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Despite efforts to clear its lines of backed up railcars carrying the nation's goods, troubles conti

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The Web. It's big, it's bold, it's everywhere. But it's still not the whole of the Internet.

Environment groups are calling on the Mexican government to revoke construction permits for a pier i

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Some American shippers, buoyed by strong demand for goods, are hesitating to sign next year's trans-

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If the Supreme Court finds the harbor maintenance tax unconstitutional, exporters may collectively r

The dollar gained sharply at the expense of the Japanese yen Wednesday, but declined against the Deu

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A Senate compromise on the pending Ocean Shipping Reform Act would open new opportunities for ship l

OPIC PREPARES FOR USINVESTMENT IN VIETNAMWASHINGTON - The U.S. Overseas Private Investment C

GAZPROM: US SANCTIONSWON'T STOP IRAN CONTRACTMOSCOW - U.S. hostility will not deter Russian

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 241.64 off 0.03 w

PLANESFEDEX CHAIRMAN PICKEDFOR IATA BOARD POSTWASHINGTON - The International

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

'People were blind to the risk going into this Asiancurrency crisis.'

IndexCo has announced that beginning with the first risk period of 1998, it will change the Guy Carp

PANALPINA INC.Richard Knoll joined the Houston operation as manager, project sales and marke

UNITED SHIPPING GAINSPARTNER IN BRAZILUnited Shipping, a Denver-based global organization of

Reversing its own 1968 decision, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that wholesalers don't necessarily

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 6 million barrels in the week ended Oct. 31, as compared with the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 22, 1996 - Nov. 4, 1997 (a graph)*

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens criticized President Clinton for his apparent surprise line-item veto of a d

US IMPOSES SWEEPINGSANCTIONS ON SUDANWASHINGTON - The United States has imposed sweeping new

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has granted the Texas-Mexican Railway additional provisional t

For the week ended October 25, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

Although it is estimated that the total Costa Rican market for hotel and restaurant equipment decrea

MIDDLE EASTQATARQatar has stopped issuing entry visas to foreigners as a security me

Sales are booming for Xerox Business Services.U.S. companies seeking faster, easier ways to

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These are the days of uneasy alliances.Last week, utility giant Entergy Corp. of New Orleans

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

HAMBURG SUDBUYS BULK CARRIERHAMBURG - Hamburg Sud bought the Santa Rosa, a 41,363-deadweight

One of China's big manufacturers of maritime containers is getting bigger, in what executives say is

The breakup of Conrail Inc. is largely an intramural contest among the freight transport community,

The key coming attraction involving small railroads affected by the breakup of Conrail Inc. will be

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

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