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

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

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

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

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

American International Group has bought out its Polish joint venture partner to increase its holding

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

The Union Pacific Railroad's ongoing service problems continue to trouble the National Industrial Tr

India managed to split the ranks of its major trading partners last week by reaching separate import

Steven S. Weiser, one of about 150 people schmoozing during a kickoff reception for GloBus '98, had

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

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

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

Nov. 14, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead

OPEC probably will bow to pressure from Persian Gulf oil heavyweights and raise its production ceili

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

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

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ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

OFFERS TO BUY* BERTHING TUGS AND PILOT BOAT. Tugs classed with Lloyds or any reputable class

Barely 10 days from a self-imposed Thanksgiving deadline for restoring normal service, the problem-p

Friday, Nov. 14, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar will continue to climb against the Japanese yen in coming weeks, amid rising concern

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 13, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

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Hydro-Quebec Energy Services (U.S.), a unit of Canada's giant provincially owned power producer, wil

U.S. businesses will win access to about $1 billion more in World Bank-financed contracts, thanks to

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

Airbus may sellA340s to PakistanKARACHI, Pakistan - Airbus Industries is in negotiations wit

Friday Nov. 14, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

COMMENTS SOUGHT ONCATASTROPHE OPTIONS PLANCHICAGO - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFEINSURANCE CO.Daniel Riedl joined the insurer's law department as as

INTERMARINE INC.Sue Robertson was named vice president of national accounts and Michael Duma

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

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

Cunard, one of the world's most glamorous cruise lines, could soon be run by an insurance company.

Despite improved commercial fishing safety laws, U.S. fishers continue to be swallowed by the poundi