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Slight progress was reported in talks over the weekend for a West Coast waterfront contract.

LAKE: US WILL 'CAREFULLY'WATCH HONG KONG SHIFTTOKYO - U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony

Union Pacific Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have agreed on terms to implement

FLATTENED RAIL HEADLED TO AMTRAK CRASHWASHINGTON - A little-understood track defect that cou

The Federal Aviation Administration announced an initiative Monday that will lead to more inspection

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

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Portugal and six former colonies, including Brazil, will fulfill a long-held ambition Wednesday to u

Enron Corp. Monday announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Hrvatska Elektrop

After Hurricane Bertha blew onto the North Carolina coast on Friday, the storm swept up the eastern

Aluminum prices are sinking along with copper as traders scramble to make margin calls and other fin

California has signed.So have Louisiana, New York, Colorado and Rhode Island, states represe

In a move that could provide more than $1 million per year for trade missions, lobbying and other fo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The European Union drew up plans Monday to retaliate against the United States in an escalating row

The House is expected to easily approve today legislation giving the president new authority to cont

Pakistan intends to add 5,000 megawatts of new generating capacity by the end of the decade, part of

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 -

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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