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You no longer have to be a package to fly United Parcel Service.UPS, the largest freight tra

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

James Wolfensohn, World Bank president, said late last week the bank has earmarked $1.5 billion in c

BANK THREATENS TO BLOCKSINGAPORE FROM BIDDINGMANILA - Singapore may be blocked from bidding

Hong Kong, suffering an unusual and worrying blip in exports, visits its Southeast Asian neighbors s

The United States and Japan differ sharply on renewing a pathbreaking agreement that reserves a shar

The mood of action groups representing Lloyd's of London investors hardened quickly against acceptan

Two key legislators, one from the Senate and one from the House, are taking aim at the centerpiece o

MEXICO MODIFIESORIGIN REQUIREMENTSMEXICO CITY - Mexico has published modifications to certif

For the week ended May 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 156

The ports of Georgetown and Port Royal present distinct challenges for the South Carolina State Port

Banks selling insurance, a source of controversy in the United States, has been a way of life in the

The oldest public adjusting firm in the world has been charged with conspiring to inflate claims by

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The European Commission is about to launch a fresh offensive against the shipping lines that set rat

Profits from ''downstream'' refining activities of most U.S. oil companies should improve this year

In a move against thousands of exporters, a federal court has squelched a class-action suit to recov

REVITALIZATION STUDY SETFOR BROOKLYN WATERFRONTNEW YORK - The city and state will study revi

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U.S. farmers will reap their worst winter wheat crop in 18 years, only 1.36 billion bushels, the Agr

Hoping to avert a shortage of pasta in grocery stores and to prevent mill shutdowns, the government

Despite optimistic projections that a U.S.-Mexico trucking dispute could be resolved this week, it n

Memorabilia collectors who recently purchased coal carried on the legendary Titanic as memorabilia u

Years of increasingly ill-tempered bickering among China, Britain and Hong Kong over the change in s

House factions are gearing up for a widely anticipated - but ultimately largely symbolic - fight ove

GLOBAL MEETING TO FOCUSON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKSGENEVA - The United Nations Environment Program

EXPEDITORS' REVENUE,PROFIT RISE FOR QUARTERSEATTLE - Expeditors International of Washington

MEXICO POSTS SURPLUSIN FIRST-QUARTER TRADEMEXICO CITY - Mexico's finance ministry Thursday a

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SHIPSEU PROJECT TO STUDYCARGO-HANDLING EFFICIENCYLONDON - The European Commission is

At the King Fahd Airport in Saudi Arabia, the sight is magnificent. Water streaming from a huge, gol

A group of U.S. lawmakers returned to the United States from meetings in Mexico this week to report

Major carriers and the United Transportation Union reached the first national agreement in the curre

The divided Air Line Pilots Association leadership at Federal Express Corp. Wednesday narrowly urged

Little has been done to allow insurance companies based in one European Union nation to do business

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