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Nearly all of the new manufacturing jobs in the Midwest in the past few years have come at companies

The next Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack may well be aimed at the United States' economic and inform

The Surface Transportation Board refused to issue an emergency order sought by a Nebraska grain ship

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'It's driving us nuts.'

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

For the week ended December 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

In an effort to dispel investors' fears, South Korean President-elect Kim Dae-jung revised his pro-l

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 17, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 15, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 233.38 off 0.82 wh

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Dec. 22, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

'We both have residue-testing requirements and both sides believe theirs is superior to the other gu

China may have been slow getting its insurance industry started after decades in limbo, but it's now

China Ocean Shipping Co. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. will link up with a slot-charter agreement i

The Asian financial crisis may be largely over by 1999, the International Monetary Fund suggested in

A years-long dispute between the United States and the European Union over trapping animals for thei

The World Trade Organization, formed to sort out trade conflicts between the world's nations, appare

The Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts has been fined $13,500 for giving illegal gratuities

LLOYD'S LAST '97 AUCTIONSHOWS INCREASE OVER '96LONDON - Lloyd's of London completed its seri

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 15, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Farrell Lines has revived its long-closed service to India via the Suez Canal because of the roughly

Recently the Journal of Commerce ran an article, ''Faded fleet at anchor as it awaits final fate.''

1253 (Dec. 19, 1997) Previous day - 1261The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Dec. 19, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The head of central railroad terminal in this capital city is asking authorities for a faster transi

Carefully planned job reassignments and modest work reductions are the real impact on labor from the

Dec. 19, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Shiro Nagumo, chairman of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, or ''K'' Line, died Friday in Japan. He was 66.

Contract negotiations between the Teamsters union and major less-than-truckload carriers are under w

OFFERS TO BUY* 7 SEGMENT DISPLAY MANUFACTURERS. Worldwide. 7 segment, 0.54-in. or 0.56-in. h

Having given up on the idea of a landbridge alternative to the Panama Canal, Mexico is readying its

CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject conditions mea

KN Energy Inc. is buying rival gas pipeline operator MidCon Corp. for nearly $3.5 billion from Occid

Rain has saturated Georgia's cotton fields to the point that farmers are harvesting into the holiday

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

With economists needing tarot cards to predict the next downturn in Asian currencies or how long it

U.S. energy and power giant, Enron Inc., says it is in the final stages of negotiations on several p