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Companies importing holiday shipments from Asia, fresh off signing contracts that increased their ra

TRAINSHARMON WINS CONTRACTFOR MEXICAN RAIL SYSTEMBLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - Harmon

Federal Express has surpassed Lufthansa German Airlines to become the world's largest air cargo carr

On paper the job looks immensely challenging. In reality, it is worse.To be a ''port captain

With rail freight traffic increasing sharply between Hamburg and Poland, the German railroad's cargo

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847 (July 17, 1998) Previous day - 845The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Savoring increased business prospects from a steady expansion of international trade in the Americas

Southampton Container Terminals is Britain's second-busiest container port, but its facilities remai

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

U.S. ports are bullish on Latin America. And with good reason. In recent years, ports' business with

U.S. exports to Latin America are growing at double-digit rates. But some analysts are wondering alo

July 16, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 16, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

As of July 17, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 16, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 209.94 off 0.20

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July 17, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Exxon Corp. is poised to retake a 100 percent holding in its Thai subsidiary, but at a likely cost o

July 16, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Traffic diversions resulting from the recently proposed merger of Canadian National Railway Co. and

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 5, 1997 - July 17, 1998 (a graph)*

Currency traders and analysts said it's going to be a long week, with a skimpy slate of economic dat

'It's pretty clear that Japan is not going to take the steps needed to reform its economy and restor

A federal agency wants to whip the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule into a more svelte shape.

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SWISS LIFE OPENS ANOFFICE IN GUANGZHOUGUANGZHOU, China - Swiss Life Insurance & Pension Co.

Insurers, brokers, agents and industry providers constantly introduce products and services. There a

California's embattled Department of Corporations is stepping up enforcement efforts in regulating t

Undeterred by the flat premium growth of surplus lines, Liberty Mutual has formed Liberty Surplus In

ERIE INDEMNITY'S PROFITROSE 16.5 PERCENT IN 2ND QUARTERERIE, Penn. - Erie Indemnity Co., the

Trucking is still the dominant mode of transportation for U.S.-Mexico trade, but privatization of po

For much of this decade, Latin America slowly moved to get government out of terminal operations at

That was then; this is now.Ten years ago the U.S. Customs Service came on strong, levying as

Louisiana Sen. John Breaux will launch a late-session bid for U.S. ratification of an international

Incentives unveiled by Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha are expected to give a big boost to India's i

'Rates are coming down in the North Atlantic and this will definitely add to the rate pressure, but