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More than 6,000 people from around the world will be in the Windy City this week for the annual meet

Food safety activists blame freer trade for a surge in fruit and vegetable imports that has brought

When you walk into East Coast Warehouse and Distribution Corp.'s 1.25 million square foot waterfront

No one said it would be easy to transform Mexico's creaky state-owned railroad into a modern, profit

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.40 up 0.81 whi

Oct. 3, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 2, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 3, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

USDA OKS $1.4 BILLIONIN GUARANTEES FOR MEXICOCHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Agriculture sa

Indonesia Friday began to crack down on companies suspected of starting fires that have produced a t

Friday Oct. 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A coalition of Alaska and national environmental groups are petitioning to halt oil and gas drilling

The U.S. dollar is caught between a weak Japanese yen and a strong Deutsche mark and likely will exh

Major U.S. business groups are trying to save an Export-Import Bank bill from amendments they say co

CHEVRON MAY SHIPOIL THROUGH GEORGIAMOSCOW - U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp. may ship millions o

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 25, 1996 - Oct. 3, 1997 (a graph)*

Transportation industry payrolls weathered the impact of the United Parcel Service strike and were b

Farrell Lines Inc. is launching weekly service between India and the U.S. East Coast.''We ha

Lauritzen Reefers, a unit of Denmark's J. Lauritzen, said it signed a trans-Pacific connecting carri

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., is planning to bring a highly contentious bill authorizi

SHIPSHOUSTON-TRINIDAD ROUTEOFFERS MORE SAILINGSHOUSTON - Associated Transport Line s

Partial privatization of Russia's railways system will shortly be ordered by a presidential decr

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Traveling by sea is less dangerous than road transport but is more risky than going by plane and fur

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC.John Palmer was named manager of the Charleston, S.C., office that

PHILIPPINES CONTINUESTEMPORARY FLAGSHIP ROLEMANILA - The Philippines has extended until 2009

Week Ending 10-04-97 10-05-96 09-27-97General-FreightIndex 247.9 219.0 247.4

Sixty years after the fiery Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, N.J., Germany's Zeppelin airships are

A shipper group that wants railroads to compete more aggressively with each other says Union Pacific

Oct. 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Delegates from more than 100 nations began talks here Friday on harmonizing rules that identify the

The new name is HUAL.As if you were Southern.''Who all is coming to lunch?''HUAL . .

OFFERS TO BUY* COPPER ROD. ASTM B49/78. For making electric wire. Cu: 99.95 percent min. Dim

In years past, logistics was done on a need-to-know basis. Today, it seems everyone needs to know.

''User fee'' or ''export tax''?''Parallel imports'' or ''gray market goods''?The two big tra

Third-party logistics has become a comfortable niche for some trucking companies that once viewed su

WISCONSIN'S INSURANCEREGULATOR WILL RESIGNMADISON, Wis. - Josephine Musser, Wisconsin's insu

Largely due to a combination of excess capacity and fierce competition for business, real non-life p