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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Exporters and senior officials from banana-producing Caribbean countries warned Monday their economi

The Coast Guard is modernizing the exam system it uses for merchant mariner licenses and for unlicen

For the week ended Aug. 31, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '95 - Sept. 9, '96 (a graph)*

IBS IS ASKINGNINE NATIONS TO JOINThe International Bank of Settlements has invited the centr

U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers and China's International United Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd.

The battle between railroads and truckers to tarnish each other's image has crossed the Rio Grande,

The United States and 26 other nations are ''well advanced'' in negotiating an international investm

African countries said Monday they agreed to ease sanctions against Burundi to allow in some humanit

FRANCE SCHEDULESTELECOM PRIVATIZATIONPARIS - The privatization of public telecommunications

After guiding the world's largest airplane maker through a couple of boom and bust cycles, Frank Shr

China will ''by no means'' accept a U.S. decision to cut its textile quota, a spokesman for the Mini

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''Last year was sort of a pooper, but we're starting to see some gains now.''

CANAL PLUS TO BUYDUTCH TV COMPANYPARIS - French subscriber television company Canal Plus sai

U.S. companies are part of two consortia bidding to operate private fuel oil trains in Pakistan.

The United States will hold talks with Turkey early this week on Turkish economic losses resulting f

By turning away South Korean officials and industry groups from a business forum, impoverished North

Japan's trade surplus plunged in July from a year earlier as imports increased, but the pace of the

Commonwealth Group, a New York containership broker, is embarking on a joint venture with Marsoft In

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

SHIPYARD WORKERS PROTESTGDANSK RESTRUCTURINGGDANSK, Poland - Some 1,000 workers at Poland's

India's Port of Madras plans to develop an outer harbor with 12 additional berths at a cost of 15 bi

The North American Transportation Alliance has appointed Gilles Belanger as its incoming president.<

The Clinton administration Monday urged all U.S. makers and retailers of soccer balls to support a g

1056 (Sept. 9, 1996) Previous day - 1063The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sept, 9, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The European Union will press ahead with measures to counter new U.S. legislation against Iran and L

RailTex Inc. won a three-way battle to operate a rail route between Detroit and Cincinnati as seller

CONGRESS ASKED TO OKFUNDS FOR AIRPORT SAFETYWASHINGTON - President Clinton called on Congres

Western Europe's 91st Ariane rocket is scheduled to blast off from French Guiana today carrying a U.

The Japan External Trade Organization said it will co-organize the Asia Pacific Automotive Part & Ac

A three-day visit to Pakistan by a U.S. Commerce Department official appears to have opened avenues

U.S. and other foreign manufacturers of truck tires have 90 days to make suggestions to the Mexican

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A broad-based decline in stocks from various transportation sectors spurred a 0.2 percent fall in Th

P&O Containers and Nedlloyd Lines are to merge, creating the world's largest container shipping comp

CATERPILLAR PLANS TO BUYAQUILA MINING SYSTEMSPEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. plans to buy co

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