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MSAS IN JOINT VENTUREWITH MEXICAN COMPANYBURLINGAME, Calif. - Forwarding and logistics provi

Rotterdam, the world's biggest port, registered a fall in traffic in 1996 but retained its market sh

Eagle Insurance, a division of The Robert Plan, a U.S. auto insurer, has bought Royal Insurance's Ne

President Clinton's decision Friday to delay full application of U.S. economic sanctions against Cub

Stymied in its attempts to forge a North American labeling standard, a business coalition plans to p

Courtly Capt. Gunther Petersen is at ease with the big, new containership, the 6,000-TEU Margrethe M

Despite reaching what appeared to be promising air cargo agreements during the last two years, the p

BOOZ-ALLEN& HAMILTONLEO J. DONOVANVice presidentThe year just ended was one

CONTAINERPORTGROUP INC.RICHARD C. COLEMANPresident1996 marked our 25th year

SAN DIEGO PORTDISTRICTLAWRENCE M. KILLEENExecutive directorThe year

Railroad consolidation that swept through the West in 1995 and 1996 is spreading in 1997 to the East

CSX SELLS SOMECONRAIL SHARESPHILADELPHIA - CSX Corp. said Friday it sold 85,000 shares of Co

Trucking companies that haul intermodal containers at West Coast ports are grappling with the most d

A year of relative calm in labor relations helped to lift Jamaica's bauxite and alumina exports to t

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

A strong economy, which implies higher interest rates, will drive the dollar higher in the weeks ahe

Like the airlines, railroads and truckers before it, the maritime industry is reluctantly being drag

UNITED ARABAGENCIES INC.ANIL J. VITHARANAActing presidentCapital inv

China's troubled relations with the United States should improve in 1997, but disputes over Taiwan,

A new passenger terminal and runway changes are expected to bring more business travelers and air fr

Jan. 2, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 2, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Northeast Utilities has mismanaged its nuclear plants for at least a decade, and if the company cann

Intermodal marketing companies posted across-the-board gains in intermodal and all-highway traffic d

Kent C. ''Oz'' Nelson, chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service, is the 1996 re

LONDON INSURERS EASELAND WAR EXCLUSION RULELONDON - Insurance companies here and Lloyd's of

Canadian Pacific Ltd. is trying to purchase a Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. that has shown resilience in

Think Arkansas.Bill and Hillary Clinton, Whitewater, scandal. All of that sounds familiar. B

It is not the wildest turn on the ship channel up the Delaware Bay, but the bend off Bacon's Neck ha

TWO STEEL FIRMS FORMJOINT RECYCLING VENTUREBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Birmingham Steel Corp. announc

Jan. 2, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Jan. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

A new variety of hybrid wheat is making mouths water in the arid Mid-Columbia Basin with its promise

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

U.S. manufacturers ended 1996 with one more month of bigger export orders and larger imports of mate

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Thursday, as the outlook for higher interest rates was off

India's business community says it is welcoming a government plan announced earlier this week to rel

South Korea's two union umbrella groups said Thursday they would restart strikes as early as today t

MAQUILADORA NUMBERSINCREASE IN OCTOBERMONTERREY, Mexico - The number of export assembly plan