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CLINTON TAPS KAMARCK TO HEAD EX-IM BANKWASHINGTON - President Clinton has nominated

Shippers and carriers who want to take over operations of the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence Seaw

The following transportation executives passed away during 1995. Charles Eli Baron, a shippi

There's going to be a big fight this year over attempts to reform or repeal U.S. cabotage laws.<

Traditional trench warfare between rail labor and management during contract talks moved faster than

Future of the movement "People here are wondering if the ILA is going to be around."_ Willia

The Clinton administration signed an unprecedented 20 aviation agreements in 1995, fully half of whi

David B. Simmons, executive vice president since 1992 with the National Association of Insurance Com

PONDERING A STROLL"I wonder if my dad ever walked this corridor." _ James P. Hoffa, candidat

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

Roy Farrell, a World War II pilot who co-founded Cathay Pacific Airways using U.S. Army surplus tran

3 REEFER OPERATIONS TO BE CONSOLIDATEDLONDON - The refrigerated cargo activities of

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 13, '95 - Jan. 5, '96 (a graph) (2)

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH "It is apparent we would need to increase our ($3.8 billion) offer at the (

A Swedish union said it will host an international union conference about U.S. toy store chain Toys

Vietnam is aggressively selling its coffee amid falling prices to avoid further declines, Asian trad

What an amazing industry. When I left on vacation late last June, it appeared that there was some pr

Oman is hoping to cut its budget deficit during a five-year economic development plan by 68.6 percen

A past dispute with Canada over its restrictions on U.S. television broadcasting may be headed for a

The United States is withdrawing its membership from the International Cotton Advisory Committee bec

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TURKMENISTAN TO EXPORT COTTON TO REPAY IRANMASHHAD, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan will

No story.

Many people use different things to see what the future holds: a crystal ball, a Ouija board, tarot

Egypt's tourism minister, Mamdouh el-Beltagui, says the country hopes to attract some 6.3 million to

Speculative shipbuilding activity that has contributed to so many cyclical troughs in the tanker and

Despite some lingering strategic disputes, Russia and the United States increasingly turned their at

Mobil Oil Corp. sold its exploration subsidiary, Mobil Exploration Mediterranean Inc. of Turkey, to

TAIWAN PLANS TO BUY ON OIL FUTURES MARKETTAIPEI - Taiwan's state-owned Chinese Petro

Jan. 5, 1996 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

Global demand for gold set a record high last year, while production fell for the second straight ye

Energy Department plans to resume reprocessing spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium could jeopard

A top Mexican government communications official and representatives of a Bell Atlantic-Grupo Iusate

Cargo theft claims have continued to roll in despite the best efforts of insurance companies to publ

PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA "This is a perfect country, but we have this one curse and we are des

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1583 (Jan. 5, 1996) Previous day - 1589 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

With 1995 drawing to a close, the Port of Long Beach, Calif., continued to hold its ranking at the n

Southeast Asia, South America and Eastern Europe are the top targets of U.S. exporters looking to ex

South Korea's main economic goal for 1996 is to steer the slowing economy to a soft landing and keep