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The Airforwarders Association and the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America

859 (September 14, 1998) Previous day - 855The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

Competition and the Asian economic crisis helped lower gas prices nearly 2 cents per gallon in the p

The Association of American Railroads, armed with two new agreements with groups that use the major

Northwest Airlines took to the skies Monday for the first time since ending a 15-day pilots' strike,

Three weeks ended Sep. 5, 1998, vs. similar 1997 periodCars Cars loaded loaded

It has been nearly a year since the Federal Maritime Commission threatened to close U.S. harbors to

The bad loans in Japan's troubled banking sector are estimated to exceed $1 trillion, substantially

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it would recall 92,397 cars sold in Japan and the United States

BAX Global has reorganized its senior management team, with four top executives heading geographic r

From the Middle West to the Middle Kingdom, another U.S. insurer moves to tackle a potentially huge

Cutting out the middleman, speeding delivery and providing new flexibility for high-value food expor

SEPTEMBERInternational Commerce Club. Sept. 16. Convent Station, N.J. Ed Emmett, president,

Desperate Bangladeshi apparel manufacturers chartered two planes to move huge piles of precious expo

Come to the party and bring a nice package.Russia may have been hoping from something Monday

China's trade surplus surged by 22.8 percent in the first eight months of this year, customs data sh

The top executives of Chrysler Corp., which predicts easy shareholder approval this week of its merg

Three international tobacco producers - Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and British American Tobacco -

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And you thought law firms that represent insurance companies against angry clients were tough.

Sept. 14, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

The risk of war between Iran and Afghanistan rose rapidly Monday as Iran's supreme leader reversed c

Lufthansa Cargo AG plans a dramatic expansion of its trans-Atlantic freighter capacity beginning Oct

The main container handler in the Philippines saw interim profit slip despite tariff increases.<

Croatia has initialed a long-awaited draft agreement that regulates the use of its Port of Ploce by

Daniel J. McHugh, Sea-Land Service Inc.'s vice president and general manager for North Asia, sees de

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 31, 1997 - Sept. 14, 1998 (a graph)

Five Canadian steel companies intend to file unfair trade complaints as a flood of imports into Cana

The European Union is hoping to conclude this week a series of technical talks with South African of

Ecuador's Central Bank shifted the ceiling of its currency band by 17.9 percent early Monday and shi

The European Union on Wednesday will seek to restore momentum to the drive to free up trans-Atlantic

Citibank and the Asian Development Bank bought a 40 percent share in Bhutan National Bank from the g

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 201.49 off 1.12 wh

Warren Buffett will preside over a special meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Wednesday t

Technology and electronic commerce will dominate this year's International Federation of Freight For

Sept. 14, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

In testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the National Assoc

A major overhaul of the U.S. banking and financial laws now goes to the Senate floor, where it faces

Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport Corp. said Beijing's transportation ministry had approved its app