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A port across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., said it expects to spend $6 million to buy 924

DURABLES SEEN LIFTING MARCH FACTORY ORDERSEconomists expect factory orders to ride a strong

Actuaries studying the finances of the U.K. insurance group, London UnitedInvestments (LUI),

RELIANCE WRAPS SALE OF GENERAL CASUALTYReliance Group Holdings Inc. said Monday that it had

Athletes who buy steroids in hopes of building bigger bodies risk getting ripped off twice: once bec

Northeast Utilities Inc. appointed a new team of senior managers to take over the running of Public

GAS SUPPLY ASSOCIATION HITS ST. PAUL FEE PLANThe Natural Gas Supply Association Tuesday said

LITHUANIA SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TRADING PARTNERSLithuania's prime minister said Tuesday that the

A bill to shift much of the financial burden of the federal crop insurance program to the private se

Profit-taking pared sharp gains for copper futures Tuesday although prices remained higher for the d

When it comes to telling young people just how important international trade is, the Port of Seattle

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced it fined and suspended a clearing member floor employee, M

Secretary of State James Baker Tuesday said recent threats against Israel by Iraq have damaged U.S.-

ICC VOTES TO SUSPEND NEW CSX GRAIN RATEThe Interstate Commerce Commission voted to suspend f

MARITRANS PARTNERS REPORTS DROP IN PROFITMaritrans Partners LP said its net income for the t

Jardine Matheson, the powerful Hong Kong-based trading house, is returning to the trans-Pacific air

The municipal government of Shanghai is working with West Germany's Volkswagen AG on a plant for a n

There's a new name in the insurance brokerage business. Seabury & Smith Inc. is the new desi

KEMPER REPORTS DROP IN NET FOR QUARTERLONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. Tuesday reported first

Two of Taiwan's biggest conglomerates and an Indonesian group have agreed to invest in a multibilli

DUMPING PROBE SET ON EQUIPMENT IMPORTSThe International Trade Commission cleared the way Tue

Results at the spring session of China's main trade fair were ''satisfactory," an organizing committ

The U.S. dollar traded higher against all key currencies except the Japanese yen Tuesday. De

Western Europe eagerly awaits 1993 to see what the creation of a single internal market may produce

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ARGENTINE SOY CRUSH EXPECTED TO SET RECORDBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine mills will pro

Commissioner Robert R. Davis of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission resigned Monday to become s

Gregory S. Johnson, 38, was named shipper editor of The Journal of Commerce. Mr. Johnson wil

SINGAPORE REFINERIES RUNNING AT CAPACITYSingapore oil refiners will keep their plants runnin

The New York region is planning a gala regional celebration of National Transportation Week, May 14-

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S 250,000 metric ton increase in the U.S. sugar import quota tri

Ten years ago, it was impossible to walk into a U.S. supermarket and buy fresh Chilean salmon at any

Travelers Corp. reported its net income fell to $92 million, or 87 cents a share, in the first quar

Having signed up the Swiss-based Norasia Lines as a regular user last month, operators of Malta's co

The Maritime Administration has released an updated guide listing maritime labor and management affi

The Federal Maritime Commission has rebuffed Evergreen Marine Corp.'s bid for guidelines interpretin

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Officials at the Port of Baltimore are offering ocean carriers new incentives designed to increase

Two Greenpeace activists scaled the Georgia-Pacific headquarters building in downtown Atlanta Monday