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US REDUCES DUTIES ON COLOMBIAN FLOWERSColombian flower growers welcomed as "an important vic

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway are expanding their Quantum intermo

AFRICA A VICTIM OF PERESTROIKA? Africa may lose from the gains of Eastern Europe, said James O.C. Jo

Thousands of truckers in the United States and Canada will be stopped for roadside inspections this

U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills is urging this country's trading partners to concentrate on

Navistar International Transportation Corp. outsold its competitors by a wide margin last month in a

The dollar broke decisively below its recent trading range last week, and traders said they expect t

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

WASHINGTON - For the week ended May 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroad

'STANDSTILL' IS URGED ON BUNDESBANK POLICYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Conflicting signals mean

The U.S. textile industry has thrown its enormous weight behind congressional efforts to revoke spec

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Keppel Corp. may be the company bankers love to hate. The maritime-based but now widely dive

More than 150,000 Americans aboard cruise ships returning from Alaska this summer are going to find

Boeing Co. knows it must protect its technology from the Japanese and others who would seek to copy

Five tankers owned by U.K. shipowner Gotaas-Larsen Ltd. are the first ships to receive a special "en

Net earnings climbed 11 percent during the first quarter at Expeditors International, even though th

ONTARIO SUPREME COURT WEIGHS SOUNDAIR'S FATEThe Ontario Supreme Court will decide by early n

Sea urchins are a popular morsel in the sushi bars of Japan, where uni enjoys a reputation for boost

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Wanted: manager for a U.S.-Soviet joint venture. Applicant must be prepared to work 12-hour

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

An offensive by T. Boone Pickens, the Texas investor, against a Japanese car parts maker may prove t

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Ohio will open a trade and investment office here later this month, the third U.S. state in a year d

The story "US Urged to Get In on Emerging Technology," on Page 5A in The Journal of Commerce, May 7,

J.C. Penney Co.'s traditional Asian suppliers are heading south. Rising wage rates and labor

Coca-Cola Co. intends aggressively to build "flourishing businesses" in Eastern European countries b

BACKGROUND: The United States and the Soviet Union are the first- and third- largest economies in th

Look for relative stability in the yen-dollar ratio for the near term, said a team of economists in

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

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VIETNAM COULD BECOME TOP PRODUCTION CENTERVietnam is set to become Asia's primary production

Six Connecticut sailing students on a training trip abandoned ship during a storm and were picked up

The government in Indonesia is making new efforts to ease congestion at its main ports, including pr

Pacific Rim economic growth should weaken this year from the 1989 pace, which itself represented a t

POLAND'S YARD WORKERS STAGE PAY PROTESTWARSAW, Poland - Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, in a

Strong growth in regional shipping demand is prompting one of Hong Kong's largest operators to consi

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