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The push to open a third east-west rail corridor for intermodal cargoes crossing Washington state is

US, CHINA TO DISCUSSINTELLECTUAL PIRACYWASHINGTON - The United States and China in early Apr

Pakistan's biggest city almost stopped Thursday in response to a strike called by the ethnic Mohajir

A House-Senate conference committee has reached a deal on proposed product liability legislation tha

The House bill reforming the Superfund cleanup program has been delayed as Republicans and Democrats

David Ballog Jr. is rapidly becoming the Joe Valachi of insurance crime.Back in the 1960s, c

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Japan announced Thursday technology-sharing deals with French electroni

CALIFORNIA PIPELINE GETSOK TO GO THROUGH FORESTLOS ANGELES - A proposed pipeline to ship cru

Strong container exports from North America to Europe contributed to a sharp improvement in Atlantic

Singapore's manufacturing output in January surged 25.8 percent from a year earlier, the Economic De

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 247.32 up 0.43

The House Ways and Means Committee Thursday approved a bill giving President Clinton the power to ex

Canada's February price index rose 0.1 percent from January and rose 1.3 percent from February 1995

A report on shipping reform to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is drawing

The European Commission wants to improve the competitiveness of Europe's shipping and maritime indus

Six decades of agriculture policy may have come to an end when Congress voted to overhaul farm subsi

More than a century after a German immigrant first brewed it in St. Louis, the world's top-selling b

RIPPLES SPREADFROM GM STRIKEDETROIT - The effects of a 10-day strike of 3,000 workers at two

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In the March 1 column, we stressed the need to use negotiable vessel bills of lading with documentar

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AMERICAN RE CORP. (Princeton, N.J.) - Matthew P. Ansbro was named vice president in the reinsurance

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. approved up to $554 million in financing and political risk in

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CHARTRES AREA PUSHEDFOR 3RD PARIS AIRPORTPARIS - A planned third major airport for Paris sho

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Low spending on exploration and mine development makes it unlikely that China will meet its target o

A once moribund bill easing maritime regulation has been revived after key port and shipper represen

Consolidated Rail Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to sell some 400 miles of lighter-density route

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 13, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

American exporters can look forward to easier shipments of consumer goods, but substantive changes w

When the peso crisis rocked Mexico in December 1994 and kicked off Mexico's worst economic crisis in

The Box Club will consider expanding the membership of the Far Eastern Freight Conference later this

1353 (Mar. 13, 1996) Previous day - 1351The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Mar. 13, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The U.S. dollar fell slightly Wednesday, as foreign exchange market participants continued to look t

SAN FRANCISCO: PIPELINEA THREAT TO WATER SUPPLYSAN FRANCISCO - A Chevron Corp. oil pipeline

Oil major British Petroleum Co. PLC said Wednesday it hopes to increase net income by $1.5 billion t