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"Ever been to Copsa Mica? You go in with a white car and drive out with a black one," a Western busi

The longtime Asian market leader in parcel and document transport says it can withstand the aggressi

The number of working U.S. oil and gas rigs dropped by 10 to 1,019 in the week ended Jan. 12, the fo

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A MOST VISIBLE maritime administrator: No one can call Warren Leback a hidebound bureaucrat.

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Beside buying large quantities of U.S. lumber, Japanese industry is reshaping the world's liner ship

From the ashes of bankrupt Smith & Kelly Co. has emerged a new ship agency company staffed by severa

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Canada's economic growth will reach its lowest level in nearly a decade this year, predicts a leadin

'88 DIRECT INVESTMENT TOPPED $1 TRILLIONThe aggregated total of direct foreign investment wo

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

New Hampshire aviation and development officials are hoping new economic activity will come in smal

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

U.S. importers and exporters nervous about using foreign banks now have an alternative: They can ope

The Soviet Union has bought an additional 525,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat at subsidized prices for

As beef and pork flirted with record high retail prices the past few months, chicken prices plummete

Atlantic Container Line gave new titles to three top executives Wednesday, just one day after the re

Local heating oil dealers and major oil companies took advantage of record heating oil demands in th

Petrobras, the state oil monopoly, reported no change in the strike situation Wednesday as Brazil's

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a doctrine restricting U.S. court review of foreign p

The U.S. trade deficit rose slightly in November, and forecasters are divided over the nation's trad

A confidential International Monetary Fund report has called on the United Kingdom to further tighte

Adolf Hertrich remembers times back in the early 1970s when his sawmill firstcut a few board

A tow with 12 barges sat at idle Wednesday midday when Maxwell Locks and Dam reopened early to traff

U.S. cotton production will increase this season over last and, not surprisingly, cotton prices are

DURING THE DECEMBER FREEZE AND THE RUN-UP OF FUEL OIL PRICES, The Journal of Commerce was bombarded

The European Community Commission's attempt to break up Europe's powerful airline cartel is under th

International Business Machines Corp. announced fourth-quarter earnings fell 74 percent, largely bec

A new insurance law to be adopted by the end of this year should end the state monopoly on insurance

An era came to an end this week when Smith & Kelly Co. filed a petition to liquidate its assets unde

Ever since Spain joined the European Community in 1986, the thriving Spanish economy has led the 12-

CANADA POSTS SURPLUS IN TRADE FOR NOVEMBERCanada registered a merchandise trade surplus in N

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LUFTHANSA IS HANDLING QANTAS' CARGO IN LAQantas, the Australian-flag carrier, said its Los A

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

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

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The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear arguments on the long-simmering dispute over the legalit

The first trainload of bulk potash moved through the Jefferson Riverport here Tuesday, the result of