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Hyundai Merchant Marine (America) Inc. has formed an intermodal subsidiary to handle inland cargo mo

The striking success of U.S. negotiators in several sets of trade talks with Japan has impressed key

The first-quarter financial report by the largest containership company in the United States is a st

Philip Morris International, which saw its tobacco sales rise 26 percent last year in Japan, is bur

Esso Eastern Marine Ltd., an affiliate of Exxon Corp., has agreed to sell four oil tankers to Greek

Trans-border wars are taking a toll of Canadian truckers, forced to compete with U.S. motor carriers

Current information on the extent of aflatoxin contamination in corn is insufficient to justify a ma

ITC CHIEF CONCERNED BY SPREAD OF DUTIESWELLINGTON, New Zealand - "Explosive growth" in the u

U.S., European and Japanese automakers eyeing Brazil's domestic car market will have to wait a whil

NORTH AMERICA Earthtech 90. April 4-8. Washington. Products and strategies that merge econom

The Manville Property Damage Settlement Trust has completed a review of 14,000 claims for asbestos e

Executives from British Airways PLC, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Sabena SA of Belgium met in Brusse

P.T. Pupuk Sriwidjaja, Indonesia's government-owned petrochemical company, selected Kellogg Overseas

Tue., Apr. 3, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. lost $1.8 million in the fourth quarter. That compared with a lo

Great Lakes port interests are gearing up for an effort to reinstate a provision of the 1985 farm la

ECONOMIC INDEX FELL 4 PERCENT DURING FEBRUARYThe index of leading indicators, the government

The New York Mercantile Exchange launched trading in the world's first natural gas futures contract

Some foreign fruit and vegetable producers try to conform with U.S. bans on certain pesticides, but

ALASKAN REFINER BUYS AUSTRALIAN CRUDE OILAbout 300,000 barrels of Australian Challis crude o

FIRST EXECUTIVE POSTS LOSS IN QUARTER, YEARFirst Executive Corp. said the plunging value of

The U.S. dollar was steady in quiet trading Tuesday, with most activity deferred because of Saturday

FUND SET UP TO HELP YUGOSLAV MODERNIZATIONThe six-nation European Free Trade Association, or

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS MARCH TRADE DEFICITSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's March trade defici

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, James J. Carey, was misidentified in "NVOsSchedule

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello's sweeping economic reform begins its toughest test thi

LEAPFROGGING REALITY: That's what some members of the trade and transportation community fear propon

The Nigerian government and the Cocoa Association of Nigeria will begin talks here next week on the

Amid a flurry of gloomy predictions about Hong Kong's future, a senior government official insisted

Togo and Cameroon are each seeking private developers and operators for model free-trade zones that

Japanese life insurers' plans to trim holdings this year in companies they sell insurance to is a mo

China's steel output increased by 11 percent in the first quarter from the corresponding period of l

EC ALONE IN OPPOSING RULE ON SUGAR WAIVERThe European Community found itself isolated Tuesda

Further evidence of the resurgence in shipbuilding has come from booming Singapore, where even small

1513 (Apr. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1528 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Accelerated tariff cuts on about US$5 billion in U.S.-Canada trade went into effect Sunday.

So they don't have the fame of Bacardi or the glamour of Don Q. and it's doubtful that a multimilli

Hoarding of stocks by Malaysian palm oil growers and millers is cutting the profits of independent