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Less than two months after the Dominican Republic's acceptance into a European trade program, some

Evergreen Marine Corp. confirmed it is negotiating with Japan's Onomichi Dockyard for at least three

Anthony Shih rattled off the reasons why he left Hong Kong to manufacture clothes in the Caribbean.<

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CARD FINALISTS PICKED BY CHICAGO EXCHANGESThe Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercant

The trustee of the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway is almost certain to accept a new offer by CP

Aloha Airlines disputed accusations that it is trying to block Discovery Airway's entry into the Haw

Shipping lines are resisting penalties proposed by the Port Authority of Thailand against those enjo

A group of American and Canadian maritime officials Wednesday began the second leg of a four-nation

The European Community will have struck trade and cooperation agreements with five East European cou

The effects of comprehensive oil spill legislation on a variety of industries will be probed in dept

Japan, the principal source of capital in the world, is assuming a dominant role in Asia while U.S.

WITCO CORP. (New York) - Denis Andreuzzi was elected president and chief operating officer of the ma

Indonesia said Tuesday that it will permit five foreign firms to re-bid for a multimillion-dollar t

The world's fleet of large air freighters will grow to almost five times its current size over the n

APC OUTLOOK. The disclosure that American President Cos. lost $8.3 million during last year's fourth

Changing the U.S. sugar import system from quotas to a tariff-based regimen would allow the United S

Jon Baker helped finance a major Hollywood movie and hosted Princess Di, but he admits there isn't m

New Jersey's second-largest auto insurer has announced plans to form a special company to handle New

CITICORP CONSIDERS SALE OF SECURITIES INSURERCiticorp said Monday it was considering the sal

On the eve of the futures industry's largest conference, Senate Agriculture Committee staff members

A minimum rate for value-added taxes is critical to the European Community's efforts to attain a bar

Crewing, both in terms of training and numbers of men available, is one of the major problems facing

The futures industry will lose its most influential leader and one of its most colorful characters w

Japan offers excellent export and investment opportunities for U.S. companies, even as that country

LASERSCOPE SIGNS EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTORSAN JOSE, Calif. - Laserscope, a manufacturer of surgic

SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT URANIUM FROM SOVIETSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has decided to im

European Community foreign ministers authorized the European Commission Tuesday to conclude an exten

A barge carrying 4.2 million gallons of No. 2 home heating oil blew up in a thunderous explosion in

1614 (Mar. 6, 1990) Previous day - 1610 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

New Penn Motor Express Inc. defied higher fuel costs and continued ratepressure to post an i

It didn't take long for the battle to surface. An executive from a major paper shipper decla

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union was dealt a sharp blow early this week whe

With little more than a year before beef import quotas here are eliminated, Japanese livestock produ

Beijing city authorities expect the capital's jobless rate to grow by 0.5 percentage point to 1 perc

INDUSTRY ORDERS FALL 5.5 PERCENT IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Demand for West Ge

Every time Florida shivers, Brazil tightens its grip on the U.S. orange juice market. The So

New rules on benzene pollution give a glimpse of the way that the new clean air act will affect manu

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