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The maritime community awoke April 13 to find its world abruptly changed: Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.

Malaysia's booming Port of Kuantan is moving to the private sector, following several other sea gate

It's crunch time for Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft builder that poses the last remaining g

An article that appeared on Oct. 31 on Page 9A under the headline, ''Beef imports likely to drop,''

U.S. firms will be the biggest foreign investors in Russia in 1998 as the country finally achieves e

BLUE STAR LINERichard Hanft was named senior vice president of commercial. He now plays a ke

The American, West-Africa Freight Conference, having operated for longer than 50 years, is close to

CHINA ORDERS FASTERTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTBEIJING - China will authorize more research instit

The United States and Japan locked horns in a World Trade Organization forum Friday over the imposit

There has been a dramatic switch in a boardroom battle for control of Novolipetsk Metal Kombinat, Ru

Oct. 31, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

COST OF ACQUISITIONDRIVES DOWN CIGNA'S NETPHILADELPHIA - Despite an increase in capital gain

The Supreme Court agreed to review lower court rulings that struck down the Harbor Maintenance Tax a

So, you say there's a driver shortage? Think again.Actually, there are thousands of drivers

U.S. steelmakers went to the U.S. International Trade Commission last week to claim Russian steel-pl

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.23 up 1.31 w

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 30, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Albany Port District Commission said the $1 million in state funds it received in this year's bu

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John F. Kennedy International Airport ranks near the top in air cargo volume, but unfortunately it a

Net profit for the global airline industry declined to $3 billion last year from 1995's record $5.2

As of Oct. 31, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Australia's shipping industry is ''dead in the water'' and in need of radical reform to avoid being

CALL SPREADS PRICE OR BID/ASKNational annual '97* 30/50

Despite the furor aroused by the French government's plan to cut the work week to 35 hours, the labo

'We think it is a lot more advantageous for us to move the smaller volumes that are hooked into reef

Friday, Oct. 31, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Friday Oct. 31, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

In an effort to ease the gridlock of big trucks jamming its highways, German transport officials are

GE TO BUY AUSTRALIA'SLARGEST MORTGAGE FIRMNEW YORK - GE Capital Services, a unit of General

Rogers & Brown Custom Brokers Inc. formed an alliance with Gefco SA of France in a move to expand it

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Extraordinary. Awesome. Exciting.Those were the words used by Thomas H. Weidemeyer, presiden

PEMEX SIGNS CONTRACTFOR POLYPROPYLENEMEXICO CITY - Petroleos Mexicanos has announced a 10-ye

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 15, 1996 - Oct. 31, 1997 (a graph)*

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

A much wider trade deficit helped hold third-quarter economic growth to a strong but not explosive r

Customs agencies in the Americas are actively working toward harmonizing entry procedures, a goal fi

Global steel exports are forecast to drop this year to 160.5 million metric tons, from 164.5 million

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