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One summer about 10 years ago, I got a job programming for a small defense contractor out by New Yor

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday registered a 12 percent jump in fourth-quarter net income, despite

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 3.3 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 23, as compared with t

Shipper dissatisfaction over Federal Express Corp.'s move to distance-based pricing does not mean th

Union Pacific Railroad lost some ground in its service recovery efforts last week after posting some

YELLOW CORP. REBOUNDSFROM '96 PERIOD'S LOSSOVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Corp., parent of the

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A conflict between Congress and the Commerce Department over supercomputer sales to Russia and China

Singapore's ship registry swelled to over 20 million gross registered tons last year, with officials

The Export-Import Bank may act today to raise its financing fees, a step U.S. exporters say could ma

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

A triumvirate of quota enforcers - OPEC Secretary-General Rilwanu Lukman and the oil ministers of Ir

The U.S. dollar climbed to near 1.81 Deutsche marks Wednesday in a positive reaction to President Cl

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Record numbers of American shoppers are flooding across the border to take advantage of a Canadian d

This from one concerned Canadian politician: Those opposing President Clinton are harassers, bullybo

SENATOR: GAO TO REVIEWCANADA'S WHEAT EXPORTSWASHINGTON - The General Accounting Office has l

The Border Trade Alliance, representing trade and government interests along U.S. borders, is suppor

Nomura, the leading Japanese bank, challenged two U.S. companies Wednesday in a multibillion-dollar

Several U.S. industry associations have banded together to combat the controversial dispute-resoluti

'The idea is that the concentration of your work force expedites and actually helps the trade.'<

U.S. importers and the U.S. government are once again at odds over the interpretation of a global tr

Opponents of the U.S. cabotage law known as the Jones Act have failed to generate enough momentum to

Arco Alaska Inc. president Ken Thompson was promoted to an executive vice president position with pa

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Atlas Air Inc. announced Wednesday that its pilots have rejected representation by the Air Line Pilo

A strong niche player in the North Atlantic is switching its British port of call, taking one of the

The American Great Lakes Ports Association is gearing up to lobby Congress on a number of important,

India intends to enforce the International Safety Management code for the shipping industry from Jul

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Three carriers that dominate the U.S. West Coast to Australia-New Zealand trade are forming vessel-s

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Maersk Line is adding two Egyptian port calls to its service in the eastern Mediterranean: the moder

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President Clinton's familiar call for increasing free trade was a centerpiece of his State of the Un

Automating the cumbersome method of dispatching longshoremen to their jobs could emerge as the next

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