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Rolling back grain empties may become a thing of the past thanks to a new multipurpose box car.<

The Reagan administration is sending a senior diplomat to Geneva to discuss rising tensions in the P

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Iran threatened last week to close the Strait of Hormuz in the escalating Iran-Iraq tanker war.<

Three years after the United States banned the import of fruit treated with a suspected carcinogenic

Japan and the United States have agreed to hold talks on their bilateral agreement setting Japan's i

The latest government figures show that Britain, one of Europe's major coal producers, is itself sti

Drive south on Almeda Road, about eight miles from Houston, and you'll see a monument to impossible

Mexico's surplus labor may become a growing problem for both the United States and Mexico over the n

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

The rain begins to fall as the crowd gathers on a lawn in a posh section of this old capital to hear

AVIATION Japanese parliament cleared way to open JAL for private sale. 5BContinental Airline

Rep. Byron Dorgan has a simple plan for getting rid of U.S. farm surpluses: ''We have to get back to

A Swedish company has developed a digital picture-storage system that can be used to transmit news p

Kraft Inc.'s adventures in frozen foods have taken the company to Midland, Texas, of all places.

16 Maquiladoras Planned in MexicoSeveral U.S. companies plan to set up eight new maquiladora

Willy de Clercq to Meet With Japanese OfficialsWilly de Clercq, European Community commissio

If this summer is any sign, Romanians are in for a fourth straight hard winter of fuel, heat and ele

The Belcher Co. has begun supplying distillate and residual fuel oil from the Gateway terminal in Ne

The Immigration and Naturalization Service says its agents are essentially powerless to prevent fore

Reacting to an attack on an Italian merchant vessel in the Persian Gulf, the government said it plan

Aegon Group Reducing Reinsurance ContractsTHE HAGUE, The Netherlands - Aegon insurance group

Sept. 4 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

1063.5 (Sept. 4) Previous day - 1066.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Following the near-bankruptcy of Tateho Chemical Industries Co. last weekbecause of yen bond

Hale Shipping Corp. named three managers for its operations at different ports. Peter Clark

New legislation enacted Friday will tighten Japanese restrictions on shipments of highly sensitive e

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The U.S. economy continued to expand in August, the nation's purchasing managers said in a report re

Fri., Sept. 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Following are excerpts of the English translation of an interview Thursday with Mexico's President M

Doug Griffith was elected president of the United Auto Workers at the troubled Douglas Aircraft Co.'

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will waste no time in finding a buyer for the Southern Pacific Trans

Motor carrier earnings in a major industry rate bureau hit an all-time low during the past year, tru

ATA Names French To New PositionAmerican Trucking Associations announced that Mark French wi

U.S. banks are being hit the hardest by Brazil's continuing moratorium on foreign debt interest paym

An $18.6 million contract has been awarded by the port of Tacoma for construction of its new contain

Three Airlines to Buy Boeing 737 JetlinersSEATTLE, Wash. - Airlines from Taiwan, Okinawa and

Fear of contracting the AIDS virus may be a boon for some U.S. importers. It may also be a b

The maritime industry must occasionally wish that its political clout matched its campaign contribut