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Two leading but very different kind of trucking companies are forming an alliance to help each compe

Federal and state authorities have taken a bite out of air cargo theft, a nationwide problem estimat

Four men, including one Kuwaiti, were charged Thursday with fraud involving the sale of used aircraf

Dockworker unions paralyzed Brazil's largest port at Santos in a 24-hour work stoppage Thursday to p

fedex demonstratescustoms, trade databaseMONTREAL - Federal Express Corp. has demonstrated a

Arnold Industries Inc., a Lebanon, Pa., truck holding company that owns one of the most profitable u

BAA PLC, the British airports operator, is expected to bid for a stake in Germany's Dusseldorf Airpo

The Surface Transportation Board will take a close look at how Union Pacific Railroad's merger with

Successful development of a $168.5 million Global TransPark project is needed to combat the country'

US Airways Thursday announced service cuts that will ground 22 planes and end jet flights to nine ci

1272 (May 8, 1997) Previous day - 1269The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

May 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1085 (May 8, 1997) Previous day - 1086The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

China Thursday issued its first praise of the historic resumption of direct sailings between Taiwan

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Trans-Atlantic carriers embroiled in a series of lawsuits with the European Commission still hope fo

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 7, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

May 8, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

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

As of May 8, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 246.61 up 0.57

May 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 8, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

With the region finally free of war, President Clinton carried modest trade deals to Thursday's Cent

Are they imported relics of the Cold War, gun shop curios or rifles easily converted by criminals to

S&P THINKS TOBACCOLIABILITY REMAINS HAZYNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's continues to believe th

May 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead

PDVSA completes itsUno-Ven purchase planCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan state oil company PD

Thursday May 8, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

May 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.7

Alexander Kulichkov, Russia's internationally known platinum trader, has resigned from Almazjuvelire

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Officials from Enron Corp. and Portland General Corp. made their last pitch to state regulators earl

TALKS HAVE 'SLOWED'FOR AVMIN, ZAMBIAN FIRMSouth African mining house Avmin Thursday confirme

Two rival Nigerian ethnic groups, the Ijaws and the Itsekiris, have agreed in army-mediated talks to

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and Arkwright Insurance Co. are forming an unusual joint venture in pro

Economic and technological changes are sparking a revamp of a China refinery and petrochemical proje

Iran Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh said Thursday that action by the Organization of Petroleum Exp

Turkish Energy Minister Racai Kutan arrived here Thursday for talks with Iraqi officials on building

Claims paid by the California Earthquake Authority may run $40 million more per year than earlier es