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Less than three months after President Clinton ordered a speedup in export licensing, industry offic

For the first time in more than two decades, a railroad union has endorsed a major merger prior to i

Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Cathay Pacific Airways is extending its Hong Kong-Toronto freighter service to Chicago and New York

The European Union Wednesday proposed a carrot-and-stick approach to prevent trade conflicts eruptin

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

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on buying by major commercial banks.Corporations showed less i

Beijing said it regretted a U.S. decision to hold up $10 billion in loans to China over alleged arms

Trucking should continue to dominate the freight industry for the next decade, even as other modes o

The United States and Germany signed an agreement to open their aviation markets to one another Thur

After a long history of contentious relations, railroads and labor are finally beginning to mesh mor

A freeze on foreign investment in Cuba and dampened foreign investor interest in the United States w

FRUEHAUF LOOKS TO SELLNONCORE BUSINESESSINDIANAPOLIS - Fruehauf Trailer Corp. Thursday repor

Getting cargo to West Africa is one thing. Getting cargo into the area's remotest regions is quite a

Kevin Shields is attacking one of the trickiest trades in the business.Mr. Shields just star

When President Jiang Zemin announced radical reductions in tariffs in November, grand visions of exp

Translation costs for foreign shipowners calling at French ports could tumble with the collapse of o

The financial crisis buffeting Germany's largest shipbuilder, Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG, is reopening

It was the most telling proof yet of the new power balance between Europe and Asia: the emergence tw

The House Thursday voted overwhelmingly to end six decades of federal government intrusion into farm

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In the wake of the recent Sea Empress oil spill disaster off Wales, the maritime industry is bracing

Japan on Thursday threatened to yank seven hard-won routes from Federal Express Corp. unless the Cli

P&I CLUB TO HELPVICTIMS OF OIL SPILLOSLO - Assuranceforeningen Skuld will make interim payme

As of Feb. 29, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are becoming a transit route for drugs and a have

Thursday Feb. 29, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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Calls by top Russian officials Thursday for broad trade curbs have turned a flap over frozen chicken

In his latest bid to block foreign investment in Iran, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato has told Japan's JGC Cor

LAWMAKER EXPANDSO'LEARY INVESTIGATIONWASHINGTON - The head of a House investigative panel sa

Feb. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's state oil monopoly, announced 1996 production goals Thursday o

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France's unemployment rate inched upward last month to 11.8 percent, a 0.1 percent increase from Dec

1364 (Feb. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1379The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Gianni Agnelli, Italy's most powerful businessman, stepped down after 30 years as chairman of Fiat a

Our Feb. 2 column described a documentary collection as shipping documents sent to a bank along with

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