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Foreign purchases of U.S. Treasury securities totaled a record $73.5 billion in the third quarter, h

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BRUSSELS ACKNOWLEDGESMAD-COW CRITICISM VALIDBRUSSELS - EU Commission President Jacques Sante

Unity among cotton growers will be more important than ever to cotton's continued viability because

JAXPORT OFFICIALS REPORTFIRST-QUARTER INCREASEJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Trade with Puerto Rico co

APL LTD.Stan W. Graff has been named senior manager, sales and marketing, for the automotive

Canadian National Railway Co. will acquire 75 new high-horsepower locomotives as part of a C$530 mil

Some wonder how Korean and German cultures will work together, arguing that the differences are too

Facing pressure from rival Charleston, S.C., officials at Savannah's port want to speed up the next

Gregory T. Bakalich has visions of shippers across America, in office towers and warehouse docks, ga

PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONALCHANGES STATUS IN MEXICODES MOINES, Iowa - Principal International In

The state Insurance Department has failed to properly monitor money insurance companies are supposed

Jardine Matheson & Co., one of Hong Kong's oldest conglomerates, is whittling back its spread of int

A big issue - banks selling insurance - in the small state of Rhode Island has prompted an unusual s

The impact on the global shipping community of a massive claim for liability damages running into bi

Lawyers representing former insurance lobbyist Clay Jackson, whose 1993 conviction for bribing a sta

Fifteen years ago, when Gary Parker worked for Coca-Cola, he would gather information for topexecuti

Only a few of the 62 containers washed overboard from a Hapag-Lloyd ship last week off southwest Eng

Suggesting at least a temporary pause in San Francisco's long slide from grandeur as a seaport, the

Wallenius Lines, the Swedish vehicle-carrier, is investing in South Korea, where it predicts a signi

The Dow Jones industrial average wasn't the only stock measure to cross a millenary point when it hi

Ryder do Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Ryder System Inc., has invested in Companhia Transportadora e

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 12, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

FELIXSTOWE BIDSTO BUY IPSWICHLONDON - Felixstowe, Britain's largest container port, has been

A leading U.S. consumer group said a proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines

A top Air France executive said the French government will deliver a proposal for a new air treaty t

When I was in college, the social interaction at parties was often lubricated by something called Bo

HONG KONG TO OPENEXPRESSWAYS TO AIRPORTHONG KONG - Hong Kong this week will open the first o

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Feb. 18, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

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The Australian arm of Britain's Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Monday snapped up its sec

Users of the St. Lawrence Seaway are crying foul and looking for alternative routes with the announc

A two-nation system that imposes enough tolls, fees, regulations and red tape to scare off even the

Wharfingers historically have played an important role in shipping. This is especially true in the

Damark International has signed a $70 million contract with United Parcel Service to have UPS handle

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