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The U.S. dollar slipped on profit-taking in lackluster trading Monday after its brief rise above 1.7

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VENEZUELA TO INCREASEOIL EXPORTS TO BRAZILCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela is to increase oil

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After years of bitter debate, the ocean shipping industry is on the verge of deregulation.Bu

Plans to create a free-trade zone involving 15 European Union member states and 12 southern Mediterr

Latin American customs directors who met recently in this gateway city say they are pushing ahead wi

For years the Sisters of Providence, a Roman Catholic order headquartered in Indiana, owned timberla

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILSWEST OF PHOENIXMONTEZUMA, Ariz. - Vandals apparently released the brake

CHURCH FORGIVES ACCUSEDARSONIST BUT INSURER SUESSPARTANBURG, S.C. - Parishioners forgave the

Lloyd's of London edged a little closer to danger last week when a California Appeals Court ruled th

Ocean carriers in the Europe-Asia trades are making a concerted effort to raise freight rates and en

Pressure is mounting on P&O Nedlloyd to make an early decision about which consortium the newly merg

Three weeks ended Mar. 1, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. said it has attained ISO 9002 certification.''Meeting the ISO 9002

March 7, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Under growing pressure to innovate or die, customs brokers are increasingly concerned about the futu

Don't expect oil prices to rebound this year after sharp drops following increased production and fl

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 15, 1996 - March 7, 1997 (a graph)

''He was basically bumped. They didn't want this guy who was Jewish to make the visit.''

It's still the same old story for Northwest ports in the forest products game: Diversify or die.

Asian leaders, under domestic political and social pressure, charged that new trade barriers arising

SHIPSSTEVEDORES CANCELSTRIKE AT PARANAGUASAO PAULO - The Stevedores Union at Brazil'

Despite a recent exchange of contentious letters, trucking and railroad representatives will resume

JUDGE FREES 6 ACCUSEDIN STOWAWAY MURDER CASEHALIFAX - A Canadian judge freed six Taiwanese s

The Philippines is accelerating a reduction in the tariff on corn imports in a move to stimulate the

Friday, March 7, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

A new consultant's study of utility deregulation concludes that two railroads - Burlington Northern

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.05 up 1.46 w

ARGENTINA'S YPF SEEKS20 PERCENT SHARE IN PIPELINEBUENOS AIRES - Argentine oil giant YPF is s

OFFERS TO BUY* SEQUESTRENE FE 138 & TRIGARD 75 WP. Contact: Agrimag S.R.L. (Ciba Geigy). Tel

The Big Three U.S. automakers don't know what's good for them, or for America, when it comes to doll

As of Feb. 28, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

U.S. footwear companies are learning there are still many ways for uncooperative governments to get

US, JAPAN END TALKSON PAPER WITHOUT PACTTOKYO - Japan and the United States ended two days o

The International Transport Workers' Federation, a global coalition of transportation unions, is sup

A state-owned Chinese bank contributed nearly half of a $120 million package that saved the troubled

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 7, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)