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The search is on for a new chief executive at the Association of American Railroads after M.B. Ogles

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David Higgerson walks around the new X-ray machine at this Mexican border crossing with the swagger

U.S. Customs and forwarders are set to begin an unusual dialogue in what is being viewed as a potent

In the latest in a string of acquisitions, the parent company of CP Ships announced plans on Wednesd

The U.S. Customs Service has issued its latest list of foreign companies it believes are using count

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Stunned by President Clinton's defeat in winning fast-track authority to negotiate hemispheric trade

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

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Deutsche mark and the Japanese yen at mi

The confidence of global corporations in Asian investment opportunities remains strong, according to

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MEXICO, CHILE FINISHTRADE EXTENSION TALKSMEXICO CITY - Mexico and Chile have completed negot

'I've had situations where a carrier wants to offer a rate to J.C. Penney and we want to do business

In the past six months, the Clinton administration has cut 10 days off the average time it takes to

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Rio de Janeiro could eventually surpass congested, overpriced Santos as Brazil's main coffee-exporti

CNA TRUST APPLIES FORFEDERAL THRIFT CHARTERCHICAGO - CNA has submitted an application to the

Lloyd's of London seems certain to have made a record profit in 1995, with 96 percent of the results

Two recent California appeals court rulings in separate construction defect cases may have major ram

Crop forecasts, electronic commerce and the turmoil in Indonesia will be among the issues addressed

1997 wasn't a year for the faint of heart in the coffee industry.The price of green coffee b

Acts of God and technology advances have caused a quiet revolution in the coffee-import business.

From 1903 to 1913, it is said, work on this 9-mile cut never stopped. By day, huge Bucyrus steam sho

Profitability of liner companies appears to be returning, judging from the evidence submitted by Atl

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P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd., the Anglo-Dutch container shipping company, Wednesday celebrated i

Regional economic turmoil clipped earnings at the Philippines' largest shipbuilding and repair group

A new container terminal at Pakistan's Port Qasim has begun to wean away cargo traffic from the cong

1057 (March 18, 1998) Previous day - 1071The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The bulk carrier Federal Fuji, which entered the Suez Canal this week from Port Said with a southbou

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories rose by more than 2 million barrels in the week ended March 13,

March 18, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

As the National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday launched three days of hearings into safety at

MARCHMaritime Industry Museum. March 21. SUNY Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, N.Y. Annual m

Oil prices fell to new nine-year lows Tuesday on the prospect that they could slide below $10 a barr

Corn farmers are lobbying House members this week to keep a federal tax break for ethanol, but growe

Wednesday March 18, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 17, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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