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Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown will lead the U.S. delegation to the third African/African American

Prospects for economic growth abroad and the drop in the value of the dollar should support healthy

India and six other countries in South Asia, at a summit beginning here Tuesday, will formally adopt

Spain is at the center of another fishing crisis in the European Union today just two weeks after th

Canada and Mexico hope that a strong joint lobbying effort will help defeat legislation that would w

The operator of 17 air cargo companies in South America has pleaded guilty here to a federal charge

"This is a revolutionary concept. The advantages are very, very important."

Arrow Air signed a consent agreement Friday with the Federal Aviation Administration clearing the wa

The 17 South American air cargo companies in a cocaine-smuggling ring have been identified by federa

The Belgian government on Friday removed obstacles to the sale of a 49.5 percent stake in Sabena, th

Russia has removed a crucial obstacle to a long-delayed U.S. Export-Import Bank oil and gas loan, op

A plebiscite planned for July on political independence for Bermuda will not adversely affect the bu

Florida tomato growers are steadily losing ground to imports from Mexico, which have flooded the Uni

To the average consumer, a shoe may appear to be a relatively uncom- plicated product comprising lea

CHINA HITS JAPAN MOVE TOWARD TEXTILE QUOTASHONG KONG - China's Ministry of Foreign T

REGIONAL BLOCS The Dominican Republic: Opportunities Under the New Economic Model. M

Shoes travel from the poorer countries to the richer ones in a trend that has made a vast majority o

Property underwriters in New York urged the Assembly Insurance Committee on Friday to leave well eno

Few industries know their Customs import specialists better than do importers of footwear. Given the

Brokers and insurers who don't adapt to the direct sales revolution face ableak future, indu

U.S. footwear exports are steadily rising even as imports take a growing share of the U.S. domestic

For the first time in four years, importers of shoes manufactured in Asia will be looking at signifi

Pennzoil Co., which is expected to post a loss in the first quarter, plans more layoffs and another

Saudi Arabia's finance minister said in an interview published Friday that rising demand for crude i

Russia started pumping gas through a northern pipeline on Friday, the day after a huge explosion rip

The Independent Petroleum Association of America brought its annual oil and gas investmentsymposium

A bid to force ethanol into the nation's automotive gasoline tanks ended Friday, when afederal appea

Friday Apr. 28, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Apr. 28, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A 4.2 percent increase in foreign-trade tonnage moving across its docks in 1994 helped the Port of B

The nephew of a shipping magnate and an accomplice pleaded guilty to a scheme in which Americans bou

The Mouse is taking to the high seas. The same Walt Disney Co. "imagineers" who helped turn

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UK CLUB ACCEPTS PLAN TO CAP CONTRIBUTIONSLONDON - Proposals to cap shipowners' contr

The world's major oil companies, worried about the declining price of oil and rising cost of premium

The Klein Insurance Group and Pottinger & Co. have joined with Satellite Insurance Agency Alliance i

The trend toward early retirement in industrial countries has gone too far and will have serious lon

ACE LIMITED (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Patrick C. Mitchell was named senior vice president and underwrite

After keeping the spy ship USS Pueblo hidden from the rest of the world since capturing it 27 years