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MANY WERE SURPRISED that the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised projected U.S. soybean oil stock

Shippers who have freight tendered to P-I-E Nationwide can call a toll-free number set up by the mot

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SHOULD THE NEW YEAR mean a new shot at rates? On the Atlantic, apparently so. There is specu

Claims by U.S. manufacturers of unfair trade practices abroad are expected to increase as the econom

JAPANESE GROUP ISSUES PESSIMISTIC FORECASTJapan's economic growth will slow sharply from a p

Economists expect October's U.S. merchandise trade deficit to widen to $9.8 billion from $9.4 billio

COLOMBIA APPROVES PORTS PRIVATIZATIONBOGOTA, Colombia - As expected, the Colombian House of

Commercial mortgage delinquency rates of the insurance industry rose slightly in the third quarter o

Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro officials are keeping mum about the fate of twovessels seize

Asian exports to Europe continue their strong growth, lifting ocean carrier hopes that a planned rat

SHARPENING THE SABRE? American Airlines still is speaking in tongues when it comes to giving

Federal Express Logistics is planning to set up a number of international distribution centers in Eu

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

Mesaba Aviation Inc., which operates as Northwest Airlink, said Monday itplans to begin one

Peter Hegarty went to a trade conference in Japan earlier this year with little hope for selling tha

COCOA FUTURES PLUNGE ON HEAVY LIQUIDATIONCocoa futures plummeted in the afternoon on massive

Mon., Dec. 17, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

For years, Japan's economy has hurtled along like one of its fabled bullettrains, always on

JAPAN SEEN LOSING US MARKET INTERESTYasushi Mieno, Bank of Japan governor, said Monday that

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A COMBINATION OF contradictions dominated the California November election. Voters played a

OPEC OIL PRODUCTION INCREASED IN NOVEMBERNICOSIA, Cyprus - Crude oil output by the Organizat

Cargo will be the major growth area for aviation in the 1990s, according to a top carrier official.<

Wily U.S. exporters and their Angolan buyers have made an unwritten agreement to filter goods throug

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JAPAN OFFICIAL DENIES US OFFERED RICE PLANA senior Agriculture Ministry official denied the

Congress should reinstate the tough "Super 301" trade law in light of the Uruguay Round's uncertain

Proving how quickly one person's science fiction story can become another person's business plan, so

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The latest statistics on U.S. port container volumes show continued softening in the major Pacific a

President Mikhail Gorbachev virtually banned the Soviet republics and individual enterprises from di

George Aucott, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., chairman, announced that the company's five North America

S&P REDUCES RATING ON AMBASE NOTESStandard and Poor's Corp. lowered the rating on Ambase Cor

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

MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION INC. (Bellevue, Wash.) - Patsy R. Turnipseed was named senior vice president a

1441 (Dec. 14, 1990) Previous day - 1449 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The International Trade Commission is scheduled to complete four more studies in January, ranging fr

Japan's trade surplus with the United States should continue to fall, the top official of the Japan

Though they may no longer crave American cars and televisions, consumers around the world are madder