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The Japanese are paying record prices for membership in the Toronto Stock Exchange and Canadian fina

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

Fri., June 19, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Superconductivity at 90 degrees Fahrenheit (305 degrees Kelvin) has been achieved by scientists at E

CompuChem Corp. announced that its subsidiary, CompuChem Laboratories Inc., was awarded $6.3 million

California's controversial requirement for the listing and control of cancer- causing or genetically

Rohm & Haas Co. will invest more than $150 million in its 400-million-pound- a-y ear Bristol Townshi

Busy Houston Intercontinental Airport officially opened a new 10,000-footrunway, modeled aft

The Australian airline Qantas is for the first time among the top 10 in international air cargo.

Production of Frasch and recovered sulfur for the first four months of 1987 was at an annual rate of

A two-day strike by Japan Air Lines cockpit and cabin crews over compensation ended before the start

Faulty repairs by the Boeing Co. on a bulkhead of a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet caused it to crash in

Canada's second largest airline has decided to give Air Canada more competition in cargo sales by in

Port Authority police have confirmed that federal agents succeeded in smuggling weapons through secu

While in Washington, John Snow was one of a group of railroad representatives who worked long and ha

Metro Has Agreement To Purchase ChaparralMetro Airlines has reached an agreement in principl

New Amtrak Station Slated for OctoberDENAIR, Calif. - An Amtrak passenger train station at D

Massachusetts fire officials say it will be at least today before a partial containerload of six ton

Despite the specter of regional overcapacity, the Malaysian Inter national Shipping Corp. is looking

A vice president of the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots has called on the s

Buying of Cargo Ships For Navy QuestionedThe chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fishe

Chief public relations officers of the nation's major railroad systems convene this morning at the G

A day-long House hearing into aspects of the Reagan administration's plans to bring Kuwaiti-owned ta

Abdul Huq jumped aboard the double-deck ferry just as it was sailing for southern Bangladesh, becomi

The total cost of removing a stranded barge from a bridge abutment last winter will reach close to $

A New Orleans barge line, Canal Barge Co., has won a $212,000 contract to haul tons of artillery, in

CSX Transportation's Distribution Services business unit opened a new Bulk Intermodal Distribution S

Officials of the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. are leaning awayfrom a system

Greyhound to Purchase Trailways; $80 MillionGreyhound Lines Inc. last week said it had reach

MANY TRUCKING ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE CURRENT INDUSTRY PRICE WAR will not abate until some of the exces

938.0 (June 19) Previous day - 948.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

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Top Stories Container carriers remain cautiously optimistic even though the dollar's fall ha

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission refused to be nudged off its course in dealing with Peru's carg

Ryder Freight System Inc. continued to lose money in the first quarter despite efforts by its corpor

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

Put Kuwaiti flags on Persian Gulf oil tankers, let the U.S. Navy guard them and charge the Kuwaitis

Britain's largest containerport, Felixstowe, reported record cargo traffic figures for 1986 but a de

Ingersoll-Rand Co. has established two manufacturing operations with factories in China, the company

The more than 1,500 asbestos-related claims filed by seamen in Ohio are part of an avalanche of case