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Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is finalizing language on a legislative plan to establish a national nat

SFS OPENS DISTRIBUTIONFACILITY AT PARIS AIRPORTPARIS - Leading independent French cargo hand

As of July 12, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Like generals marshaling their forces, insurers amassed their catastrophe teams along the southeaste

Large port or small, it seems everyone is thinking about rail corridors these days. Officials at a s

Kathie Lee Gifford isn't going to have much of a summer vacation.The television celebrity -

July 12, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The men of Marcus Hook have been making honest livings by going off to sea ever since the seven-mast

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

The quiet tone that was prevalent in May continued through June and frankly looks like it will conti

Negotiations for a new West Coast waterfront contract resumed at the weekend after a two-day hiatus

Importers of wool products are getting a reprieve as the U.S. government heads back to the voting bo

With lights flickering on and off around India's capital, industries have been ordered to close for

JAPAN TO INVESTIGATEGASOLINE ALLEGATIONTOKYO - The trade ministry will investigate an allega

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 12, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Taiwan President Lee Teng-Hui vowed Friday not to withdraw state-funded organizations from Hong Kong

July 12, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Despite the honored place agriculture has in Japan, the Japanese government's protection of the silk

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Senior officials from 18 countries on both sides of the Pacific agreed Friday that economic growth m

ST. PAUL REG. William Davis was named to the new position of senior vice president-worldwide

Barwil Oceanic Agencies, serving as agents on the U.S. West Coast for BHP International Marine Trans

The eastern German chemical industry urgently needs further investment for a permanent recovery, the

Fiscal reform in industrial countries - lower deficits and viable welfare plans - can do much to neg

U.S. and Latin companies are trying to assess the economic fallout from a controversial U.S. decisio

As litigators prepare to sue foreign investors over U.S. assets seized by Cuba 36 years ago, the exa

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

CHINA NIXES CANDIDATEFAVORED BY HONG KONGHONG KONG - China has ruled out Hong Kong's favored

SP SHAREHOLDERS CALLEDTO AMEND AGREEMENTSAN FRANCISCO - Southern Pacific Rail Corp. schedule

The three largest U.S. manufacturers of heavy construction and farm equipment predict bullish export

GUARDIAN BUYS UNITOF LEGAL & GENERALLONDON - Guardian Insurance, the general insurance subsi

The insurance industry sustained a setback Thursday when legislation that would start up a $10.5 bil

The global Textile Monitoring Body - an arm of the World Trade Organization - has until the end of t

The U.S. dollar will ascend in anticipation of a quarter-point increase in U.S. interest rates, curr

Union corruption, strike benefits and the financial health of the Teamsters will be up for grabs whe

1116 (July 12, 1996) Previous day - 1120The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Higher prices for trucking, charter air cargo movements and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway transpor

Insurance industry officials met with Vice President Al Gore and other Clinton administration offici

Like other shipping companies in the Latin American trade, carriers of roll-on, roll-off cargo are r

BEIJING BANS BURIALSON AGRICULTURAL LANDBEIJING - The Beijing city government has banned bur