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Cool summer weather, tough competition between coal and natural gas, clean air rules and deregulatio

WORLD AIRPORTS reported a May rise of 8 percent in cargo over the same month last year.Figur

Couriers are scrambling to enhance security systems in the aftermath of the bombing of TWA Flight 80

CANADA'S REQUESTSBLOCKED BY WTO PANELGENEVA - Canada was thwarted Friday in two requests to

UK, CHINA TO STAGE BASHFOR HONG KONG HANDOVERHONG KONG - Britain and China signed an agreeme

With some 30 nations including China clamoring to join the World Trade Organization, the world's fou

Cargo Facts '96 Used Aircraft Symposium. Oct. 1-3. Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort, Miami. Contact

After months of grueling negotiations and two knock-down, drag-out votes to achieve ratification, We

AGENCY GIVES MINNESOTAGRANT FOR RAIL STUDYWASHINGTON - The Federal Railroad Administration h

Sept. 27, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Just over two years ago, Lasmo PLC of London was fighting for its life in an aggressive takeover bid

The year is turning out to be far better for the personal computer industry than many had anticipate

Nico Colchester, deputy editor of The Economist from 1989 to 1993, died Wednesday of a heart attack

Coastwide strikes and contract negotiations over container cargo produce the big headlines, but the

With six new heavy-lift ships on order, Germany's SAL GmbH & Co. is taking aim at the U.S. heavy-lif

Some things are just hard to describe. Ask a friend to describe a Vandyke beard without the help of

In a warning to the insurance industry, Florida's insurance department rejected Nationwide Insurance

German government officials, weighing the aviation and commercial needs of the country's largest cit

September has always been a month of change. Perhaps it is the weather, the month trading the end of

The first lesson you learn in business is to keep moving. Stand still, and somebody will surely knoc

A high-level U.S. business delegation now visiting India expressed optimism late last week that Indi

Local negotiations over work rules, benefits and breakbulk cargo rates are widely expected to be con

Hong Kong's first commercial network to use computer technology for trade documentation is now the f

CORPS URGES BUILDINGISLE FOR DREDGE DISPOSALNEWARK, N.J. - An island made of silt might be t

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U.S. oil companies have proposed an exchange of Azerbaijani oil for Iranian crude in a plan to ship

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The U.S. dollar surprised the naysayers last week by holding key levels and then powering higher des

The Commerce Department will host a conference Oct. 6-8 in Pittsburgh exploring trade and investment

Raids by tax examiners on hundreds of freight forwarders in Loredo, a key hub for U.S.-Mexico trade,

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For the week ended September 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

A proposed $90 million runway extension project for Newark International Airport would reduce costs

998 (Sept. 27, 1996) Previous day - 994The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Sept. 27, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Europe's coal industry has been forced onto the sidelines as the spotlight falls on liberalization o

The state Commission on Environmental Quality has voted to accept bids that could lead to opening po

U.S.-Chinese trade relations seem to be improving after high-level trade talks here late last week a

More than 250 people engaged in trading and transporting breakbulk commodities are meeting in New Or

Trouble is brewing for coffee handlers in New York and New Orleans, traditionally the two major entr