deficit since the '83-'84 s

The European Court of Justice rejected an application by Goldstar Co. of South Korea to annul anti-d

IBM TO MAKE MOVE INTO SUPERCOMPUTERSPARIS - International Business Machines Corp. sa

Czechoslovakia arranged to sell a large confectionery company to Western European interests, as part

The breakup of the former Soviet Union could herald the collapse of world sugar prices this year, an

CANADA MAY CONSIDER BARTER WITH RUSSIANSWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canada would consider barter ar

An arbitration Thursday in the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association/ National Maritime Union inte

It's time to abandon old ideas about maritime policy and get maritime seamen and shipbuilders back t

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Hundreds of people lose their lives every year in the United States because of arson. Accord

The apparel pirates' factory was at the end of four or five dusty lanes in a quiet residential neigh

Operations at the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. intermodal yard in Los Angeles last week repor

Chemical companies are shutting down high-cost, inefficient facilities, refocusing on their core pro

For the week ended Feb. 8 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 121

U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by a provisional 0.3 percent in December from No

As the trial of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega approaches a climax, U.S. officials say P

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Central American Shippers SA stopped accepting bookings Friday as a prelude to ceasing its sailings

Western oil companies now question the future of joint ventures as a way of operating in Russia give

A powerful group of military and business enemies of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Strikers fearing for their jobs shut down the Israeli port of Eilat for two hours last week.

After years of riding the coattails of the "C" contract - the world's most active coffee futures - t

Brazil is showing signs of accepting the idea of a new International Coffee Agreement with export qu

Adding to the chaotic waterfront labor scene in Southern California, the International Association o

Shippers and freight consolidators are taking next week's planned one-day strike at West Coast ports

Thursday Feb. 13, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Intermodal freight yards can expect more disruptions in the coming years, as freight-handling techno

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

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US ACCUSES CANADA OF DUMPING MAGNESIUMWASHINGTON - The U.S. Commerce Department has

This is a union at war. You can feel it as soon as you walk into the International Longshore

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Stagnant worldwide demand has forced two of Japan's biggest makers of microchips and computers to sl

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British Petroleum Co. PLC Wednesday agreed to form a 30-year joint venture to produce and market lub

Feb. 13, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Feb. 13, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond