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Canada's government will put national unity issues front and center for the rest of its two-year ter

1-DAY WORK STOPPAGECRIPPLES FRENCH PORTSPARIS - Most French ports, including Marseilles and

The European Commission agreed Wednesday on one of the final pieces of its telecommunications libera

EU MEMBERS NEARTELECOM BILL APPROVALBRUSSELS - The European Commission agreed Wednes

Trade leads are supplied by:U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Plans for a massive expansion of container facilities at the Port of Southampton are under considera

Container shipping companies suffered a serious setback Wednesday when an influential panel of exper

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The European Union is still chewing over a bittersweet issue: What is chocolate?After 23 yea

France plans to outlaw the sale of products priced below cost, as part of an overhaul of the country

Any agreement between rich nations on liberalizing rules on investment will not be automatically acc

Overseas companies are looking for speedier implementation of Sri Lankan investment projects and set

TAIWAN SUGAR, FURUKAWAPLAN COPPER FOIL DEALTAIPEI - Taiwan Sugar Corp. and Japan's F

The Port of Seattle will spend over $3 million to upgrade two container cranes at its Terminal 46 co

USLIFE POSTS GAINS IN NETFOR FOURTH QUARTER, YEARNEW YORK - USLife Corp. reported hi

WALLENIUS LINES WINS4-YEAR GM CONTRACTWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. - Wallenius Lines, a large car an

Measuring future catastrophe potential and determining the financial impact of catastrophes on the b

Health Insurance of Vermont Inc. and Penn Treaty American Corp. said they expect to sign a definitiv

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The London Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association voted Wednesday to extend its services to in

Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd. filed its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchang

The United States asked the Export-Import Bank to defer loans to China temporarily over the sale of

China's flagging textile sector is rethinking its strategy as rising costs and tougher competition g

Privatization has slipped down Russia's list of economic priorities and the pace of sell-offs will s

German plant and machinery orders in January declined a real 4 percent on the year, the German Machi

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit soared last year to a record $174 billion, but the services trade

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American Airlines will debut a new simplified pricing system Friday that will give forwarders and ot

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

Trade groups reacted positively to the rosy picture sketched in the government's latest economic sur

SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION of Rail Shippers. March 3-4. Semiannual meeting will include discussion by a M

The U.S. dollar rallied against the Deutsche mark Wednesday in a positive reaction to U.S. trade dat

The Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rule to alter the work schedules of airline pilots is

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has combined its far-flung bulk truck fleet into a medium-sized carrie

A bill toughening trade sanctions against the Cuban government appeared ready to sail through a Hous

The European Commission Wednesday proposed closer ties with Canada on trade and foreign policy and c

In another big win for shippers, the U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear a challenge to the