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

New England wool merchants were doing a brisk trade with Argentina and needed a bank to handle their

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

Let's get basic. The World Wide Web enables someone with a computer to receive a page of formatted t

1465 (Apr. 26, 1996) Previous day - 1462The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Mum will be many lips as rail shippers congregate in this Midwestern city for their annual meeting.<

Automakers, spurred in part by a drop in damage claims, are using the railroads more often these day

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

It is said that if you want to understand what is happening today or are trying to decide what will

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Apr. 26, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Sixteen months after the Mexican peso crisis erupted in December 1994, international investors cauti

Some of the nation's top bankers will be gathering in Tucson this week for the annual meeting of the

Chase Manhattan Corp.'s merger with Chemical Banking Corp. created the largest bank in the United St

Some time before dawn tomorrow, a DC-8 will move away from the loading dock at Emery Worldwide's Day

Multistate regional banks are joining the big fish from New York and other money centers in the expa

It was billed as the clash of the titans - the country's fourth-largest airline against one of the b

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Higher values for crude oil, low inventories and summer stock building have conspired to drive U.S.

When southern air freight forwarders and cargo carriers look at opportunity in 1996, the sun may as

When Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman drove to Las Vegas in the movie ''Rain Man'' they were part of a

The spread between air freight rates and less-than-truckload rates has always been huge. But that wa

There has not been this much hoopla in American railroading since a couple of spikes were put down a

A recent spate of accidents notwithstanding, railroading is still among the safest of transportation

As trucking companies attempt to offset recent fuel increases through surcharges, shippers are casti

If you make your living providing a service, one of two things better be true: You better provide be

BNSF TO UPGRADE LINETHROUGH STAMPEDE PASSFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ann

In an effort to revive a private breakbulk terminal that had lost its largest customer last year, ma

For workers on land, the privatization last year of the Navieras de Puerto Rico shipping line has me

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

Trucking in Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor edged toward chaos at the weekend as drivers seeking highe

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 261.81 up 0.43 w

Apr. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeApr. 26, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Apr. 26, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

Apr. 26, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

TEXAS OFFICIALS WEIGHSUIT OVER BEEF REMARKSAUSTIN, Texas - Texas officials are considering a

Apr. 26, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

When China plants a seed, it tends to be a big one. The latest is a target of up to $7 billion in fo