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Now that limited amounts of Iraqi crude are set to return to world oil markets this summer, attentio

State insurance regulators unanimously approved creation of a private company subsidiary to run a da

To spur interest in the lagging insurance industry in Indonesia, a government-owned insurer is consi

June 3, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

NYK Cruises Co., a subsidiary of the Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha, said Monday its

Republicans in the House are planning tough spending cuts in transportation programs for fiscal 1997

Columbus Line said it is enhancing its core service between North and South America by starting fixe

RailTex Inc. of San Antonio is adding to its stable of 25 short-line railroads by announcing plans t

The Greek shipping community, which collectively controls the largest fleet in the world, may have b

GLOBAL OCEAN CARRIERSPOSTS $4.1 MILLION NETPIRAEUS, Greece - Global Ocean Carriers, operatin

Restrictive national policies that limit food trade in the Pacific Rim have emerged as a major stumb

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

Just two weeks after being hit with the threat of 100 percent duties on $2 billion worth of textile

Friday, May 31, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

SHIPSCAPTAIN, OFFICERSHELD IN DEATHSHALIFAX - A Taiwanese ship captain and six offic

Expectations of a half-point increase in U.S. interest rates at the July Federal Open Market Committ

President Boris Yeltsin, unveiling his economic manifesto for next month's presidential election, pr

CSX Intermodal Inc. announced plans Friday to build a 500-acre intermodal terminal 20 miles outside

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 9, '95, - May 31, '96 (a graph)(2)D

Even though diesel prices have been falling for the last six weeks, another sector of the trucking i

CHINA'S MFN STATUSFORMALLY EXTENDEDWASHINGTON - President Clinton formally extended China's

The absence of a major tanker spill in U.S. waters over the last five years could mean that federal

The Panama Canal, one of the world's great shortcuts, was scheduled to begin a week of repairs Sunda

A run on the currency triggered by speculators is among a number of trials Hong Kong will face durin

The automaker controlled by Indonesian President Suharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo plans to launch i

This city's mayor is proposing to create a new agency to buy LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports

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North American truck manufacturing giant Navistar International Corp. officially opened a new plant

Citibank says it will become the first money center bank to start an Islamic bank when it starts the

''We will look at any reasonable proposal, but we're greeting his proposal with a huge yawn.''

HONG KONG WILL RETAINFINANCIAL ROLE, CHINA SAYSTOKYO - Hong Kong will remain an internationa

A unanimous decision by a U.S. government bank to turn down loans for a giant dam in China added fue

Anglo-German relations may be at a postwar low, but business relations have never been better.

BES ENGINEERINGCORP./KERJAYAMalaysiaAmount of contract: $5,412,132Contract d

Some 300 executives with ties to the forest products industry will be assessing the industry's prosp

A broad agreement has been reached on modified Iran-Libya sanctions with the White House, a key Hous

EC FILES COMPLAINTOVER JAPANESE PIRACYBRUSSELS - The European Commission, angry at Japan's f

A special U.N. investigator will examine charges of embezzlement of funds at the United Nations Conf

FEDEX PICKS ANCHORAGEFOR EXPRESS FACILITYANCHORAGE - Federal Express Corp. plans to open an

Broken doors, rough interiors, leaking roofs - these were just a few of the problems challenging pap