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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

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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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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

As of Oct. 4, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

LION GROUP EXITSPERWAJA RESCUE BIDKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Lion Group has pulled out of the

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.84 up 1.20 w

The possibility that China may resume exporting limited quantities of corn has left U.S. agriculture

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 3, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

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ASAHI, DU PONT AGREEON SUPPLIES FOR 16 YEARSTOKYO - Asahi Chemical Industry Co. signed a con

LUMBER SHIPMENTSRISE, BUT ORDERS FALLPORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber shipments rose, but orders and

Reports of the death of the African coffee industry have been greatly exaggerated, say African offic

A national corn growers group wants to ban crop forecasters from owning or trading commodity futures

The senior trade adviser to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman is going to Europe this week to meet

Big may be beautiful, but small can be better, especially in the power sector.While large pr

The most recent cyclical downturn of the pulp and paper industry may be substantially reversed by ye

DOT OKS END TO LIMITSON AIR DISASTER LIABILITYWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transporta

A company at the heart of Italy's biggest corruption scandal has reached a settlement in a class-act

SAGA FOREST CARRIERSINTERNATIONAL (CANADA) INC.Christopher Hatzi was named vice president an

The hunger of developing nations to modernize their infrastructure will continue to fuel the export

When freight forwarder Jerry Murphy explains how important shipping rates should be to manufacturers

Manufacturers of farm and industrial food processing equipment say exports to Latin America are comi

Trade deficit? What deficit? Tell it to the U.S. corporations that racked up $4.006 billion in farm

Manufacturers and buyers of heavy farm and industrial equipment are reaping lower insurance prices,

The European Union is pressing forward with plans to fine cargo owners that knowingly charter substa

A U.S. made-car sold here under the Toyota name that was supposed to symbolize a new era of U.S.-Jap

U.S. exporters of farm and industrial equipment had to scramble to get financing when major banks cu

Here are some ways equipment manufacturers make exports work:* Partnering with local dealers

President Clinton's controversial decision to ease export curbs only on some encrypted software has