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Four people, including two children, were killed and 21 were still missing after a passenger vessel

The Maritime Administration's approval last week of APL's plan to remain a U.S.-flag carrier as a su

Port officials have joined agricultural interests in seeking to delay the implementation of a ban on

Surprisingly small growth in Japan's trade surplus strengthened the dollar against the yen Monday, b

Monday Oct. 20, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The threat of a U.S. blockade against Japanese cargo ships was fading Monday but was not entirely go

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. placed an even bigger bet on the Mexican marketplace this year when it spent $1

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said Monday it had agreed to acquire Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline Part

JAPANESE TRADE SURPLUSROSE IN SEPTEMBERTOKYO - Japan's trade surplus continued its relentles

Oct. 20, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Colombian exporters of fresh cut flowers and U.S. importers received mixed results in the ninth and

The North American Free Trade Agreement has been like icing on the cake for many exporters in Mexico

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercent Year Closing Change

State-owned industry in China's capital is set for a shake-up, and workers are apprehensive.

OFFERS TO BUY* TILE AND SANITARY. Contact: Sunny Song, Xiamen Yuxiang International Trade Co

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

As expected, a bloc of congressmen from New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is demanding some ser

Steve Creamer wasn't going to give up when his U.S. partners declined to pursue a massive environmen

PLANESSERVICE FACILITY EXPANDSUNITED'S CHINA PRESENCEBEIJING - United Airlin

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 8, 1996 - Oct. 20, 1997 (a graph)*

The Journal of Commerce Transportation Stock Index suffered a sharp loss last week, possibly as part

Former National Maritime Union boss Louis Parise Sr., convicted of stealing from his union, has begu

In a bid to expand capacity, Turkish Airlines, the flag carrier for Turkey, announced a $2.5 billion

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 15, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

U.S. energy company Entergy Corp. and Australian diversified miner MIM Holdings Ltd. announced Monda

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.92 off 1.60 wh

An increase in the number of violent workplace confrontations has created challenges, and headaches,

Competition is getting hotter as South Korea liberalizes its insurance market, a move its primary tr

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Partnerships between shippers and logistics providers are becoming all the rage in Europe - in word,

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

The U.S. Commerce Department is high on the Baltics.Expanding economic growth, falling infla

A headline appearing on Page 16A on Friday, Oct. 17, should have read ''Emery opens logistics center

John Bowers, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, AFL- CIO, was selected as th

In a bid to buy time, Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh will reshuffle his Cabinet Tuesday,

October 20, 1997his table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

'This is a major breakthrough. It is a good day for U.S. carriers.'

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 20, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

About 330,000 mostly healthy Kentuckians will see a jump in health insurance rates following a speci

With Amtrak headed toward possible bankruptcy in 1998, Republicans in Congress are preparing to enac