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The increasingly global economy is driving fundamental changes in trade and transportation.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's new cross-rate contracts should appeal to independent traders and

Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez and his cabinet Thursday approved the Cristobal Colon natur

The world marine insurance market is heading for "a dramatic and sudden change in capacity," predict

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said he will announce a plan in the next few days to bre

The container market seems to be doing better than it has in the recent past, but there are worries

To the vast relief of commercial vessel operators, the conflict in the Middle East was almost the wa

With more than 400 different units of measurement for ordering, it's no wonder that agreeing on stan

In what may prove a controversial appointment, a Maryland county official, Adrian G. Teel, is taking

A federal judge's decision to block logging on thousands of acres of federal land in the Pacific Nor

''The overriding issue for the National Association of Insurance Brokers this year is arguably the o

THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON insurance circles seems to be: How much of a public relations

From its discovery, tobacco was valued as a cash crop. Tobacco cultivation and use was repor

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Maritime Administration released a U.S oil tanker company from its obligation to build new ships

Friday May 24, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

New York Mercantile Exchange May 23, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

PAN AM MAY BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE YEARA letter to employees from Pan Am Corp. Chairman Thoma

They may be in competition, but the handful of freight forwarders now operating out of Kuwait City r

''One way or another, I will be a player," says William F. Genoese, secretary/treasurer of Teamster

Substantial spot purchases of West Texas Sour crude by Exxon Supply Co. appear to have been behind t

Javier Perez de Cuellar, secretary-general of the United Nations, willannounce this week the

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Industrialized countries agreed last week to lift about 50 percent of curbs on technology exports an

If anyone in Canada was supposed to benefit from free trade, it was hog farmers such as Perry Pearce

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA SOUTH KOREA. May 30-June 2: Chicago. A 20-member delegation from

"Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm wasreally three wars," said Air Force Maj. Gen. Vernon J. Kond

The $40 billion U.S. tobacco industry, wounded by health activists, nevertheless remains strong and

More than 300 people are attending the 91st annual convention of the Tobacco Association of United

April 30 - British and U.S. negotiators will reopen bilateral aviation talks today. May 1 -

Foreign trade zones are a shiny lure airports are using to reel in additional business. FTZs

New Zealand's trade surplus quadrupled in April to $222 million New Zealand (US$123 million) over th

May 24, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil exporter, is likely to increase output by 1.5 million barrels

The hall is large and open, with light pouring down on the shiny auto bodies waiting to be filled.

Any further cuts in U.K. interest rates must be justified by a lower rate of inflation, not by polit

California is considering regulations calling for an end to discriminatory practices in the insuranc

OFFICE PRODUCTS Stationery. Contact T. Koumbos, "Theps" - G. Koumbos Bros., 150 Parodos Kara

Will triple and double trailers destroy the rail container business? The answer depends on who you a

The introduction of a variety of intermodal services is providing a big boost to the domestic contai