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The U.S. dollar rose to a 16-month high against the Deutsche mark Tuesday after a Bundesbank officia

The Baltic port of Rostock , once the center of East Germany's maritime industry, has fallen on hard

LA MAYOR DROPS PLANTO DIVERT AIRPORT FUNDSLOS ANGELES - The City Council voted to refrain fr

Despite recent improvements in his company's long-depressed domestic business, tanker giant OMI Corp

Basic tax reform should take priority over the deep cuts in income tax rates some supporters have pr

The largest containerships ever to be built have been commissioned by P&O Containers.The Bri

EMERY AWARDED PACTSAT GMC PARTS CENTERSREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Two international divisions of

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 26, '95, - May 21, '96 (a graph)(2)D

1401 (May 21, 1996) Previous day - 1408The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

China's second-largest maker of maritime containers, Singamas Container Holdings Ltd., opened a $20

A collective action plan to stamp out piracy of intellectual property in the Asia-Pacific is expecte

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KANTOR NAMES LA RUSSAFOR ANTI-DUMPING POSTWASHINGTON - Robert La Russa, the No. 2 official a

The Port of St. Petersburg, Russia, is seeking to counter its reputation as a problem port so it can

A bid by leading Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. involving a $35 million supercomputer sale t

May 21, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

''We will soon begin the process of identifying 50 million poorest-of-the-poor families for immediat

Congress may meet a mid-June deadline set by the United States' European trading partners for cleari

The European Union's worldwide ban on British beef exports threatened to erupt Tuesday into a tit-fo

In a surprise move, Russia formally applied for membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperat

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The United States will press for quick agreements for ''free and open'' trade in information technol

The 75-year-old law restricting cargo shipped between U.S. ports to U.S.-flag ships is ''essential t

With a late June target date for Chile to become an associate member of the Mercosur trading bloc, a

Today is Maritime Day.Established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was originally set

We may well live in a ''global market'' surging with huge flows of international trade, but the basi

An inconclusive presidential election late last week will have an adverse effect on business and ind

Regional blocsMexico Documentation and Nafta Rules of Origin. May 22-23, Dallas; June 4-5, G

Executives at liner companies flying the U.S. flag would have better luck pulling winning lottery nu

Smaller economies in Latin America and the Caribbean keep trying to forge regional capital markets b

Japan's labor minister Tuesday urged Japanese companies to prevent sexual harassment at their overse

The global semiconductor market is expected to expand steadily through the rest of the decade, thoug

YELTSIN EASES TAXESON ENTERPRISESMOSCOW - Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree in

Customs and the import community share the responsibility for informed compliance. A significant ref

Officials strove to reassure depositors and investors generally after the government took over Bangk

Suriname's embattled economy is the main issue in the presidential election in the former Dutch colo

El Salvador's economic overhaul is spurring investment opportunities for foreign firms.In li

TEXACO TO BUILDGAS PIPELINE IN GULFNEW ORLEANS - Texaco Inc. plans to build a natural gas pi

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