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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

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

Driven by intense competition, technology and globalization, the insurance industry is undergoing a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 4, '96 (a graph)* An

The London insurance market is arguably the oldest and the largest in the world. But it's having to

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

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

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

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

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

The United States is set to crack down harder on theft of trade secrets - especially by foreign gove

The Ministry of Commerce is taking a more serious look at the causes of a continued decline in the c

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transportation payrolls edged up in September, avoiding the layoffs that occurred in other industrie

The European Union and Japan filed separate complaints Friday with the World Trade Organization alle

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

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

Friday, Oct. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The number of U.S. applications for patents in China nearly doubled in the first half of this year,

A rebel banana farmers' union in the eastern Caribbean has gone on strike over its desire to sell fr

Concerned by a growing tendency of organized crime taking advantage of trade liberalization to smugg

World steel demand will hit a record 680 million metric tons next year, up 3.4 percent from this yea

Proposed changes to Ontario's workers' compensation system will eliminate claims for chronic stress,

The nation's only fee-based vessel traffic system is apparently working so efficiently that it will

CAREY CLOSES TEXASTEAMSTERS CONFERENCEDALLAS - Teamsters President Ron Carey this week shut

Mechanics at ValuJet Airlines voted 42-28 Wednesday to accept representation by the Teamsters union,

HEATING OIL HITSA 5-YEAR HIGHNEW YORK - Heating oil prices reached a 5 1/2-year high at the

Asia-Pacific nations can make life easier for business by banding together on tariff reductions and

Conrail and the Transport Workers Union have asked the National Mediation Board to intervene in dete

Truck shippers are doing their own version of the Macarena as they continue dancing around fuel surc

Two rail operators are taking steps to upgrade their service networks.CSX Intermodal is rebu