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The battle for the lucrative intra-Asia air express market will increase in intensity early this yea

Jan. 26, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Crowley Maritime Corp. has told the unions that staff its tugs on San Francisco Bay that unless they

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

The Czech Republic's trade deficit for 1995 reached 101.6 billion korunas ($3.7 billion), up from th

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The United States is winning its fight to block foreign investment in 11 critical Iranian oil projec

Transportation Department officials confirm that the weaving of intermodal provisions into aviation

As each country is different in Asia, so too are the customs and mores. For the uninitiated the best

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Three Weeks Ended Jan. 20, 1996, vs. Similar 1994-95 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The Port of Grays Harbor, on Washington's Pacific Coast, has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

EVERGREEN UNIT OPENS SENDAI CONTAINER YARDTOKYO - Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.

Some of the nation's largest importers and exporters are politely pushing a key legislator to end hi

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Sen. Bill Cohen, R-Maine, has introduced a bill imposing tough criminal penalties on foreign governm

CF MotorFreight, a less-than-containerload motor carrier, is offering a direct service to Hawaii thr

HARTFORD RE WILL OPEN OFFICE IN MUNICHHartford Re Co., a subsidiary of ITT Hartford Group In

Dust off your lawyer jokes. The Automated Air Waybill Task Force of the International Air Tr

A leading politician in the Windward Islands has told regional governments that they should start ta

The International Monetary Fund appears to be dragging its feet on concluding a $9 billion loan to R

On the eve of a crucial meeting on U.S.-Russia trade relations, the American Chamber of Commerce in

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International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 26, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

South Africa's gold production in December rose to 44.373 metric tons from November's 43.386 tons, b

A state authority that plans to sell earthquake insurance in California has secured what appears to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 3, '95 - Jan. 26, '96 (a graph) (2)

The U.S. dollar's ability to trade higher against the yen may be tested again this week after the U.

A Massachusetts Port Authority plan to merge its container operations at a single seaport terminal h

REGIONAL BLOCS Surfing the Global Net From Caribbean Shores. Feb. 26-27. Barbados. C

Aetna Canada Holdings Ltd. of Toronto sold Aetna Trust Co. of Vancouver to Canadian Western Bank of

Dennis Chookaszian, chairman of CNA Insurance Cos., sees three different kinds of restructuring comi

GCR Holdings Ltd., the holding company for property catastrophe reinsurer Global Capital Reinsurance

While a gaggle of wanna-be occupants of a big white house on Pennsylvania Avenue trade barbs over th

IRAQ SAYS OIL INDUSTRY IS WEATHERING EXPORT BANAMMAN, Jordan - Iraq is capable of ex

A partnership between U.S. and Russian space firms has captured a billion- dollar contract to build