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One of Israel's wealthiest business concerns, Ofer Brothers Shipping Co., will acquire a 53 percent

Union Pacific Railroad will allow train crew workers in an eight-state region to take naps of up to

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

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Jan. 20, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

A federal agency has wrapped up tentative settlements with six companies accused of making misleadin

Singapore has extended a deadline to resolve a dispute over customs, immigration and quarantine faci

A Chinese firm, Neo Kingstake Ltd., will invest $40 million in a computer manufacturing plant in Ken

Brazil is imposing heavy fines on foreign shipowners operating in its domestic routes whose non-Braz

Supporters of a $500 million deal to sell U.S. grain to Iran are fighting to save their initiative,

China feeds 22 percent of the world's people on less than 10 percent of the world's arableland. Now

USFreightways Corp., a trucking company that owns a network of regional carriers that consolidate sh

Most air cargo executives are confident that their companys' systems are well-prepared to deal with

GATX Logistics Inc. and Lockheed Martin Postal Systems have formed Paxis LLC, which will serve parce

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 189.86 off 2.88 w

ACE LTD.'S INCOMEPLUMMETS FROM YEAR AGOACE Ltd. reported net income for the fiscal 1998 four

The Food and Drug Administration and the Association of Food and Drug Officials will conduct a one-d

Mexico's Agriculture Secretariat, Sagar, said it is maintaining a quarantine in the southern states

The International Monetary Fund mission which arrived in Georgia on Monday for a 10-day visit, is ex

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Lawmakers from steel-producing states offered legislation Wednesday to help a struggling steel indus

United Airlines Cargo said it is offering time-definite service and quicker turn-around of cargo on

The House ethics committee has decided to investigate the House Transportation Committee chairman's

Axis Group Inc., a subsidiary of Allied Holdings Inc., has established a division to lease equipment

Romania's President Emil Constantinescu called a special Parliament session Wednesday to discuss the

'In 21 years of doing this, I've never seen a winter like this in my life.'

Falling gasoline and clothing prices pushed Canada's annual inflation rate to an unexpectedly low le

A key House Republican says President Clinton's call for ''common ground'' on U.S. trade policy is a

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced a four-year reauthorization bill for the Surface Transportatio

China has given its airline bosses the ultimate incentive to solve the ''millennium bomb'' computer

China's plan to increase government control of container shipping is a ''major step in the wrong dir

Wednesday Jan. 20, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 19, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FUTURES - Jan. 19, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 15, 1999All life-of-co

Texas Instruments - following its announced purchase Wednesday of Israeli chip developer Butterfly -

Political infighting appears to be hurting the Port of New York and New Jersey's bid to become the N

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 19, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The economic morass in Asia and the slowdown in Europe further weakened air cargo at the world's air

Roadway Express Inc. shippers cannow request a shipmentpickup from their desktop computers.<

When Brazil devalued the real last week, Paolo Lossi saw the air cargo his customers were sending to