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A leading State Department official Tuesday called China ''the most difficult regime we have had to

ELECTRICITY DEREGULATIONSEEN COSTLY FOR TEXASAUSTIN, Texas - How much would electricity dere

Oct. 30, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Boeing Co., the world's largest plane maker, has a new Internet site designed to give airlines fast

The nation's economic growth slowed to cruising this summer after flirting with the speed limits thi

1296 (Oct. 30, 1996) Previous day - 1281The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

CONSUMERS GROUP URGESREJECTION OF AA-BA DEALWASHINGTON - The National Consumers League has c

* Competition requires rail systems of comparable size and scope:''Railroads compete with ea

The European single market is boosting economic growth, bolstering trade, creating jobs and cutting

SHIPSCOSCO (SINGAPORE) ORDERSBULKERS FROM MITSUBISHISINGAPORE - Cosco (Singapore) Pt

The Port of Long Beach is the first port in North America to handle 3 million container units in one

Attorneys who have worked on a settlement with Prudential Insurance Co. of America over misleading s

ITT Hartford Group has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to all of San Francisco Re's property/ca

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Linda Ruthardt said during a legislative hearing here Tuesday t

An order for two additional offshore oil rigs will help LeTourneau Inc. in Vicksburg secure employme

COTE D'IVOIRE INVITESBIDS ON SUGAR COMPANYABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - The Cote d'Ivoire governm

Efforts to boost Hong Kong's service sector, already larger than manufacturing, are getting a concen

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The Maritime Administration is talking to the National Liberty Ship Memorial about having the volunt

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 3, '95 - Oct. 30, '96 (a graph)* An

Cars and communications are the highlights so far of what officials suggest will easily be $1 billio

MATSON SEEKS MARAD OKFOR A BOXSHIP OPERATIONWASHINGTON - Matson Navigation Co. is seeking Ma

CLUB OFFERS DISCOUNTON SHIPS THAT MEET CODELONDON - Shipowners that insure their vessels wit

Members of a government advisory panel Wednesday disputed the U.S. argument that Japan is opening up

Jordan this week held its first round of talks for entry into the World Trade Organization, and its

With a new business-labor economic pact agreed to for the coming year in Mexico, hopes are rising th

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 241.11 off 2.22 w

IMF MAY RESUME LOANTO RUSSIA IN DECEMBERMOSCOW - The International Monetary Fund may issue t

Applications are pouring into the Maritime Administration for slots in the $2 million-a-ship operati

The jet fuel prices increases of recent months came to a head Wednesday as Lufthansa Cargo confirmed

Norfolk Southern Corp. is offering to break open the rail monopoly that Conrail Inc. has on many Nor

GE Capital is quietly retooling its logistics business after an attempt to enter the growing market

JAPANESE BANK EMPLOYEEEMBEZZLES $30 MILLIONTOKYO - A regional Japanese bank said Wednesday t

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Circle International, one of the few U.S. logistics companies to offer a fully global range of multi

William E. Krause, a sales executive for Flexi-Van Leasing Inc., died Sept. 19 after a battle with c

FIRE GUTS TERMINALIN INDIAN CAPITALNEW DELHI - A fire destroyed a departure terminal at New

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Wednesday, but recovered from an early slide again

Some 80,000 gallons of bunker fuel spilled out of a drydocked cargo ship this week because a shipyar