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Fruits and vegetables may not fit the usual rationale for moving freight by air - high-value and low

The French government said it planned to privatize Thomson-CSF through a private placement with the

Meeting a long-pending demand of industry, the government announced Wednesday the formation of a Tel

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Three new ship lines entered the Atlantic Ocean container trades this week, raising the specter of r

AIRFIRST PLANE TOUCHES DOWNAT HONG KONG AIRPORTHONG KONG - Hong Kong's new m

GAZPROM JOINT VENTUREIS SET WITH ARMENIAYEREVAN, Armenia - A joint venture involving the Arm

Oil-rich Norway, which now invests its annual budget surplus in foreign government bonds, may soon s

Southern California, with its huge population and rapidly developing transportation infrastructure,

Full employment can be achieved without necessarily overheating national economies, according to a r

Investors in Lloyd's of London who refused to accept the settlement agreement offered last fall suff

Mexico has signed an agreement that lets U.S. sweet cherries from Washington, Oregon and California

Clean-air standards scheduled to take effect in 2004 will require costly improvements to heavy-duty

BOEING OFFERS 737TO AUSTRALIA'S AIR FORCESEATTLE - Boeing Co. is offering its next-generatio

U.S. and British negotiators made little discernible progress Thursday after three days of talks in

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.38 up 2.07

Fruehauf Trailer Corp., once the nation's leading manufacturer of truck trailers, will seek permissi

Thursday Feb. 20, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

TRAVELERS TO APPEALCALIFORNIA CASEOAKLAND, Calif. - Travelers Insurance plans to appeal a $2

FASY SEAWAYS EXPANDSTO BALTIMORE, NEW YORKPHILADELPHIA - Fasy Seaways Inc. is now serving th

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

''Fidel Castro must be laughing all the way to the bank.''

Mexico's national trucking association vows tireless lobbying to ensure that laws on mostly U.S.-own

The Clinton administration firmly rejected Thursday any role for the World Trade Organization in a d

Russian negotiators got tougher with the European Commission in talks this week in Moscow on a new s

LANDSTAR LOGISTICSAlan Whitten joined this Jacksonville, Fla.-based third-party transportati

Caribbean rum exporters have asked the United States and the European Union to scrap their planned a

Feb. 20, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 19, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Do you remember the classic math problem that asked this question: How long will it take two trains

Feb. 20, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 2.9 milli

Homeowners rarely invite real estate agents to see their houses unless they're putting them up for s

New Jersey drivers continued to pay the most for auto insurance, state insurance regulators said in

The Clinton administration has been asked to jump into a corruption scandal involving one of South K

Ecuador's emergency economic program, including austerity and other measures, will probably be annou

CHILE MULLING BILATERALTRADE PACT WITH USSANTIAGO, Chile - Chile is considering a bilateral

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It was the old good news-bad news scenario for January rail freight traffic.The good news is