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A good Soviet wheat crop, tight world supplies, and opposition from the Soviet government could hold

Precious metals surged ahead Monday following a falling stock market and retreating U.S. Treasury bo

JO TANKERS PLACES SHIP ORDER IN NORWAYSTAMFORD, Conn. - Jo Tankers, a leading operator of sp

Global Ocean Carriers Ltd., a Greek shipowner, has added a sixth ship to its fleet with the purchase

The U.S. dollar drifted lower in a quiet market Monday, while sterling continued to weaken, particul

PANEL ASKS REVALUATION OF THE DEUTSCHE MARKBONN, West Germany - The deutsche mark should be

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* International Trade Commis

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

Saudi Arabia will maintain its 24.6 percent share of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countri

Some of the world's top banks are convinced it makes sense to build a new port near London.

TWISTING SLOWLY IN THE WIND; that's the way some Europeans feel about the Edifact message developmen

California exporters will continue to receive help from the state export finance program, but some n

After two years of study, the U.S. Department of Commerce has approved the Ponce Foreign Trade Zone,

"Earthquake politics" is triggering calls for higher fuel taxes to fix aging highways, but road buil

With extra help to cope with the Christmas rush, Bob Hundemer and his assistant, Garfield Jenkins, a

Grain market analysts and merchandisers generally were optimistic about the prospects for increased

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. of Northbrook, Ill., will spend $11 million to build a resea

The Berlin Wall is tumbling down, and some of the pieces are apparently landing overseas in the Unit

BONN PANEL FORECASTS TRADE SURPLUS RECORDBONN, West Germany - West Germany is heading for an

Shipyard workers have removed 1,600 tons of steel from the ruptured Exxon Valdez and plan to install

The chairman of the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority's board of governors was replaced over t

For every $100 a foreigner changes into Chinese currency upon entering, he can leave China with no m

Two of Hong Kong's second-line air carriers have abandoned or delayed applications for new routes, b

The flat rate for moving bulk oil shipments between ports is on the rise, according to the latest ve

COAL PRODUCTION ROSE IN WEEK ENDED NOV. 11CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal production total

Shares of Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA fell in price Monday after an analyst's report dow

It's a big year for intermodal rail freight in Massachusetts. From a few hundred piggyback a

NATIONAL STARCH BUYS GERMAN ADHESIVES FIRMNational Starch and Chemical Corp., based in Bridg

In the heart of Japan's cattle country, farmers alarmed at surging imports of cheap beef are hoping

1656 (Nov. 20, 1989) Previous day - 1652 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Societe National des Chemins de Fer, the French national railroad, has opened an intermodal complex

The United States expects Japan to join fully in international efforts to support Eastern Europe, U.

Japan's market speculators are chasing a political bandwagon: stocks they think will be invested in

When Shojiro Ishibashi died in 1976 at age 87, he left his family an enviable stash - art, stock and

From his eighth-floor window facing the Japanese Imperial Palace, Bridgestone Corp. President Akira

The universal worker's fantasy of telling the boss exactly what you think of him or her, and getting

The U.S. consumer price index for October is expected to be reported up 0.4 percent in October, prop

The Hungarian transport minister will attend a special council session of the European Conference of

Nigeria plans to increase its proved oil reserves to about 50 billion barrels over the next five yea

The chic shops with familiar Western names - Pierre Cardin, Estee Lauder, Benetton - are thronged wi