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Contracts, still relatively young in the ocean shipping world, are experiencing an identity crisis.<

The White House is expected to launch this month an aggressive high-level campaign to save two belea

Friday, Feb. 28, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The sound of punch bowls being put back in the cupboards is ringing through world financial markets

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 28, 1997 (a graph)*

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

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Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway made its longest movement of Powder River Basin coal, reach

IRAQ TO UN: INCREASEOUR OIL SALES INCOMEBAGHDAD - Iraq is holding talks with the United Nati

Charles G. Peterson, who is in the process of selling his midsize trucking company Direct Transit In

Softness in railcar orders and other parts of its transportation business prompted Greenbrier Cos. t

A massive project to produce, transport and export Alaska North Slope natural gas to Pacific Rim mar

John Terpstra, ousted as executive director of the Port of Tacoma, Wash., at the beginning of the ye

The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange is looking into circumstances surrounding Colombia's contradictor

KCS WANTS TO REMOVESOME VICKSBURG RAIL LINESVICKSBURG, Miss. - Kansas City Southern Railway

RYDER AUTOMOTIVECARRIER SERVICESScott R. Francis is the new vice president and chief executi

Three weeks ended Feb. 22, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

For the week ended February 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

The nation's two submarine makers - Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat Corp. - agreed to wo

In the world of international trade, importing textiles and apparel can be a very risky business.

When the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America moves into its new Washington,

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America begins its second century this year

Apparel and footwear designers don't just think of the latest fashion trends or fabric textures when

For customs brokers and freight forwarders, the World Wide Web is becoming much more than a toy - it

On the mend from decades of economic mismanagement, Latin America is eyeing the close of the century

U.S. exporters and manufacturers targeting South America are finding Brazil to be a logical distribu

The National Export Strategy, an annual plan for the five U.S. departments and eight agencies that d

New air security measures could throw a kink into cargo flow and ultimately raise the cost of shippi

STATE FARM ACCUSED OFDECEPTIVE SALES PRACTICESBLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Two policyholders have acc

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCEDale E. Kelley was named divisional president of the Cincinnati comp

Cigna Corp. said Friday it was strengthening its health insurance business by buying Healthsource In

HCC INSURANCE'S NETJUMPED IN 4TH QUARTERHOUSTON - HCC Insurance Holdings reported a jump in

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush says he has written evidence showing that former

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 27, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

YEMEN GOVERNMENT:US HOSTAGE RELEASEDSAN'A, Yemen - An American oil engineer kidnapped nearly

U.S. relations with Mexico could improve following President Clinton's move late last week to certif

The United States last week slammed Japan's interim report on the upcoming revision of its deregulat

SPRINT, TELMEX FORMUS MARKETING VENTUREKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Telefonos de Mexico and Sprint Cor