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For the second time in a month, Port of New Orleans President J. Ron Brinson has persuaded a respect

The freight futures market started to firm last week, as the spot Baltic Freight Index made a small

Average prices for Mexican crude oil during June dropped between 18 and 45 cents a barrel in North a

In what government officials say is an unprecedented move, Chrysler Corp. is challenging the quality

A huge sales gain by Navistar International Transportation Corp. in June opened up daylight in the r

A consumer group plans to test U.S. cherries and other agricultural imports to determine if they con

The scrambled conditions in the international coal market were underscored Friday by the sailing of

The European Community has tightened rules defining the country of origin of photocopiers to close a

The volume of waterborne chemical imports rose 11 percent in May to 3.06 million metric tons, from 2

A Canadian import that doesn't come in a bottle has farmers and food processors buzzing, not to ment

A General Accounting Office report bolsters American steel user pleas that the government phase out

A trade association of U.S. customs brokers is taking the U.S. government to court over the way the

The dollar may be on the verge of moving into a higher trading range, economists and traders say.

Domestic steel shipments in the first five months of this year totaled 36.4 million net tons, up 3.4

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

Fri., July 14, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Vigorous competition for customers may be creating an environment that could cripple future growth o

As the 1992 deadline for the European Community's single market approaches, West Germany's big three

A divided Interstate Commerce Commission gave the director of its Office of Proceedings new authorit

The company that operates the major public container terminal at the Port of New Orleans is restruct

CANADA TRADE SURPLUS JUMPED SHARPLY IN MAYCanada's world merchandise trade surplus in May ju

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

Operations closed down Friday at a weekly tug and barge container service between New York and Puert

A state judge refused Friday to block the unloading of fuel from the Shoreham nuclear power plant wh

PETRO HEAT TO ACQUIRE COMMANDER OIL CORP.STAMFORD, Conn. - Petroleum Heat & Power Co. signed

WITH LITTLE FANFARE, the House Ways and Means Committee last week knocked one of the key supports fr

TAIWAN TO CUT TARIFFS ON 61 PERCENT OF ITS IMPORTSTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Parliament Frida

JAPAN-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL (New York) - Eishiro Saito, chairman of Japan's Keidanren, thepowerful g

Like huge refrigerators on roller skates, the 10-story buildings moved slowly along the Willamette R

The softening market is fueling insurance brokers to peddle an array of new coverages while breathin

The government is closing the books on its investigation of "sudden acceleration" in Audi automobile

W.R. Grace & Co. of New York said its earnings declined 32 percent in the first half of 1989 compare

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A HOLLOW VICTORY: Shipping lines serving Italy haven't found much relief since the last of a series

Ocean freight consolidator Scanfreight Inc. is dropping its services to Pacific Rim countries to con

July 14, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1392 (July 14, 1989) Previous day - 1401 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

JAPANESE INCREASE FOREIGN STOCK TRADINGNEW YORK - Japanese investors increased their oversea

The Bush administration has offered Mexico a temporary loan of $1 billion to $2 billion to help brin