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Strikers have shut down the automotive and container divisions of Hyundai Group, one of South Korea'

SOUTH KOREA TO REDUCE AUTO IMPORT TARIFFSSEOUL, South Korea - Import tariffs on passenger ca

Japanese officials urged the country's major corporations Tuesday to import more manufactured goods

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

It is clear that there is now a sharper focus on distribution. Distribution, Tom Loughead adds, wavi

The Sea-Land Atlantic is one of the 12 Atlantic-class vessels acquired earlier this year by Sea-Land

Gearbulk Container Services announced Tuesday it has ended its container service between northern Eu

TOP STORIES: Demand for new railcars is high, but funding picture is unclear. 15ARoadrailers

Only hours before the first of a two-stage congestion surcharge was due to take effect at Thailand's

CHINA - $127 million from the World Bank to help build the Zhong Yuan pharmaceuticals factory. A 20-

In Mexico 700,000 teen-agers reach working age each year. But, since the international debt crisis e

BANKING HEADS IN US, JAPAN EXCHANGE VIEWSViews on a broad range of economic and financial is

Q:Premiums in medical malpractice lines have been increasing, although there has been price weakness

The nation's property/casualty insurance industry's consolidated net income after-tax totaled $3.3 b

AIR CARGO A British forwarding executive stressed his firm's customer-driven role. 5BAVIATIO

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

St. Paul Insurance Cos. is hoping that history doesn't repeat itself. In the early 1980s, St

Fire erupted at an Ohio freight facility shared by two major truck lines and a pesticide company, fo

HONG KONG ISLAND LINE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Ron Driscoll was hired as regional manager for the Nort

U.S. District Judge Richard Owen must choose between the letter and the spirit of the law in a $92.8

More than 50,000 tons of U.S. rice worth $20 million is being given to the Philippines to offset a d

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tuesday announced the formation of a wholly owned South Korean subsidiary

Four large industrial construction projects will be opened to limited bidding by foreign contract co

Foreigners invested in the United States at a near-record pace last year, a Commerce Department repo

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

May 31, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The British government did not, cannot and will not sell out Hong Kong in the interests of good rela

One thing I've found in dealing with the Chinese - and this goes back to my first overseas assignmen

Output of Peru's major base metals declined in the period of January to April of this year compared

Sweden's exports of war materials, including arms and explosives, rose 36 percent in 1987 to SEK4.4

Japan's economy may be growing robustly, but the people continue to sufferfrom soaring real

A trucking executive's nightmare goes something like this: The customer calls to complain that his s

British Airways PLC chief executive Sir Colin Marshall called Tuesday for the privatization of all E

Pennsylvania and federal environmental officials have reached agreement with the current and former

BEECHAM GROUP PLC (London) - James G. Andress was appointed chairman of Beecham Pharmaceuticals as o

Ocean Line of north Florida plans to add a weekly port call at Mayaguez, the first U.S.-flag service

Currency stability, low interest rates and continued close links with the deutsche mark are behind t

With railroads having retired freight cars at five times the rate they are being replaced, the need

The U.S. trade deficit will continue to shrink over the next 18 months or so, halving to about US$70

Contracting for new construction declined 6 percent in April from March, to a seasonally adjusted an