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SADDAM HUSSEIN GAMBLED in Kuwait and lost. Now it seems virtually every shipowner in the wor

More than 300 customs brokers and freight forwarders are expected to attend the annual meeting of t

The dollar bulls are running again. Currency traders said the euphoria engulfing the greenba

As copper's fundamentals realign in keeping with a new industry order, Phelps Dodge Corp. expects to

London's dry cargo futures market could be in for something of a culture shock. The Baltic I

The $100 billion price tag to rebuild war-torn Kuwait may deepen the global credit crunch, making it

Exxon Services Venezuela Inc. signed a preliminary development agreement with Lagoven, Shell Interna

Gasoline pump nozzles designed to recycle fumes would be required only at new Connecticut service st

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A report on the inequities that Japanese companies face while doing business abroad is being compile

Government infighting has broken out in Bonn over the politically sensitive question of property rig

India's business community is clamoring for decisive action to resolve the country's latest politica

The rising U.S. trade surplus in high-tech health care products may be reversed by new government ac

REGIONAL BLOCS Analysis of Business Opportunities on the African Continent. March 13. West O

The 9 percent levy on all imports into the Philippines could be reduced in the second quarter of the

Great Lakes ports came up empty in bidding for cargoes in the first PL-480 Title II allocation under

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Retail beef demand is expected to soften the next few weeks as major U.S. supermarket chains increas

The price of tin may start to pick up in April and rise to M$16 a kilogram (US$5.76) by the end of

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. and Southern Pacific Transportation Co. opened a joint sim

RWE-DEA, the German energy and chemical concern trying to acquire Vista Chemical Co., said it had ex

1763 (Mar. 8, 1991) Previous day - 1757 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Mar. 8, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Mar. 8, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

Microchip maker Intel Corp. is rejigging and enlarging its operations in China after an early partne

The shipbuilding industry experienced a downturn in the final months of 1990 as the world order book

Three prominent legislators are trying to resurrect a low-cost, no-frills auto insurance policy in C

Two of the nation's 12 medical malpractice joint underwriting associations are heading for insolvenc

KUWAITI SHIPPING FACES THREE-MONTH DELAYKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - The director-general of Kuwait

Mar. 8, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

A new stevedore at the Port of Duluth, Minn., apparently will start the 1991 shipping season with wo

Traders here are hungry for details about the planned restructuring of the Caisse de Stabilization,

CORNING VENTURE PLANS NEW CATALYSTS FACILITYCormetech Inc., a joint venture of Corning Inc.,

The Bush administration will produce an "action plan" for free trade talks with Mexico by May 1, inc

With the Persian Gulf war over, air freight forwarders report business to the region has begun to pi

Friday Mar. 8, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

China is negotiating with Germany's Bremer Vulkan yard for three boxships. Each would have capacity

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

The Persian Gulf war is over, but another battle may be brewing over airport security. The F

ACTUARIAL GROUP MOVES OFFICES TO WASHINGTONThe Casualty Actuarial Society, which represents