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Faced with a budget crisis next year and growing volumes of trade to inspect, U.S. Customs is consid

''If you travel today to any one of those border crossings you will find a system that will boggle y

World merchandise trade will accelerate next year and rise even faster in 1998, the Organization for

OCTOBER 1996 SEPTEMBER 1996 CUMULATIVE 1996EXPORTS* IMPORTS** EXPORTS* IMPORTS*

Despite a call from some trade groups to open the U.S.-Mexico border to trucking, truck insurers and

Following on their recent decision to drop assessments on local general cargo, labor and management

The widow of a CSX Transportation employee killed in a February train crash in suburban Washington i

In another major consolidation in the world container-line industry, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping C

As of Dec. 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Dec. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Ukraine, known more as an oil and gas transit point than as a producer, says its crude oil reserves

MAGAZINE: 2 EASY TESTSCAN DISCOVER E COLILONDON - Scientists have developed two simple tests

INSURANCE GROUP RAISESCATASTROPHE THRESHOLDNEW YORK - Property Claim Services, the insurance

GULFSTREAM GETS NODFOR NEW BUSINESS JETSAVANNAH, Ga. - A jet that can fly from New York to T

The mystery of the missing Hoffa ballots in the court-supervised Teamsters election has been solved.

TRUCKSCALIBER SYSTEM TO CUT1,500 JOBS AT VIKINGAKRON, Ohio - Caliber System Inc. sai

APL Ltd., in an action that averts a strike but heightens tensions with its officer unions, said it

Drug testing for crews on U.S. ships in foreign waters will be required under a regulation the Coast

PETER BLUTE TO HEADMASSACHUSETTS AGENCYWASHINGTON - Defeated Rep. Peter Blute, R-Mass., will

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 245.60 up 1.06

The U.S. dollar advanced in thin trading Thursday on a strong October trade reading, which pointed t

Thursday Dec. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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The Christmas rush in the package delivery business hit its peak this week as shippers and customers

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Next year's crucial federal legislative elections that could break a decades-long grip on power by M

Lawyers acting for a Pennsylvania-based investor in Lloyd's of London claim they have achieved the f

WINTERTHUR REINSURANCECORP. OF AMERICAThe reinsurance company said its president and chief e

Thursday, Dec. 19, 1996 Percentages Per YearINTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES Canada

Dec. 19, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

An article on Page 1A in the Wednesday, Dec. 18, Journal of Commerce, ''Unions warn APL: Enroll in s

Christmas will be cheery for industrial manufacturer T&N PLC this year, thanks to some special servi

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ITC CLEARS US TO PROBEILLEGAL STEEL DUMPINGWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission c

A study by the Pacific Maritime Association concludes that West Coast ports, which are heavily depen

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