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GERMAN METALWORKERSBEGIN TALKS ON SICK PAYFRANKFURT - Unions representing German metalworker

''We are, I suppose, unequivocally ambivalent.''

While most pundits have focused on how Hong Kong will fare after it reverts to China next summer, th

In the largest financial takeover since China's economic reform began in 1979, the Guangdong Develop

Chances are, most people cannot find Mongolia on the map. Not to worry - if needed, there are four f

GM'S CANADIAN STRIKEAFFECTS US WORKERSTONAWANDA, N.Y. - The effects of the Canadian strike a

Leonel Fernandez, the new president of the Dominican Republic, announced late last week economic and

HIGH COURT WON'T REVIEWRULING IN SEAT BELT CASEWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday let sta

Georgia depends on the huge Russian market for its exports of wine, tea and mineral water.Ot

A dispute over calculating market share is dividing the U.S. and Japanese computer chip industries a

Infrastructure weaknesses in Eastern European countries could actually end up being one of the regio

Pakistan's first software technology park is being built in the capital of Islamabad to help the cou

Russia welcomed the better-than-expected credit ratings it received from three agencies that pave th

The Supreme Court Monday rejected Chrysler Corp.'s appeal involving an import-duties dispute with th

SHIPSARRANGEMENTS MADETO PAY, RETURN ALBA CREWPORTLAND, Ore. - Crewmembers o

Miami International Airport, marking a major step in a half-billion-dollar renovation that airlines

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The FBI, responding to pressure from freight forwarders and truckers, has stepped in to help combat

CRANE OPERATORPROGRAM GETS LIFTFAIRFAX, Va. - The National Commission for the Certification

A longshoremen's strike at the Port of Philadelphia is worrying freight forwarders who warn mayhem c

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

Recent attacks on ship pilots read as an unevenly matched and sometimes ugly prize fight. Jab: ''Exo

For the week ended September 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

A joint venture involving Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, bowing out of bidding on a short line in

Three weeks ended Sept. 28, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

EGYPT REPORTS DECLINEIN SUEZ CANAL EARNINGSCAIRO - Egypt earned $151.9 million in August fro

Canadian National Railways last week inaugurated operations of a consolidation customer service city

The world's top maritime industry regulator lashed out at the casual attitude of some shipowners to

1023 (Oct. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1017The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

BRIDGE NewsThe dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New

MARK GUNTHER GIVEN30-MONTH JAIL TERMBALTIMORE - Mark David Gunther, president of Gunther's L

Oct. 4, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Readers of Traffic World magazine, a sister publication of The Journal of Commerce, may be confused

Just-in-time service is taking a hit as a result of the General Motors of Canada Ltd. strike.

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The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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Oct. 4, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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