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A government decision to bar foreign airline equity holdings in domestic carriers is receiving suppo

Emerging nations such as India should open their insurance markets, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary L

The Federal Maritime Commission has rejected proposed guidelines by the South Carolina State Ports A

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Once upon a time, unions knew where the choke holds were. Unionized steelworkers and coal miners had

Aug. 13, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

A story headlined ''Maritrans reports quarterly results,'' on Page 18A of Tuesday's Journal of Comme

The Port of Corpus Christi says it launched a campaign designed to increase awareness throughout Sou

The insurance industry and the medical profession are squabbling over health-care reform legislation

CANADA-GERMANY CARGOVOLUME SEES GROWTHWASHINGTON - The volume of cargo transported between G

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Australian-flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. Thursday said it would expand its Asian network with ext

Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on Wednesday criticized U.S. legislation aimed at forcing Car

Mexico's Energy Secretariat appears to have partly solved a thorny problem in U.S.-Mexico trade. How

The following are the U.S. Labor Department's price indexes for selected transportation services in

BANKERS ASSOCIATION SETSUP INSURANCE AFFILIATEWASHINGTON - The American Bankers Association

Eight major containerports on the East and Gulf coasts registered double-digit growth in box traffic

DISNEY DISTRIBUTION SITETO BE IN SOUTH CAROLINAUNION, S.C. - Walt Disney Co. looked at six l

Transportation rates maintained their own heading in July, with most continuing to drift upward whil

Ocean Maritime Services Inc., a Houston-based marine services firm, is expanding its presence on the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 23, 1996 - Aug. 13, 1997 (a graph)*

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

Japanese authorities will need to tighten monetary policy later this year when economic growth accel

GE UNIT GETS VIETNAMINVESTMENT LICENSEHANOI - A subsidiary of U.S. giant General Electric Co

BLUE STAR LINERichard Taylor was named regional manager in the Pacific Northwest.He manages

U.S. distillate inventories fell by 800,000 barrels in the week ended Aug. 8 as compared with the pr

Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina said on Wednesday it was studying the possibility of buildin

Ahn Jung-wook is literally losing his hair over the United Parcel Service strike.The Fort Le

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The strike against United Parcel Service apparently is costing U.S. railroads about 10 percent of th

PEGLAR & ASSOCIATES INC.Kevin A. McCaffrey joined the reinsurance broker as vice president-a

WHEAT, BARLEY HARVESTSSEEN RESUMING IN SPAINMADRID - Harvesting of Spanish wheat and barley

A delay in British regulatory approval of PacifiCorp's $9.6 billion acquisition of the Energy Group

TAIWAN OFFERS TO OPENOFFICIAL TALKS WITH CHINATAIPEI - Taiwan offered to open official talks

Raising the stakes in the United Parcel Service strike, UPS unionized pilots called Wednesday for pi

Improved performance in the United States contributed to an increase in first-half profit by British

Enron Corp. said its 1997 gas resource and energy forecast indicates an extremely positive outlook f