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Flush with success from lucrative Year 2000 projects for American companies, Indian software firms a

he Journal of Commerce industrial materials price index, a leading indicator of inflationary trends,

The railroad industry did a solid job moving this year's grain harvest as predictions of widespread

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Dec. 23, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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President Clinton appointed William Clyburn Jr. as a member of the Surface Transportation Board, giv

The joint-venture agreement between CP Ships and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, announced in July

German police are investigating whether three train accidents, including a derailment, were linked t

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Full details of the Federal Maritime Commission's proposed regulations on freight consolidators' lic

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The central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan has become the first former Soviet republic to be admitted to

The American Medical Association is fighting Aetna Inc.'s $1 billion purchase of Prudential Insuranc

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge signed H.B. 366 on Monday, a bill that partially deregulates the state's

The California Earthquake Authority approved a new round of policy rate cuts and added ''wraparound'

The U.S. embargo cost the Cuban economy a minimum of $800 million in 1998, Vice President Carlos Lag

ah Humbug! And we thought it was supposed to be a joyous time. Here you are reading this report with

United Parcel Service expected to deliver more than 17 million packages Tuesday, making it its busie

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsSept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 21, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Dec. 22, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

MOL (America) Inc. said that as of Jan. 11 it will relocate its Long Beach office to 4500 East Pacif

The International Monetary Fund mission is expected to arrive in Moscow after Jan. 10, Russian Deput

Hong Kong's main container line is broadening its reach in China, with that country's first train se

A ministerial-level meeting of a South Asian economic group has decided to press for accelerated imp

Advanced Technology Logistics and Support Services (Atlas), which provides outsourcing and supply-ch

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 188.28 off 2.29 wh

The Surface Transportation Board, in a far-reaching decision that could overhaul the regulatory proc

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter wrote President Bill Clinton that Georgia hog farmers need emerge

here is no longer any debate. It is universally agreed that the Internet has, is and will continue t

he food importer said he did everything he could to make sure the shipment arrived in the United Sta

NORTH AMERICACanadian International Farm Equipment Show. Jan. 19-22. Toronto, Canada. Contac

The U.S. Department of Commerce has imposed preliminary antidumping penalties as high as 59 percent

U.S. negotiators were unable to talk the Japanese government out of plans to impose new tariffs on f

What do you do when your economy depends heavily on banana exports and your high cost of labor relat