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American Commercial Barge Line is expanding its operations in South America, hoping that in the not-

Ships only began calling at the new container terminal at Freeport in the Bahamas in May, but port o

Chilean authorities are about to clear a final legal hurdle in their efforts to privatize 10 of the

Small and midsize U.S. companies eager to seal their first foreign deal are frequently looking south

Archer Daniels Midland, the great American ''supermarket to the world,'' has secured a major Canadia

When is a merger not just a merger? When regulators look at it through different colored glasses.

WORLD BANK APPROVESLOAN TO ARGENTINAWASHINGTON - The World Bank said it approved a $75 milli

Mexico and the European Union late last week reached an agreement on economic and other cooperation

The former head of maintenance at Skyway Airlines, one of five employees charged with violating Fede

ANOTHER BANKERS' GROUPOPPOSES HOUSE MEASUREWASHINGTON - The Association of Banks-in-Insuranc

PHILIPPINE CHIEF OKSPORT RATE REDUCTIONMANILA - President Fidel Ramos has approved a cut in

OCCIDENTAL NET HARD-HITBY DROP IN OIL, GAS PRICESNEW YORK - Occidental Petroleum Corp. said

Friday, July 18, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Bath Iron Works and its chief rival in Mississippi remain tight-lipped about published reports that

Officials of West Coast terminal operator Marine Terminals Corp. has received safety awards from the

Private operation of a short rail line targeted for abandonment by Union Pacific is feasible with an

Early on in the privatization process, the Pacific Coast port of Ensenada was billed by some Mexican

Moody's Investor Service has, for the first time, assigned a long-term foreign currency debt rating

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 18, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

China has set up a finance company to tap capital markets and channel funds to nuclear power plants

For the week ended July 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Blue Star Line is reintroducing the Blue Star name to its service between North Europe and the east

TRAINSBNSF SELLS SHORT LINETO REGIONAL OPERATORFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern Sant

The sharp rise in the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico in May is adding more fuel to the gr

Four out of 10 times, consumers get less milk and juice than promised on cartons, the government sai

Pushed by globalization and the increasingly fuzzy line between domestic and foreign-made products,

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OFFERS TO BUY* LAURIC ACID AND COCONUT FATTY ACID. Two to four 20-foot FCL per month to test

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Hurricane Danny moved into the Gulf Coast over the weekend, slowing, and not harming shipping.

TNT LOGISTICS CORP.Hugh ''Skip'' C. Carr III was promoted to director of information service

Three weeks ended July 12, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

Great Lakes Aviation said it has secured a $4 million loan as it continues its comeback after ground

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General Electric Co.'s top executive told New York Gov. George Pataki it might be too soon to tally

TRANSPORT GROUP SLAPSDEFIANT RUSSIAN UNIONLONDON - The International Transport Workers' Fede

Less than three years after Burlington Northern Santa Fe abandoned its 18-month effort to operate a

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