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Simple math explains a lot. China's economy is doubling in size every five to six years, trade growi

While most of China sweltered during August, China's top financial managers were generating their ow

If present trends continue, China will be the world's largest recipient of foreign investment within

Month Ended Month Ended Sept. 14, 1993 Sept. 14, 1994Top Port

Longshoremen and others in the intermodal transportation chain are returning to work atthe Port of H

PROTEST AGAINST FIRING DISRUPTS PORT IN FIJILONDON - Dockworkers at Suva, Fiji, disr

Aviation insurance rates are stabilizing after years of double-digit increases. As 75 percen

Zim Israel Navigation Co.'s top U.S. official Wednesday blasted a work stoppage at the Port of Balti

Georgia disaster officials estimate the flood damage from this month's storms in south Georgia at $1

Millard J. Grauer of Equitable Life Assurance Society in Chicago, became president of the American S

INSURERS SEE BIG JUMP IN FUND ASSESSMENTSNEW YORK - The Alliance of American Insurer

Rains that started killer floods in southeastern Texas eased early Wednesday. But evacuations contin

EQUITABLE COS. (New York) - Michael J. Rich was been elected a senior vice president of the company'

British-American joint venture Swire Blanch said it will use Singapore as its base to establish rein

U.S. steelmaker Inland Steel Industries Inc. is eyeing possible trade deals with communist Cuba shou

The U.S.-North Korean accord is likely to bring an early relaxation of South Korea's economic embarg

Steel manufacturers in Mexico no longer feel that U.S. steel is being exported into their market at

French industrial production, excluding construction and public works, rose 2.3 percent in the July-

NORTH AMERICA World Trade '94 (Agent/Distributor Locator and Recruiter Show). Oct. 20. Toron

Tough new certification requirements for textiles, footwear and apparel moving into Mexico will rema

SP REOPENS ARIZ. LINE IN WAKE OF DERAILMENTWILLCOX, Ariz. - Freight and passenger se

Having watched most of its container traffic disappear as one ship line after another relocated, the

As California goes, so goes the nation. That fear has led the American Trucking Associations

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The U.S. Coast Guard for the first time issued merchant mariner documents with magnetic stripes that

Foreign financial institutions that will be allowed to operate in Mexico from 1995. COMMERCI

A plan to close a section of the Illinois River to barge traffic for two months next summer is likel

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +16.2610/12 107.310/13 107.210

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Bankers from across North America begin meeting in this resort city today to discuss regulatory and

FREIGHT RATE INDEX HITS FOUR-YEAR HIGHLONDON - An index of freight rates for large b

AT&T Corp. and GTE Corp. subsidiaries won the 1994 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Whit

The value of orders for new construction in the United Kingdom fell by a provisional 5 percent in th

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Tuesday in a consolidation following Monday's steep losses, although d

BLUE STAR LINE (New York) - Mark Tanelli was named vice president of sales for the Easternregion of

France will push for Europe-wide rules on the working conditions of truckers during its presidency o

The European Union sharply criticized the United States on Tuesday for launching an investigation in

The European Commission is about to bury its ambitious rescue plan for the steel industry. A

Arguing that Canadian truckers are beset with aging fleets, a lack of equipment and a shortage of dr