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Even though diesel prices have been falling for the last six weeks, another sector of the trucking i

CHINA'S MFN STATUSFORMALLY EXTENDEDWASHINGTON - President Clinton formally extended China's

The absence of a major tanker spill in U.S. waters over the last five years could mean that federal

The Panama Canal, one of the world's great shortcuts, was scheduled to begin a week of repairs Sunda

A run on the currency triggered by speculators is among a number of trials Hong Kong will face durin

The automaker controlled by Indonesian President Suharto's son Bambang Trihatmodjo plans to launch i

This city's mayor is proposing to create a new agency to buy LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports

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North American truck manufacturing giant Navistar International Corp. officially opened a new plant

Citibank says it will become the first money center bank to start an Islamic bank when it starts the

''We will look at any reasonable proposal, but we're greeting his proposal with a huge yawn.''

HONG KONG WILL RETAINFINANCIAL ROLE, CHINA SAYSTOKYO - Hong Kong will remain an internationa

A unanimous decision by a U.S. government bank to turn down loans for a giant dam in China added fue

Anglo-German relations may be at a postwar low, but business relations have never been better.

BES ENGINEERINGCORP./KERJAYAMalaysiaAmount of contract: $5,412,132Contract d

Some 300 executives with ties to the forest products industry will be assessing the industry's prosp

A broad agreement has been reached on modified Iran-Libya sanctions with the White House, a key Hous

EC FILES COMPLAINTOVER JAPANESE PIRACYBRUSSELS - The European Commission, angry at Japan's f

A special U.N. investigator will examine charges of embezzlement of funds at the United Nations Conf

FEDEX PICKS ANCHORAGEFOR EXPRESS FACILITYANCHORAGE - Federal Express Corp. plans to open an

Broken doors, rough interiors, leaking roofs - these were just a few of the problems challenging pap

Mexican Commerce officials have opened unfair trade investigations into U.S. exports of fuel additiv

As in real estate, the mantra of forest products producers in search of a port is ''location, locati

China's booming export trades could soon extend to seafarers.Chinese authorities are eager t

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A split Jacksonville Port Authority came together long enough to narrow its list of candidates for t

The State Ports Authority, which is being sued by a newspaper challenging its secret search for a ne

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1339 (May 31, 1996) Previous day - 1343The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

May 31, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Environmental regulation, smaller harvests, changing production patterns and aggressive competition

RESEARCH SHIP NAMEDIN HONOR OF RON BROWNMOSS POINT, Miss. - Just over a year ago Alma Brown

A new proposal to open Japan's market to U.S. paper products is on the table, but don't expect quick

Britain's latest privatized rail company is planning a big increase in the number of maritime contai

Overweight containers are a bigger problem than most people, including a fellow columnist on these p

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

The United States and northern European countries remain at loggerheads over the safety of solo watc

The U.S. paper and paperboard industry has made giant strides toward its goal of recovering for recy

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

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