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Many middle-class Taiwanese, fearful of losing their life savings, are wiring large sums of money to

The encouraging news this week that foreign companies gained a larger share of Japan's semiconductor

''They make me feel like I'm not 47.''

Cuba, joined to varying degrees by Canada, Mexico, Europe, Latin America and India, assailed new U.S

Virginia poultry producers are hatching fewer chicks because of Russia's recent ban on importing U.S

W. GERMAN TEXTILE SECTORAGREES TO WAGE INCREASEFRANKFURT - Western German textile workers an

Exxon Corp., already the largest foreign holder of oil and gas acreage in China, is expanding its re

A gas leak in a tower block killed six people Wednesday and left three others in hospital in Ukraine

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U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 4.8 million barrels during the week ended March 15, compared with

Wednesday Mar. 20, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

If you're an importer or exporter wondering how upcoming changes in government regulations will affe

POWER OUTAGE HALTSTORONTO AIRPORT FLIGHTSTORONTO - A major power outage knocked out air traf

The U.S. refining industry, already shrinking amid intense competition and razor thin profits, shoul

Competition in the North American power industry is coming ''fast and furious'' and privatization of

EXXON TO EXPLORETWO BLOCKS IN CHINAIRVING, Texas - Exxon Corp. said Tuesday it was granted e

The Environmental Protection Agency has opened the way to expanded use of ethanol, a corn-based gaso

Ukraine will put its case for substantial aid to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station to Wester

A vivid blue chunk of rock brought from a roadside stall in Morocco has been declared a new mineral

In an effort to allay widespread fears of privatization, President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has

Environmentalists say the Navy may have killed as many as five right whales, which are protected by

1396 (Mar. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1375The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co. Inc. (New York) recently announced two retirements.Joseph

Bulk carriers are becoming safer, with the number of major accidents falling in 1995 to the lowest l

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SECOND VESSEL SPILLSFUEL OIL AT HOUSTONHOUSTON - A barge split open by rough seas and gusty

Seasonally adjusted registered unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 458,000 or 6.9 percent of th

A safety initiative touted by industry and the U.S. Coast Guard as the solution to many maritime ind

FREIGHTER CHENG DASINKS IN TAIWAN STRAITSLONDON - The Chinese-flagged 5,163-gross-ton freigh

Foreign semiconductor sales in Japan soared in the last three months of 1995, handing Japanese offic

American wheat is being loaded at U.S. ports for export to China, government and industry officials

A $400 million federal loan announced Tuesday by the Clinton administration has pushed the Alameda C

Conrail Inc. has begun a new double-stack service between Detroit and the Port of New York and New J

Shippers said they are pleased that Federal Express Corp. appears to have finally settled its two-ye

Taking a cue from shippers demanding more time-definite services, Emery Worldwide will offer a new g

The European Commission is poised to suspend a state aid package for Olympic Airways unless the Gree

Authorities prepared Tuesday to remove the decaying corpses of three stowaways found on a bulk carri

On the map, the only barrier that seems to separate this faded Polish town from its German twin - Gu