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

INDIA URGED TO LIFT BANON FUTURES TRADINGNEW DELHI - India could gradually lift a ban on fut

Now that the Interstate Commerce Commission has expired, inland marine insurers are wondering what's

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

The U.S. dollar was dragged down by the yen Friday, as the Deutsche mark remained in the dog house.<

INDONESIAN RIOTS LEAVEAT LEAST SIX DEADJAKARTA, Indonesia - At least six students have died

Those worried about a U.S. trade deficit with the Far East should try booking freight with an air ca

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

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

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

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

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Profit was up at American President Cos. for the first quarter, even though volumes and rates were d

The move by major U.S. exporters and key ship lines to partially deregulate ocean shipping enters a

They say time is like a circus, always packing up and moving away. Time is a thread running through

The story headlined ''Socialist Portugal smiles on privatization,'' which appeared on Page 5A on Fri

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

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

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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

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

Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., a publicly listed subsidiary of Evergreen Group, achieved a 23

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, as the poet John Keats wrote in his poem, Endymion. But it can a

Inland marine insurers are known for taking on pioneering projects, from insuring weather satellites

Things were as bad as expected at Yellow Corp., which reported a $14.3 million first-quarter net los

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

As of Apr. 26, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

An informal survey of insurance and courier executives foretells that air shippers will demand broad

The trucking industry is winning some changes it wants in federal safety ratings of carriers, a syst

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

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

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

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

CONRAIL OFFICIAL NAMEDTO ENGINEERING ACADEMYPHILADELPHIA - John M. Samuels, vice president o

The transportation and insurance industries have another tool in the war against cargo theft - the c

What does driving a race car have in common with handling air freight? ''You learn when you race to

China believes making its currency convertible for ordinary transactions faces four ''not-too- diffi