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China will probably turn to private investment to get its intermodal infrastructure off the ground,

MASS TRANSIT PROJECTMAY COME TO A HALTBANGKOK - The company building Thailand's first mass t

The United States is headed for a better trade balance this year despite a sharply higher deficit in

Chinese forestry authorities have suspended logging of primeval forest in southwestern Yunnan provin

Most oil companies in Japan have adopted new pricing policies as Japan is set to liberalize imports

Norsi, one of Russia's biggest oil refineries, has agreed with Moscow Narodny bank to borrow $250 mi

Western National Corp. announced a reduced profit for the year and a loss for the fourth quarter.

Two foreign insurance companies are positioning themselves for the opening of China's insurance mark

The paper you are reading is 168 years and 228 days old - and as new as today.We have a new

Albert L. Kraus, editor emeritus of The Journal of Commerce, died Thursday following a short illness

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 28, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Mar. 29, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The British government Friday gave conditional authorization to Lloyd's of London's proposals to tra

FEDEX PILOTS URGEDTO REJECT PROPOSALMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. pilots should refuse a c

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A rapidly consolidating tugboat industry on San Francisco Bay has led two independent operators to c

MEXICO RESPONDSTO NAFTA COMPLAINTMEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has formally responded

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HEALTH INSURANCE BILLFACES UNCERTAIN FUTUREWASHINGTON - Americans would be able to keep thei

The legality of new bulk vessel operating subsidies recently awarded by the Maritime Administration

Taking advantage of a just-concluded U.S.-Japan air cargo agreement, United Parcel Service is adding

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Friday, March 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trade ministers meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, late last month to forge a Free Trade Agreement of t

The conglomerate owning Hong Kong's largest container handler has won the fight to build the colony'

DAEWOO DEVELOPSDEEP-SEA VEHICLESEOUL - South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. said it ha

French shipowners are bracing themselves for a difficult year due to slowed economic growth, overcap

Mar. 29, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lo

Shippers in this country may lose a chance to get better, cheaper overseas transportation if the Uni

Ailing German shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG said on Friday its equity capital had been wiped out as a

Friday Mar. 29, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

When the National Industrial Transportation League and Sea-Land Service Inc. reached agreement last

RICHMOND ADDSANOTHER RUNWAYRICHMOND, Va. - Richmond International Airport would add a runway

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Shipper groups continue their bashing of the proposed Union Pacific Corp.-Southern Pacific Lines mer

Canada's new restrictions on imports and transshipments of U.S. grain will shut down a 5 million-ton

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

U.S., Mexican and Swiss law enforcement agents will question a senior New York-based Citibank office

SHELL TO IMPLEMENTMONITORING PROGRAMLONDON - Shell International will implement a monitoring