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The story headlined ''Hyundai, NYK come together in space-charter agreement,'' appearing in the Dec.

Quill Corp. will open a regional distribution center this fall, with about 40 employees.The

Federal restrictions to stop the spread of Karnal bunt, a wheat fungus, have idled some wheat shipme

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

Europe's beef trade may never fully recover from the BSE crisis that created consumer panic around t

The European Union will open an official inquiry Wednesday into France's plans to inject cash into s

In many ways, Asia is the ideal electronic marketplace.It has hundreds of millions of potent

Walt Disney Co. and a video distributor were ordered Friday to make a down-payment of 100,000 francs

Price-sensitive farmers and sluggish export demand are putting a hammerlock on rail grain traffic th

1501 (Dec. 13, 1996) Previous day - 1490The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.75 up 1.26 w

ENRON PLANS AD CAMPAIGNTO BOOST ELECTRIC POWERHOUSTON - Enron Corp. plans to unveil a nation

The U.S. government should continue to let states decide how to ensure retail customers benefit full

REGULATORS HALT DREDGINGIN PART OF KANSAS RIVERKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Federal officials denied a

It's the stuff of nightmares for traffic managers in agricultural exporting firms: A refrigerated co

Merger mania among Eastern U.S. railroads is reaching a fever pitch one week before Conrail sharehol

Guatemala's president vows his administration is cracking down on corruption, but steamship lines co

One of the biggest fallacies in port development is the old line that if you build it, they will com

William Daley, a Chicago lawyer who helped Bill Clinton reach the White House in 1992, was expected

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.46 off 0.41

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The U.S. dollar fell slightly against most major foreign currencies following weakness in world equi

The Mexican government responded Thursday to U.S. safeguards protecting domestic corn brooms by impo

Countries of the hemisphere must agree early next year on negotiating terms for a regional free trad

Digitalized products, such as personal computers and mobile phones, proved big hits on the Japanese

1490 (Dec. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1477The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The country's major airlines have gained the upper hand in the debate over aviation funding - and th

Vietnam said on Thursday that a stack of foreign joint-venture projects would be approved in the com

Dec. 12, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

VARIOUS EXECS PROMOTEDAT PHILLIPS PETROLEUMBARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips Petroleum Co. name

Bre-X Minerals has denied reports the Indonesian government canceled initial approval for permits to

China denied Thursday pressuring Walt Disney Co. to stop production of a film on Tibet's exiled spir

The insurance industry will have a chance to put a bit of a shine on its tarnished reputation thanks

This week provided some of the best of times for Newark International Airport's cargo business. But

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 12, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Negotiators sealed this week's high-tech free-trade deal with a little booze.Actually, quite

PACCAR INC. PROPOSESONE-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLITBELLEVUE, Wash. - Heavy-duty truck maker Paccar I

The National Transportation Safety Board laid the blame for February's runaway train derailment in t