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A story on Page 1B of the April 22 Journal of Commerce, headlined ''UPS pilots begin strike authoriz

JAXPORT CRANE OPERATORSHONORED FOR RECORD SPEEDJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Port Author

The first large-scale airport privatization in Latin America is about to take off.Argentina

The sleek new Route M-5 superhighway between here and Budapest looked like a ghost road one recent a

COAST GUARD PROGRAMGETS A WEB PAGEWASHINGTON - Information about the Coast Guard's Port Stat

Having decided some time ago that it needed to take a more active role, Hong Kong's Marine Departmen

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 23, 1997 (a graph)

The trade imbalance between the United States and Turkey grew to a whopping $1.1 billion in favor of

Risk International Services Inc., a leading provider of risk-management services, announced Wednesda

Russian rail executives met with Nikolai Aksenenko, the new minister of railways, here as pressure m

Martha Hale is tired of having to call individual transportation carriers and ask them to fax her ba

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

Michigan's CMS Energy Corp., parent to one of the largest utilities in the Midwest, continued its ov

Congress pressed its attack on supercomputer export policy this week as a key committee urged Presid

U.S. tobacco companies are unlikely to face abroad the same pressure to negotiate multibillion-dolla

More than 60 percent of Japanese manufacturers in Asia say rising wages outside Japan and inefficien

Canada's three major cigarette-makers today will fight the will of Canada's Parliament to the last g

POLL SHOWS SUPPORTFOR AUTO RATE-CUT PLANBATON ROUGE, La. - Backers of Gov. Mike Foster's pla

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is a big guy. He stands about 6 feet 4 inches with a broad, open face

ABF Freight System Inc., the fifth-largest carrier consolidating small truck shipments in the less-t

April 23, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

April 23, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 22, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Bangladesh has posted troops at major power installations after an apparent attempt to sabotage the

British Columbian truckers will soon have to put in hundreds more hours of training and possess good

OFFERS TO BUY* FISH MEAL AND FROZEN CHICKEN WINGS/FEET. Origin: North America. Contact: Ms.

ONGOINGExport Documentation, Procedures and Letters of Credit. Seminars in May and June spon

INDONESIA TO PUTAUTO PROGRAM IN GEARJAKARTA, Indonesia - The government will provide ''whate

A Stockton Superior Court Judge has upheld a California law limiting motorists' ability to collect p

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday predicted its planned joint purchase of Conrail Inc. with CSX Corp.

LEIF HOEGH POSTSINCREASE IN PROFITLONDON - Improved results from the refrigerated cargo and

Wednesday April 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

The dramatic saga of troubled Canadian gold explorer Bre-X Minerals Ltd. may soon be coming to a mov

CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp., the prospective buyers of Conrail Inc., are in a hurry.

Blaming severe winter weather, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Tuesday announced a 20 percent red

Tuesday, April 22, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

UNITED EFFORT SOUGHTON SUPERFUNDWASHINGTON - With a battle once again looming over reforming

ALLSTATE CHAIRMAN REPORTSFIRM'S 'BEST QUARTER EVER'NORTHBROOK, Ill. - The Allstate Corp. rep

The former owner and chairman of Golden Eagle Insurance Co. seems hopeful he can wrestle his company