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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 246.62 off 1.28 wh

SWISS RE NET PROFITJUMPS 33 PERCENT FOR YEARZURICH - Swiss Re reported that 1996 net profit

U.N. Undersecretary-General Yasushi Akashi arrived in Baghdad Saturday to review problems in the imp

Labor is on the front burner in the airline and expedited delivery business this week as three pilot

'I have a program for six years. My (plan) is not dependent on the results of the July 6 election.'<

With a saturated market at home and growing opportunities overseas, U.S. companies are exporting

BEIJING INCREASES ITSHONG KONG SECURITYBEIJING - Beijing police have been placed on alert ag

The Commerce Department has rejected calls to ease U.S. anti-dumping rules for goods in short supply

OFFERS TO BUY* TIRES. Quantity: 1,500. Size: 135/80 R13; 155/70 R13; 175/70 R14. Any big nam

When I first came to The Journal of Commerce newsroom six years ago, the term EDI (electronic data

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Up to 17 percent of Americans lacked health insurance early in 1996, according to preliminary federa

Monday May 5, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing t

Under heavy pressure from the government, Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom has agreed to pay of

The Commerce Department is considering new rules for supercomputer exports in hopes of heading off l

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The U.S. dollar rose Monday in quiet trading thinned by holidays in Britain and Japan.The do

Trinidad and Tobago are expected to approve a new law in September to provide more tools for attract

A controversial Surface Transportation Board ruling that rejected shippers' complaints of price goug

C.H. Robinson, aiming to capture shippers requiring urgent freight hauls, has entered the expedited

The chief investigator probing last May's ValuJet crash thinks the DC-9 nose dived into the Everglad

Six U.S. senators have asked President Clinton to break off aviation talks with Japan until Tokyo pu

The first round of talks between Hong Kong and Taiwan failed to resolve a deadlock on how shipping w

May 5, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the est

AIRBORNE PARTIALLYREMOVES FUEL SURCHARGESSEATTLE - Airborne Express announced Monday it has

Danzas, the international forwarding and logistics group, Monday announced net 1996 profit of 13 mil

Senior world trade ministers have agreed to support a series of pushes to free world trade further i

Tommy Thomsen, president of one of the industry's most powerful containership lines, believes three

U.S. imports of non-rubber footwear - whether those stylish suede stiletto heels from Italy or the s

WALLENIUS UNITS RENAMEDTO BOOST GLOBAL IDENTITYLONDON - Wallenius Lines, the Swedish carrier

If they want to avoid sexual harassment lawsuits, employers in the maritime industry and elsewhere w

A A year after ValuJet became a focal point of aviation safety, the discount airline is getting into

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It is no longer a sure bet that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at the May 20 meeting

A group of senators led by Edward M. Kennedy have renewed their push for an international embargo of

Despite the endless waves of footwear imports pounding U.S. producers and forcing more and more fact

Raul Martini, the president of Brazil's association of footwear manufacturers, is surprised at his i

TRAINSCONRAIL RECEIVINGRAILCAR SHIPMENTSPHILADELPHIA - Conrail Inc., despite its imm

Britain's rail freight industry is buzzing. Freed from the shackles of state-ownership, the railways

For the week ended April 26, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled