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A one-day strike by 1.5 million bank and insurance industry workers paralyzed India's financial sect

European Union officials said their trade and political relations with Paraguay are healthy and ripe

A relatively small Japanese steelmaker's decision to cut prices of a key construction component is l

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Telecommunication has announced it has awarded a contract to Motorola Inc.

The Inter-American Development Bank expects to both authorize and disburse a record level of financi

JAPANESE BOW TO US ON 3 PERCENT COPPER TARIFFJapan will replace its tariff on copper imports

Thursday Apr. 7, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Expecting to gain a stronger hold on the expanding forest-products market and improve its cargo mix,

Two of North America's most powerful icebreakers this week escorted a rare Lake Superior convoy of n

Unions representing British Columbia grain handlers and longshoremen are willing to work round-the-c

P&O PLANS TO BUILD 100,000-TON LINERLONDON - Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigatio

Waterfront unions and management representatives Thursday averted a strike planned for today when th

STEAMERS MARITIME HOLDINGS LTD. (New York) - Khor Teik Lin was named general manager of a new subsid

Germany plans to use its term in the European Union's presidency later this year to press for expand

Stolt-Nielsen SA, the diversified parcel tanker giant, reported a loss of $826,000, or 3 cents a sha

Vancouver waterfront employers and port officials were relieved while union officials felt a little

Operators of a Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) container ship blamed stormy weather as the service sk

The United States Thursday dropped its demand that a statement linking trade to labor rights be incl

The Alaska Railroad is ready to suspend or drastically curtail trailer- hauling between Anchorage an

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IMC Systems Group announced that its automated import management, Import 2000, is available now on N

One of the largest U.S.-based freight consolidators will be closing later this year, its owners said

Although shippers and truckers have long touted the concept of partnerships, few such business relat

Boeing Co. on Saturday unveils the world's largest twin-jet airliner, the 777, as the company's firs

If transportation and logistics managers plan on holding on to their jobs over the next two years, t

The First National Bank of Chicago and the Bank of China have jointly arranged $261 million in finan

Safeguarding human lives and money are two very difficult things, Chemical Banking Corp. has decided

ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRAIN DERAILS IN MISSISSIPPIFLORA, Miss. - Crews were at work Thursday at t

The Teamsters union strike against 22 companies enters its third day today with no further talks sch

Vela, the Saudi Arabian-controlled tanker charterer, will stop using ships more than 20 years old un

Ron Carey, Teamsters general president, told a cheering crowd of about 500 truckers Thursday that th

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +4.524/1 97.44/4 97.94/5 98

Thursday, April 7, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Canadian manufacturers braced for supply shortages while truckers feared layoffs as the U.S. Teamste

The United States and its major allies plan to create a new multilateral group by October to control

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, announcing a basic reorganization of its operations, said Thursday that

Less-than-truckload carriers not targeted by the Teamsters during the union's strike of 22 carriers

Three Weeks Ended April 2, 1994, vs. Similar 1993 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

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

A number of Russian aluminum producers, together with the Tajiki aluminum smelter, have announced an