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As with Chile, the way privatizations are carried out can spell the difference between prosperity an

A decision by the state-run homeowners insurer of last resort to drop animal liability from its poli

State transportation officials said Oregon's prove-it-or-lose-it system of enforcing a state law req

Aug. 2, 1996

Trans-Pacific shipping lines met at the weekend to hammer out an agreement on the future of freight

A raid on the British offices of a Greek shipping company by U.K. tax inspectors is sending jitters

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U.S. businesses abroad are re-examining their security needs following the recent flurry of terroris

A Los Angeles Harbor Commission meeting this week that was designed to heal the wounds of embattled

AIRCONTINENTAL AIRLINESGROUNDS DC-9 JETSCLEVELAND - Continental Airlines temporarily

Does the United States export $100 million worth of crime control equipment a year or $1 billion?

Thursday, Aug. 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American President Lines expects to decide before the end of the year whether or not to launch a tra

The Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's oldest railroad, plans to cut 25 percent of its track in Cana

J.W. Kisling thinks big.Export sales of Mr. Kisling's small firm, Multiplex Co., have more t

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

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies Thursday, following the stock market higher.Tr

After working past a midnight deadline and through the night to try to reach a new semiconductor tra

The fallout from TWA Flight 800 is hitting commercial freight.Most air freight moving on dir

EVERGREEN SHIP RESUMESSCHEDULE AFTER ACCIDENTLONDON - The Ever Reach, an Evergreen Line cont

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 4, '95 - Aug. 1, '96 (a graph)* Ann

It was just past daybreak when Anna Silva, aboard the breakbulk freighter Empire State VI, peered in

MITSUBISHI TO INJECTCAPITAL INTO TROUBLED UNITTOKYO - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday

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China Ocean Shipping Co. is planning to increase its presence in the Europe/Asia trades within the n

Raising the quality and reducing the costs of international transportation by removing barriers that

Refinery operations at a Michigan copper mine remain suspended because boxcars of raw materials cann

LOTT SEEKS SUPPORTFOR MARITIME LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - The Maritime Security Act providing $

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

If a single element of Hong Kong's still enigmatic mix can be said to underpin its remarkable succes

''We are made the scapegoat for a situation that is out of our control.''

A North Korean economic minister stood before a group of capitalists and tried to convince them to i

CUBA IN ITS FIRSTJOINT REAL ESTATE VENTUREHAVANA - President Fidel Castro opened Cuba's firs

In a far corner of Building 10, past the embryos of Amtrak locomotives, General Electric technicians

A federal judge has handed shippers a huge victory in the undercharge wars, ruling that New York can

1062 (Aug. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1066The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Aug. 1, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

A potential clash between the Department of Telecommunications and prospective private operators of

P.A.M. REPORTS DROPIN NET INCOMETONTITOWN, Ark. - P.A.M. Transportation Services, a truckloa

Jordan and Algeria Thursday initialed an agreement envisaging the setting up a tentative one-year fr