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Cuba, which could be the largest market in the Car- ibbean if U.S. em- bargoes are lifted, has a

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The thrust toward multicarrier partnerships in the north-south trade lanes will continue next month

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

A derailment blocked Conrail's busy main line through the upstate New York hamlet of Nelliston on Fr

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Jan. 22, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 190.52 up 1.05 w

A gigantic wind tunnel, subjecting full-scale houses to hurricane-force winds and rains to gauge how

The article ''Study: Insurance executives see profit declining in '99'' (Jan. 20, Page 5A) should ha

Jan. 22, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The change in the trading pattern of Asian economies took its toll on the Port of Colombo last year

The U.S. Customs Service is halting development of a major computer system because the token amount

Emery Worldwide's North American sorting center here has received ISO 9002 certification by Industry

Lufthansa AG said it will double direct cargo flights between Frankfurt and Shanghai to twice a week

Ninety-five hundred pounds of hidden cocaine was found in a Panamanian-flagged ship configured to ha

Top officials in the federal office that regulates trucking broke rules last year by asking truckers

Intercargo Insurance Co. has created a division to offer coverage to trucking companies.Truc

Florida's citrus industry plans to aggres- sively market fresh fruit in groceries across the country

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

'Many countries are under tremendous pressure to begin to look inward. And this is very, very danger

The Council on Foreign Relations announced that it is sponsoring an independent commission on future

razil's normally quiet real is expected to remain at center stage in the world of foreign exchange t

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

A quadrupling of fees charged to truckers who are late in returning empty containers to West Coast p

Allied Holdings Inc. said its Axis Group Inc. subsidiary has created a unit to lease auto hauling eq

The U.S. government, having already placed curbs on solid-wood packing material and the Asian longho

Infighting among Russian government officials and producers of platinum group metals will delay expo

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 21, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Japan's struggling economy may have bottomed out late last year or may do so early this year, the co

House Banking Committee Chairman James A. Leach delivered a major policy speech last week before the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 20 - Jan. 22, 1999 (a graph)* Annua

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Railroads' performance improved during the second week of their public reporting of some service dat

The German government is leaning toward introducing a Europe-wide aviation fuel tax as an environmen

The leader of Germany's main industry association is warning that German exports would become less c

Nick Prettejohn, a director of Lloyd's, was selected to succeed Ron Sandler as chief executive of th

oreign pharmaceutical companies, who poured investment into China's promising market, are now swall

Jan. 21, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 13 - Jan. 21, 1999 (a graph)* Annua