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US MINT SEEKS BIDS ON HIGH GRADE ZINCThe U.S. Bureau of the Mint Wednesday announced it is s

A collapsing economy and hyperinflation could see plantings of soybeans, Brazil's major export earne

Cocoa futures rallied on unexpected trade buying Wednesday, but analysts said they don't expect the

US CHIP GROUP NOTES BETTER ACCESS TO JAPANForeign access to the Japanese microchip market ha

At the European Air Law Association Inaugural Conference in London last week, European Community Co

China's bloody crackdown on democracy marchers may have temporarily diminished Hong Kong's role as a

TRADE PANEL PROBES BATH ACCESSORY IMPORTSWASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commissio

NORTH AMERICA National Back-To-School Merchandise Show. Feb. 10-12. New York. Office station

U.S. high-tech businesses would welcome a lifting of martial law in China, but few would regard a re

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. is leading its first investment mission to Poland this week.

The next Brazilian president will have to work with sharply reduced trade surpluses and much less of

Leon Brittan, vice president of the European Commission and former U.K. trade secretary, called in a

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday on talk of renewed Federal Reserve easing and expectations of highe

MORGAN GRENFELL, BZW CUT OFF MERGER TALKSBarclays de Zoete Wedd, or BZW, and Morgan Grenfell

JAPAN POSTS 4.1 PERCENT RISE IN CAPITAL SPENDINGJapanese capital spending in the July-Septem

East European economic reform prospects are far less than certain, according to a U.S. congressional

The United States accepted Tuesday a ruling, by the global body governing world trade, that would re

World War II merchant mariners who believe they deserve decorations and medals can apply to the Mari

A piece of history will be lost, and hundreds of retired merchant seamen, many of them homeless vete

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The revision of the Bank of Korea Act is not likely to be enacted in the current session of the Nati

Carriers are accepting invitations, from a group of importers and exporters using ocean transportati

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JAPANESE SHIPBUILDERS REPORT EARNINGSFour of Japan's six major shipbuilding and heavy machin

Proposed joint ventures between Boeing Co. and Japanese companies should not lead to any substantial

Officials of the U.S. Customs Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency say both will probe other rece

The current labor reforms on the Australian waterfront will result in an increase in productivity of

The challenge of revitalizing the American maritime industry will be a major theme of the Maritime T

Federal transportation officials this week formally postponed random drug testing for truck drivers

Ship lines, importers and other transportation interests are braced for this week's renewed hearings

The Coast Guard is setting up a safety zone in the Santa Barbara, Calif., channel to protect the pub

ROYAL NEDLLOYD BUYS W. GERMAN COMPANYDUSSELDORF, West Germany - Royal Nedlloyd Group NV has

Rail carloadings fell 2.5 percent in October from the year-earlier month. It was the fourth

The Soviet Ministry of Shipping has invited Britain's Simpler Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO) to org

Nov. 7, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

House Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich., saidfaulty federal oversight of hazardou

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UNITED TURNS AROUND '88 THIRD QUARTER LOSSUnited Insurance Cos. Inc. reported net income for

Survivors of a U.S. gas-drilling ship that sank in the Gulf of Thailand killing 91 crew, say the men

Leading container shipping companies operating between the United States and Southern and East Afric