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The United States may retaliate if the ongoing talks over an alleged Japanese failure to honor a 199

The stock market was very good last year to Ian M. Cumming, chairman of Leucadia National Corp. So g

Sefesi and Debbie Kuita had saved for their dream home since they got married 10 years ago. After ma

SHIPSAUSTRALIAN WORKERS CALLBANS ON INDONESIAN SHIPSMELBOURNE, Australia - Australia

This not-so-distant outpost of the British Empire, where businessmen in shorts zoom to work on motor

Ocean carriers operating trans-Atlantic services countered European Commission charges that they are

A year-long study about to be released by Intertanko, the world's leading tanker operator associatio

The Senate today will vote on new operating subsidies for ships, two decades after ocean carriers fi

HYUNDAI EXPANDSTRANS-PACIFIC SERVICEGARDENA, Calif. - Hyundai Merchant Marine is expanding i

Shippers looking three pages ahead on their calendars can count on a 1997 rate hike of less than 5 p

Loath to leave town before passing a bill to improve airport safety and security, the Senate Wednesd

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Container carrier executives are furiously debating what to do about the dramatic drop in freight ra

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday as a big widening in the July trade gap suggested that there

Stymied free-trade talks have put a state visit by Chilean President Eduardo Frei on hold.Fo

The world financial system has ''emerged stronger and more resilient'' from the costly exchange rate

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a one-year extension of the Overseas Private Investment

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 18, '96 (a graph)*

Growth in world output this year is set to increase by a disappointing 2.4 percent, the same as in 1

MEXICO REVIEWS TRADEPENALTIES ON CHINA GOODSMEXICO CITY - Mexican commerce officials have op

The European Union today seeks to narrow its deep divisions over trade policy in the three-month run

Mexico has increased the value of a $750 million long-term bond issue to $1 billion, the finance min

Boosted by an upturn in investment activity in Western economies, global sales of industrial robots

Economic reforms in Egypt are opening new opportunities for U.S. exporters and investors.The

''We've already shot ourselves in the foot and now the barrel of the gun is rapidly moving toward ou

Responding to a copper trading scandal that cost Japan's Sumitomo Corp. more than $1.8 billion, a Ne

Despite recession, the French government says it's managed to trim its budget deficit and will meet

BILL TARGETS THEFTOF TRADE SECRETSWASHINGTON - The House Tuesday voted to make the theft of

The leader of a major U.S. car industry group said on Wednesday that the dollar should be around 100

The worldwide market for chip cards is expected to explode as consumers try to simplify their bankin

New free trade links to Europe, coupled with promising economic reforms and higher than expected gro

As the 95th air freighter of the week climbed into the sky over the minarets, the man in flowing Ara

U.S., European and regional telecommunications companies are investing about $150 million over two y

1011 (Sept. 18, 1996) Previous day - 1015The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

KUWAIT DETAINS SHIPFOR VIOLATING IRAQ BANKUWAIT - Kuwait said Wednesday it detained an India

Looking to take advantage of growing economic integration in South America, information technologies

U.S. and Canadian transportation officials agreed to form a joint working group to examine ways to c

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