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As summit euphoria raises trade hopes, U.S. computer companies are quietly looking for ways to test

Textile exports from China are expected to exceed US$13 billion this year, an official said, with th

The U.S. dollar declined against all key currencies except the yen in quiet trading Monday.

The world's largest manufacturer of computer hard disk drives is bolstering its Asian operations wit

COMMERZBANK (New York) - Hermann Buerger, 45, was named executive vice president and co-general mana

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

The International Monetary Fund approved a second annual arrangement worth $58.2 million for the gov

EASTERN EUROPE HAS BEEN ENJOYING AN EMOTIONAL BINGE for the past month or two. The hangover is about

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FALLS BY 1 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German indu

FACTORY ORDERS DECLINE TWO MONTHS IN A ROWNew orders for manufactured goods inched down 0.2

Like some of its competitors, Associated Air Freight Inc., an air freight forwarder based here, has

Traditionally unions have petitioned management to improve workplace safety, but a dockworkers' agre

GLOBAL OCEAN CARRIERS TO ADD SHIP TO FLEETPIRAEUS, Greece - Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. said

UAL WILL PRESENT NEW BUY-OUT PROPOSALUAL Corp., the parent of United Airlines, will present

Airborne Express, through a forwarder partner, now is offering discounted overnight express package

Saying that airports are the magnets of a global economy the way seaports were in earlier developmen

The United States has agreed to write off Nigeria's official debt of about 600 million naira ($81 mi

Soviet airline Aeroflot will provide the air freight capacity for a major new two-way sea-air servic

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

THE PORT AUTHORITY of New York & New Jersey put on display a prime piece of New York harbor last wee

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

The planned closure of the St. Lawrence seaway later this month has left many grain merchandisers wo

As expected, the axe has fallen at the Port Everglades Authority, and more personnel cuts are coming

A panel of U.S. and Soviet officials told American investors to move swiftly to take advantage of th

Dec. 4, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Senior citizens and their advocates say they're outraged by a proposed rate increase of up to 41.3 p

1629 (Dec. 4, 1989) Previous day - 1640 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Vietnam is ready to privatize chunks of its transportation infrastructure in an ambitious program to

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Elimination of trade barriers between countries of the European Community in 1993 won't result in a

India awoke Monday to its first working day under a new and untried coalition government, which is p

BUSH, DELORS DISCUSS SUMMIT, E. BLOC AIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - President Bush met briefly with

Billionaire New York hotel owner Harry Helmsley will have to face trial on civil racketeering charge

Soviet observer status at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks is likely next February,

The general euphoria surrounding the economic and political upheavals in Eastern Europe is not neces

Gross insured losses from the California earthquake are expected to reach $1.1 billion, all but $200

The medical malpractice crisis in Florida, which two years ago had threatened the state's health ca

LTV RETIREES SPARED MEDICAL RATE INCREASECANTON, Ohio - Optional major medical insurance pre

As aging Baby Boomers jog slowly toward Golden Pond, the question of how to pay their mounting medic

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