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A foreign diplomat recently visited one of China's regional capitals where he met top city officials

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A U.S.-style labor market has become a holy grail for European politicians beset by record unemploym

Low freight rates plaguing the trans-Pacific shipping market have claimed another casualty.T

SHIPSAPL, CHINESE PARTNERSIN WAREHOUSING VENTURESAN FRANCISCO - The logistic

Monday, June 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Funeral services will be held today for Kenneth W. Manz, who was senior vice president of finance an

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 7, 1996 - June 2, 1997 (a graph)* A

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Deutsche mark Monday, following the French left-wing partie

US IMPOSES 42 PERCENT DUTYON JAPAN COMPRESSORSWASHINGTON - The United States has imposed pun

Genstar Container Corp., nearly a year after the abrupt resignation of its founder Raphael Che, is e

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

A Swedish multinational said Monday it will sell a U.S. subsidiary that sparked an international lab

''Latin America is one of the most polluted continents.''

Shippers who are enjoying bargains offered by some trans-Atlantic ship lines are now seeing a so-cal

A mediator recessed talks between United Parcel Service and its pilots after they failed to reach ag

Syria has opened its border with Iraq, closed since the beginning of the 1980s, to ease trade in a f

COURT UPHOLDS DAMAGESIN BN OVERCHARGE CASEWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board said

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

MEXICO PUBLISHESNORM-TARIFF LISTMexican commerce officials have published an important refer

I'm about to bust a myth. No, not one of those old myths concerning Greek gods and such, but a new o

Foes of Myanmar's ruling military government, including students in exile and rebel groups, on Monda

June 2, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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1267 (June 2, 1997) Previous day - 1274The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Intermodal marketing companies continued to post double-digit volume growth during the first quarter

TOBACCO INDUSTRY SAYSPRICE CUTS ONLY OPTIONBRUSSELS - European Union tobacco manufacturers,

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $68,000 fine against a Colombian carrier for oper

The chief executives of American Airlines and British Airways are scheduled to testify Wednesday bef

CATHAY COUNTS COSTOF PLANES' GROUNDINGHONG KONG - The grounding of Cathay Pacific's 11 Airbu

Manufacturers wrote larger export orders again in May and imported more materials to help fill them.

The former president for Japan's Nomura Securities Co. has been arrested on charges he may have been

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico James Jones is to leave government service and head the international divi

The Journal of Commerce's stock index showed a modest 0.4 percent gain, overcoming weakness among mo

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LABELING DEMAND SEENHURTING GRAIN EXPORTSNEW YORK - Several of Europe's largest food retaile

The Surface Transportation Board is stepping into the long-running battle over a new lease for North

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 250.96 off 3.00 wh

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo