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Boeing Co., for the first time in five years, is boosting its work force.The nation's larges

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An Internet-based service recently launched in Britain will enable airline customers to get real-tim

Lawyers for Exxon Corp. expressed disappointment Thursday over a Texas Supreme Court decision to ser

On the day that the Ideal X - the first ship to carry containers - swallowed its first boxes next to

Looking back 40 years later, it's easy to recognize the biggest change in ocean shipping since the i

After three months of indecisive talking among containerport operators, the Hong Kong government is

European beer imports sank during 1995 - as did freight rates for the top westbound trans-Atlantic c

Thursday, April 25, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 28, '95, - April 25, '96 (a graph)

Mexican government transport officials and the Syndicate of Railroad Workers of the Mexican Republic

SOUTHERN PACIFIC NETFALLS 62 PERCENT IN QUARTERSAN FRANCISCO - Southern Pacific Rail Corp. a

Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer called Thursday for sustainable growth to bring down unemploymen

The State Department instructed the U.S. Export-Import Bank to suspend temporarily final approval of

Apr. 25, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Slowly, steadily and out of the limelight, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has jum

Britain opened the bidding Thursday for another seven railroad companies as part of its sale of the

A House panel with oversight over U.S. shipyards is planning to hold hearings in May on a worldwide

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Japan's food imports rose 9.3 percent on an annual basis, to $51.49 billion in 1995 from the previou

Under remorseless attack from the United States on protection of intellectual property rights, China

After months of hearings and debate, federal regulators have released long-awaited rules governing h

PHILIPS ELECTRONICSAWARDS PACT TO EMERYREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Emery Global Logistics was awa

The UK P&I Club will give more weight to operations in its Hong Kong office, making it a hub for act

The Senate's top maritime supporter, despite proposing changes in agricultural cargo preference laws

WISCONSIN CENTRALPLANS SOLO CREWSMILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Central Ltd. plans to operate freight

Congress moved toward approval Thursday of a $160 billion package bill to fund nine federal departme

CHILEAN COPPER WORKERSPOSTPONE CONTRACT VOTESANTIAGO, Chile - Workers at the Chuquicamata co

Foreign investors shouldn't doubt Portugal's will to privatize state assets simply because it recent

The increasing decentralization of federal responsibilities to the states will be the prime topic at

As of Apr. 25, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Tyson Foods Inc. said it plans to get out of the red meat business and plans to sell five plants, in

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The Consumer Federation of America has accused the National Association of Independent Insurers of e

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The problem with the future is that it's often easy to see where you're going to end up, but it's ha

The container revolution rewrote the book on commercial transportation.Suddenly, the steamsh

EU OFFICIAL DETAILSSINGLE CURRENCY PLANBRUSSELS - EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Yves-Thib

Global talks on liberalizing telecommunications services will go down to the wire, thanks to a polit

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