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MEXICO FAILS IN CUTTINGMAQUILADORA IMPORTSMEXICO CITY - The some 3,403 maquiladora plants in

Russian gross domestic product and industrial output were higher in January than a year earlier, the

''It's not worth going to Mexico to get a haircut.''

U.S. executives and local business leaders are now questioning Turkey's long-term investment outlook

EU OFFICIAL: BUSINESSOUTSIDE EMU WILL SUFFERLONDON - Companies that are not involved in Euro

As of Jan. 31, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Processing trade was a foundation stone of China's economic boom when the Asian powerhouse reopened

The chiefs of two leading American computer and semiconductor manufacturing corporations have called

SHIPSUS-DOMINICAN GROUPRAISES COCOA BEAN RATESMIAMI - Members of the Hispani

It has been less than a year since ship lines and container lessors struck a landmark deal to reduce

In this quiet Texas port of Galveston, the port chief has been fired amid allegations of sexual and

Door-to-door air freight companies like Federal Express Corp. and United Parcel Service will capture

'K' LINE TO LIQUIDATEUS SUBSIDIARY IN MARCHTOKYO - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (''K''

1415 (Feb. 7, 1997) Previous day - 1406The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Feb. 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A U.S. Department of Labor official paused during her discussion last week about sweatshops to ackno

Bolivia's pending entrance into the Southern Cone Common Market will add 7 million consumers and ano

After eight years of a bitter corporate battle, two of the larger companies in Trinidad and Tobago h

Seagate Technology Inc., the world's largest independent maker of computer hard disk drives, often t

The end is near for Tovalop and Cristal. But are shipowners and charterers prepared for the changes

A former United Parcel Service employee is under investigation by federal agents in the theft of sem

The new president of Crowley American Transport, raised in Neshoba County, Miss., had ancestors in u

ALLIED HOLDINGS' PROFITFALLS AS REVENUE RISESDECATUR, Ga. - Allied Holdings, North America's

Weyerhaeuser Co. chose J.B. Hunt Transport Services to handle all of its truckload shipments from it

PROFITABILITY REPORTFOUND TO BE MISLEADINGLANSING, Mich. - D. Joseph Olson, state commission

HARTFORD'S NET INCOMEJUMPS IN FOURTH QUARTERHARTFORD, Conn. - The Hartford reported a fourth

Lloyd's Japan Inc., an insurance underwriter formed by Lloyd's of London, has strong expectations th

Baseball star Wee Willie Keeler used to say the key to successful hitting was to ''hit them where th

The Massachusetts auto insurance market is in turmoil since state Insurance Commissioner Linda Rutha

TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.This Dallas-based manufacturer announced four promotions in its railc

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

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

NATIONS AIR CARRIES ONDESPITE MILITARY SNAFUATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The president of Nations A

With Iran promising to speed up work on a crucial link, the prospect of faster, cheaper freight move

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

Shipments of Mercedes-Benz sport vehicles produced in Vance, Ala., will not be exported through the

In the Feb. 5 edition, a photograph on Page 1B of The Journal of Commerce, headlined ''Crew relieved

Germany's DSR Senator Lines said Friday that, despite some delays, it still expects South Korea's Ha

CANADA'S IPC WINSSUDAN OIL CONCESSIONKHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan has awarded the Canadian compan