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For the week ended April 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

1848: Pacific Mail Steamship Co. founded by New York tycoon William H. Aspinwall. Using paddle-wheel

Merging Neptune Orient Lines with APL Ltd. will intensify the natural rivalry between the Union Paci

Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines, having announced plans to acquire the second-largest U.S. ocean ca

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 242.71 off 0.43 wh

As of April 14, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The World Bank Group is exploring ways to reshape its financial guarantee programs in a bid to bette

MCI IN PACT WITH BRITISH,PORTUGUESE TELECOM FIRMSWASHINGTON - MCI Communications said Monday

Shippers are relieved, carriers are determined and Japan has its work cut out as a result of a last-

Monday, April 14, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As a new week dawned on India Monday, the political crisis that followed the defeat of Prime Ministe

President Clinton put his stamp of approval Monday on a sweeping agreement between the apparel indus

INDIA AIRLINES ADD FLIGHTSTO CLEAR STRIKE BACKLOGNEW DELHI - India's domestic airlines insta

If Neptune Orient Lines completes its planned acquisition of American President Lines Ltd., it would

April 14, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

April 14, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

President Clinton should just admit that trade integration with South America isn't going to work. I

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 14, 1997 (a graph)

Atlas Van Lines Inc., one of the nation's top moving companies, has won a major network of agents aw

TRAINSPAUL HENSON, CHAIRMANOF KCS, DEAD AT 71KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City

1420 (April 14, 1997) Previous day - 1427The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

April 14, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

ARGENTINE MINES GET 10 PERCENTOF FOREIGN INVESTMENTBUENOS AIRES - Argentina's mining sector

April 14, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

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The crisis between Iran and Germany spread rapidly Monday and threatened to endanger trade with othe

AT&T Corp. said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding to build an undersea fiber-optic cabl

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

BA UNION BOSS FIREDFOR HITTING AN ASSOCIATELONDON - British Airways PLC said the head of the

Increased demand for crude oil is boosting freight rates in the tanker market.Higher energy

April 14, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Three days of talks between Japanese and U.S. aviation officials brought the two sides no closer to

In these days of heightened sensitivity to the diversity and ethnicity of the work force (especially

The newest-version of future shock: APL, a division of Neptune Orient Lines.The surprise acq

As the Boeing Co. strives to lock a third major U.S. airline into an exclusive aircraft contract, in

One of Mexico's most influential trade organizations has joined the chorus against new Mexican label

JAPAN BANKRUPTCY DEBTSNEARLY TRIPLE FOR MONTHTOKYO - Japan's feeble economic recovery contin

University business students from around the world see attractive job opportunities in global trade,

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