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Plans by U.S. and Mexican customs officials to close the southeast Texas border crossing of Progreso

AEGON'S PROFIT JUMPED36 PERCENT FOR 1ST NINE MONTHSTHE HAGUE - Aegon, the Dutch financial se

The National Industrial Transportation League is urging regulators studying the planned partition of

Mexico will turn more to Europe and South America for trade and investment now that Congress has den

JAPAN CARMAKERS REVISEEXPORTS FORECAST UPWARD TOKYO - Japan's five major auto producers have

B&Q TELLS SUPPLIERTO CANCEL THE HEMLOCKVANCOUVER, British Columbia - A major British home-im

'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 -

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

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

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

Nov. 14, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

Continuing the trend of mutuals forming stock holding companies, the two largest Indiana-based mutua

Partnerships and clogged railroads will be on the minds of distribution and logistics managers atten

Ocean freight rates on shipments from the United States to the Middle East declined at a single-digi

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

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

Cars CarsLoaded Loaded Change Railroad Category 1

SHIPSAUSTRALIA MARITIMESTRIKE CONDEMNEDCANBERRA, Australia - Australian Work

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

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

Talks to bring down national barriers on banking, insurance and other financial services need to suc

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Alaskan state officials said they will not launch an antitrust investigation into whether the compan

The Port of Seattle's proposed 1998 budget is $243 million, up 9.5 percent from the current year, pr

U.S. manufacturers have hundreds of millions of dollars to gain if the harbor maintenance tax they p

The Clinton administration is disappointed with the turnout at this week's Middle East/North Africa

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

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

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

The Mexican government begins the auction today for radio frequency concessions for wireless communi

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGE*Nov. 14, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FERC APPROVES PLANTO MERGE 3 UTILITIESMADISON, Wis. - Merger plans by Iowa and Wisconsin pub

Immediately after passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, dire predictions were made about shipown

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Halter Marine Group Inc., said its subsidiary, TDI-Halter Inc., of Orange, Texas, won a contract fro

Pakistan's main Port of Karachi will be modernized at a cost of $350 million under a five-year proje

Adecade ago, partnership was just a word.But at many companies today, it means a close relat

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