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

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

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

Three Mile Island, the site of the worst commercial U.S. nuclear accident, could become the first nu

The battle lines have been drawn over one of the more onerous issues splitting ranks in the insuranc

The European Commission's transport directorate is poised to propose a raft of measures aimed at kic

A political power struggle inside Iran pushed moderate President Mohammed Khatami into approving a $

Russia is a marketer's paradox.On the one hand, Russian consumers have an insatiable appetit

It is no longer a matter of whether U.S. insurers will expand their markets around the world but how

BANK OF SPAIN CUTSINTERVENTION RATE TO 5 PERCENTMADRID - The Bank of Spain on Friday cut its

As a way to accommodate its growth, Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport - one of Europe's busiest - won a r

SHIPSBAOSHAN IRON TO BUYSHIPS FROM HONG KONGSHANGHAI - Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. said

One group of shipping lines is threatening to impose congestion surcharges at the Port of Manila's S

Boeing Co.'s announcement that it is poised to keep the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as a freighter is go

Thursday, Oct. 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

For centuries, ships plying the world's trade lanes have been the inadvertent conduit for disease an

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 242.59 off 0.47

Oct. 2, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

Oct. 2, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Thursday Oct. 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

With Brazil's flag airline under their belt, two global information technology giants are hoping to

OFFERS TO BUY* VEGETABLE OIL. Used vegetable oil. Send price f.o.b. as well as c.i.f. Karach

Macau is next in line as Customs keeps up a widespread campaign to crack down on illegal textile tra

India is expected to provide competition to Western countries by offering a less-expensive alternati

The House Ways and Means Committee may approve a sub-Saharan Africa free-trade bill when it votes ne

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India may be ready to turn up the lights.For most of this decade, South Asia's complex giant

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

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland, Calif. November and January. Seminars on situat

A group of shipping lines and consolidators has agreed to pay a total of $954,000 to settle charges

A prominent Cambodian businessman known to be close to Second Prime Minister Hun Sen has acquired 1

As of Oct. 2, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

SHIPSPROTEST IS HALTED AFTERNOL SHIP IS REBUFFEDOAKLAND, Calif. - Pickets pr

The Mexican government will split the airport system into four regional groupings for privatization,

Foreign exchange traders overreacted to the Bank of Mexico's announcement on Sept. 22 that it may on

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 18, 1996 - Oct. 2, 1997 (a graph)*

Argentina and Canada have dropped trade barriers to each other's pork and beef, part of a series of

Sweden's second-largest banking group, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, said it wants to buy all the s

The nation's largest shipping lines, the Big Three automakers, famous-name retailers and agriculture

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