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Railroads and their customers are waging a fierce regulatory battle that has far-reaching implicatio

The United States has just five months to convince the world's biggest shipbuilding nations that it

PACCAR SALES,EARNINGS DROPBELLEVUE, Wash. - Paccar Inc., the heavy duty truck maker, reporte

Everybody remembers their first time. For a lot of people, that first time came a few years ago at a

The Newcastle Protection & Indemnity Association, based in Newcastle, England, has announced a 90 pe

Oct. 18, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

China's creaking telecommunications may be sprucing up with fancy new gear, but the country's evolut

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 18, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Home Depot Inc. selected its No. 1, 2 and 3 carriers for the western United States, naming Con-Way W

1145 (Oct. 18, 1996) Previous day - 1118The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Oct. 18, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The World Trade Organization is not yet ready to expand its reach into investment, competition, labo

Kathleen Strange was working as an assistant retail buyer when she decided she wanted something more

Oct. 18, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Friday Oct. 18, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Mexican commerce officials have launched an unfair-trade probe into a Chinese-made chemical product

Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s earnings jumped nearly 40 percent in the latest quarter, helped by high

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee next month will measure the commercial and leg

LLOYD'S COMPLETES SALEOF 1997 CAPACITYLONDON - Lloyd's of London announced Friday the result

Shippers who move cargo across the Pacific have only seen the ''tip of the iceberg'' when it comes t

The head of the Life Insurance Association of Japan showed a cautious attitude Friday toward a propo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Consolidated Freightways, Inc., Yellow Corp. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. reported sharply

A poll released last week shows more than a third of Latin Americans either openly support the retur

Although Customs' five strategic trade centers were conceived primarily as think tanks that would an

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)August 1996 July 1996 Cumulative 19

SHIPPING LINESDELAY HIGHER FEESSAN FRANCISCO - Major shipping lines moving U.S. goods to Asi

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

''The one question I keep hearing is: 'How do we stop this stuff?' ''

The run on the rand, which has dropped nearly 20 percent this year, is providing a windfall for mult

French telecommunications giant Alcatel Alsthom SA said Thursday it won contracts worth $200 million

Iraqi saber-rattling. Arab-Israeli tension. Islamic militancy.None of it slows the ships of

BANKBOSTON SUESTO SELL INSURANCEBOSTON - BankBoston has sued Massachusetts Insurance Commiss

The last in a series of preparatory sessions of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group opens to

Oct. 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Australian consortium building a $1.2 billion hydroelectric project in Laos faces fresh delays a

Oct. 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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Acting Finance Minister Chaiyawat Wibulsawasdi said the ministry decided Thursday to grant full bran

Despite high unemployment and a hesitant economic recovery, a German central bank official said Thur