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Bechtel Inc.'s announcement that it will be the master developer on a $16 billion project in Hong Ko

Boeing Co. reached agreement last week on Japanese participation in its newest jetliner program.

The recent takeover of Mobil Oil Italiani by Kuwait Petroleum Co. is only the latest in a trend that

THE MYSTERIOUS SALE of Transcon Lines Inc. this month to little-known Growth Finance Corp.seems as h

Poland is completing arrangements for a $20 million World Bank loan for environmental cleanup studie

JAPAN URGED TO EASE FOREIGN WORKER CURBSOSAKA, Japan - Japanese business leaders said Friday

FURTHER DECLINES SEEN IN PRODUCER PRICESWASHINGTON - Further declines in U.S. producer price

Here is a rundown of key events in the growth of United Parcel Service's air- delivery operations, a

Shipping leaders here plan to shove off for a Maritime Day ceremony on May 21, but local maritime un

Richard C. Leone, director of Twentieth Century Fund, was elected chairman of the Port Authority of

Japan-bashing is fast becoming one of America's most popular pastimes. A growing number of Americans

Malaysia's January trade surplus was M$679.8 million (US$249 million), down 26.4 percent from a yea

SOVIETS PLAN TO SETTLE PAYMENTS DUE JAPANThe Soviet Union will settle delayed import payment

Trade negotiators ended talks Friday without reaching an agreement on U.S. demands that Japan remove

Strong coal shipments propelled rail freight traffic to a 1.5 percent increase in March, but weaknes

Airdrome Orchards Inc., an orange grower and packer group based in San Jose, Calif., is used to send

Thu, April 13, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Venezuela, with the support of a key U.S. bank, has asked its creditor banks for permission to delay

The parties in the Amoco Cadiz oil spill case are assembling an out-of-court settlement that, if acc

Foreign entities will be allowed to lease land in China's special economic zones and some other area

The dollar's surge against the yen is slowing, but analysts are skeptical that the trend has turned.

DULUTH-SUPERIOR PORTS REACH TENTATIVE ACCORDDockworkers at the twin ports of Duluth-Superior

Harper Group Inc., a San Francisco-based worldwide freight forwarding firm, has acquired the United

US ENDS IMPORT BAN ON INDONESIAN TEXTILESJAKARTA, Indonesia - The United States has decided

LAST WEEK, FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES groped for a bottom, following a tumultuous three-week slide.<

While plans move forward to build a new airport, Hong Kong is spending millions more to keep the cur

A Columbus, Ga., federal judge struck down as unconstitutional last week two key product liability p

One of the companies that helped clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill wants to try its hand at bright

Moody's InvestorsService Inc. said it may soon downgrade the credit ratings ofseveral major Japanese

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's planting flexibility proposal would significantly increase U.S.

WHOLESALE PRICES ROSE 0.7 PERCENT IN JAPAN IN MARCHThe Japanese wholesale price index for Ma

U.K. seasonally adjusted unemployment fell by 6,800 people in March from February to 1.604 million,

CAROLINA FREIGHT UPGRADES KY. TERMINALCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. be

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

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the West German shipping line, soon will open a sales office in the East German city

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie's new two-tier assigned risk was greeted with con

AIRCO DIVISION SELLS DRY ICE BUSINESSAirco Gases' Carbon Dioxide division sold its Midwest d

Mexico's measures to open its markets to imports and foreign investment come under scrutiny once aga

A San Francisco freight forwarder and Pakistan are trading shots over who owes what to whom under a

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