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US, MEXICO IMPLEMENT TAX INFORMATION PACTThe United States and Mexico have exchanged diploma

NYMEX TO MAINTAIN GASOLINE SPECIFICATIONSThe Reid Vapor Pressure specification for the New Y

Canadian shipping magazine publisher Brian Gallery has resigned as vice- chairman of Canadian Nation

Freight and passenger traffic across the English Channel is growing fast enough to allay any fears t

In a move to improve the safety of imported food, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it w

One of China's largest steel mills is seeking overseas help for an expansion program, with Japan and

The Commerce Department's proposed major revision of U.S. foreign trade zone rules is drawing some b

Unilateral Japanese investment policies could do more damage to the world economy in the long term t

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau

The Georgia Freight Bureau is taking its annual Air Cargo Shippers Conference on the road. A

Damage estimates for a windstorm that hit France last Saturday were put at 4 billion francs ($705 mi

PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co. increased bulk tank truck prices fo

Brookville Shipping Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., won Maritime Administration approval to add four ships

GATX SELLS FACILITIES TO PRUDENTIAL INSURANCEGATX Corp. has sold 17 warehouses for $90 milli

NON-FARM OUTPUT RISE SLOWED IN 4TH QUARTERThe productivity of U.S. non-farm businesses rose

Pan American World Airways is indicating that it may announce a deal with Northwest Airlines, the su

Cargo handled at the Philippines' Port of Manila increased 12 percent in volume last year to 31 mill

Strong export demand will have to return before new-crop wheat futures canbreak out of their

Japan's government will revise a long-standing Commodity Trading Act, liberalizing Japanese futures

The Falcon Shipping Group is nearing a $29 million default on the second of two tankers that were on

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed to reduce January crude oil production by 1

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The former Todd Shipyards site at the Port of Los Angeles may be redeveloped as a combination ship r

LYKES ADDS LE HAVRE TO US-EUROPE SERVICENEW ORLEANS, La. - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it

With quality improvement programs now in place with its truckers, International Paper Co. looks to d

Morton International Inc. will acquire the Whittaker Corp.'s coatings and adhesives division, for ab

A last-minute Brazilian court decision and weekend embarkations met U.S. Trade Representative Carla

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Matson Navigation Co. said it has agreed in principle to purchase a vesselfrom the Puerto Ri

It will be at least two years before the United States selects a standard for high definition televi

Key members of Congress are leaning toward supporting a Bush administration proposal for dealing wit

In the next six months, a handful of Canadians will try to make big changes in the way their nation

The U.S. dollar declined Monday as the political situation in the Soviet Union appeared to be stabil

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee told sugar industry executives Monday that U.S. farm

For seven hours before he boarded the Exxon Valdez for its ill-fated trip, her skipper, Joseph Hazel

The Ministry of Finance Monday announced it will ease foreign exchange regulations March 1, allowin

BLAST HITS POWER PLANT IN NORTHERN AZERBAIJANA unit at one of the largest hydroelectric stat

POLISH JOBLESS RATE SURGED IN JANUARYWARSAW, Poland - The number of unemployed in Poland jum

One-third of the truck drivers killed in recent highway accidents tested positive for alcohol or ill