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One of the partners in China's first all-cargo airline is putting the Boeing Co. in charge of conver

The Airforwarders Association will be taking on a new look in the new year.The group, compos

Dec. 21, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

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813 (Dec. 21, 1998) Previous day - 820The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

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Internet commerce this holiday season is little more than a modest foothill compared with the mounta

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

The United States has announced a list of European imports, representing an estimated more than $500

The unsinkable U.S. economy will weather a Senate trial of President Clinton if a settlement comes s

A dozen U.S. manufacturing and engineering shippers have reinforced their case for easing restrictio

Heavy-truck sales hit record levels in November as manufacturers prepared to celebrate the biggest y

It was a troubled week for stocks on The Journal of Commerce/Bridge Transportation Sector, as only o

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ans Toggweiler could hardly have picked a more exciting time to take over as presi- dent and chie

Chinese Long March 2C rockets have successfully lifted two iridium satellites made by Motorola Inc.

Atlantic Container LineAndrew J. Abbott will be promoted to chief operating officer at Atlan

Senior foreign executives posted temporarily in the United States need to pay close attention to how

f anybody is working on a transportation version of Trivial Pursuit, a question worth including woul

Ryder Public Transportation Services, an operating unit of Ryder System Inc., has completed the purc

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has opened an urban sales and service center in Columbus, its third

Thailand's partial privatization of the power sector has fallen into disarray after protests by vill

Dec. 21, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Europe's business leaders believe the euro will overshadow the dollar in he long term, but said it w

The two founders of Polar Air Cargo are leaving the company, halfway through a second year of losses

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERSGeorge Reider, insurance commissioner of Conne

South African investors have signed a long-awaited deal to buy Zambia's state-owned copper mines, Za

Cargolux Airlines International added two flights a week between Luxembourg and Africa to its worldw

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for the first time has approved a Russian-designed plane, a

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The District of Columbia City Council gave final approval by unanimous consent to a bill that will c

Dec. 18, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 190.57 off 0.36 wh

As of Dec 21, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

European car manufacturers say they will challenge Japan in the World Trade Organization if it targe

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Ford Motor Co. announced it will slash 2,800 employees from it Brazilian operations effective Jan. 4

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s $22 billion acquisition of rei