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U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Wednesday said she believed a new international coffee agreeme

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CRA Ltd., the Australian partner in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville copper mine, is preparing to ina

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LOWER COPPER PRICES THIS WEEK ARE REFLECTING a shift from a supply-driven market to a demand-oriente

Nitro Nobel AB, the Swedish civil explosives company, said it will form a joint venture with the Sov

The United States will continue to press Japan for reforms in its construction market despite the ad

The dollar is likely to slip to 1.80 deutsche marks and perhaps as low as DM1.78 by the end of the y

JAPANESE CHIP MAKERS PLAY DOWN TI PATENTJapanese microchip makers Wednesday played down a Ja

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS SLID 0.6 PERCENT IN OCTOBERDeclines in new orders for machinery helped

New U.S. government requirements for extra safety features on oil tankers are not likely for at leas

Sen. John Breaux, D-La., is looking ahead to next year with legislation he introduced just before Co

Nov. 22, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1668 (Nov. 22, 1989) Previous day - 1670 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

KOREAN TRADE SURPLUS WITH US FALLS 44.4 PERCENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's trade surp

Wed., Nov. 22, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

London and Overseas Freighters PLC said its profit for the April-September period totaled $742,000,

CHINA MAY GET LOANS FROM S. KOREAN BANKSSome South Korean banks are preparing to lend money

RAIL TRAFFIC PREDICTED TO RISE MODESTLY IN '90A strong competitive environment - as well as

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Canada and the United States are expected to announce an agreement next week on a first list of prod

The Port of Los Angeles, in a scenario being played out at ports throughout North America, is attemp

Stone Container Corp. has signed a $32 million contract with Burlington Northern Railroad to ship us

For the week ended Nov. 18, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

America's integrated steelmakers are squaring off against Congress over proposed, tougher clean air

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Motor Fleet Supervisor Training, maintenance management, Nov. 28-30. Michigan State University, East

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it will release on or around Dec. 1 a request for pro

TNT Canada Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, one of Canada's largest for-hire carriers, has decided to w

Lower freight rates and a slowdown in business cut third-quarter profits more than 50 percent for th

Central and South American countries are beginning to respond to pressures for free trade in insuran

The Oakland Port Commission announced Tuesday it will form an environmental task force to work on so

The government of Thailand will go ahead with a long-discussed landbridge across its southern sectio

An open bidding system for shipping food aid administered by the U.S. Agency for International Devel

Constellation Navigation Inc., general agent for several steamship lines, named Multi-Trans Marine I

For the second time in less than two years, Hong Kong is to get a new government chief of maritime o

The Federal Trade Commission is urging Congress to eliminate "impediments" to competition in ocean s

The small storefront restaurant in Beijing's Xuanwu District hardly looks the kind of place where fo

Bridgestone's compound here is a collection of buildings scattered across 54 well-manicured acres.

Nynex Corp., in a step reflecting the growing power of local governments to exert pressure for socia