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'It leaves us holding the bag while Canada and Asia are making deals all over Latin America.'

As of Nov. 14, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

South Korea, where traffic accidents are high, is introducing another incentive to better driving -

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.10 up 0.53 w

Four years ago, Cattiva Inc. was just another small New York City apparel company that sold only dom

FOREIGN INVESTMENTCLIMBS IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Direct foreign investment in Mexico is expec

Don't mess with no-fault. That's what officials representing property/casualty underwriters in New J

Nov. 14, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

While U.S. producer prices generally changed little in October, there were sharp shifts in transport

Amtrak received a reprieve from its short-term budget woes when Congress last week approved a multib

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

With the ink barely dry on Neptune Orient Lines' acquisition last week of American President Lines,

1242 (Nov. 14, 1997) Previous day - 1255The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

CALL SPREADS PRICE OR BID/ASKNational annual '97* 60/80

With hundreds of new dockworkers on the job in Los Angeles-Long Beach, and rail equipment becoming m

SECTOR OCTOBER '97 INDEX PERCENT CHANGE PERCENT CHANGEFROM OCTOBER '96

Nov. 14, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. has put a new logistics plan on the table and dramatically

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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SHIPSAUSTRALIA MARITIMESTRIKE CONDEMNEDCANBERRA, Australia - Australian Work

For the week ended November 8, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

Canals have played a central role in Amsterdam's 700-year history, so it was not surprising that eve

When the Senate recessed for the year without putting ocean shipping deregulation legislation to a v

A man's world? Don't tell that to a trio of women who have worked their way into the male-dominated

Ed Emmett is now a traveling man.While past presidents of the National Industrial Transporta

Europe's most successful seaport has stayed clear of Europe's least successful transport mode - the

Shippers in Canada want to see new cargo carriers in the air and break up the monopolies of liner co

Life is about to become easier for air shippers.For more than a year now, shippers have bee

Resolution of the U.S.-Japan shipping dispute, which nearly blew up into a full-scale trade war, wil

If it's near the end of the year, ''it must be rate-rise time,'' sighs a veteran shipper in Singa

Thursday, Nov. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGE*Nov. 13, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Nov. 13, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Nov. 13, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen Thursday on speculation that the Bank of Japan would i

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 12, 1997PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

The Russian Finance Ministry has announced that export licenses for platinum and palladium shipments

Nov. 13, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.