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NITL SEEKS DELAY ON CONTAINER RULESWASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportati

Several traders are lobbying to have the close of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange's Comm

Canadian mining company Noranda Mining Inc. has signed a pact to clean up the historic Blackbird Min

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 235.64 off 1.00 w

Exporters and importers that ship by air are facing a new round of increases to their freight bills

With competitors Chi-Chi's and Taco Bell installed in the region, Taco Cabana Inc., a Tex-Mex-style

American electronics manufacturers are selling far less than their overseas competitors, according t

The Philippine Foreign Ministry will revamp its missions abroad to be more responsive to the needs o

China will be a significant importer of cotton for years to come, adding to a world imbalance of dem

Senate and Defense Department investigators blamed Navy mistakes and the weakened finances of two sh

The German line Hamburg Sud is consolidating under single management its various shipping subsidiari

Draft statements and preliminary speeches at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference here de

OOCL REEFER BOXES TO DEBUT THIS SUMMERPLEASANTON, Calif. - Orient Overseas Container

Consumer prices climbed 1 percent in April from the previous month, bringing the increase from April

The European Union set tough terms Wednesday for six Eastern and Central European nations seeking to

The European Commission called Wednesday for tougher sanctions against companies that break the Euro

Consolidated Rail Corp. has named Cynthia A. Archer as senior vice president of the carrier's interm

Industrial production has taken a sudden leap in the Czech Republic this year, supplying the missing

With the chance of the hoped-for $700 million federal grant now uncertain, the Alameda Corridor Tran

A Union Pacific official said the railroad's mainline to Spokane, Wash., likely will return to norma

The market for Asian bulk coal shipments is expected to double by the year 2000, but traditional pat

Rep. Herbert Bateman, R-Va., chairman of a special oversight panel on federal maritime programs, tol

The National Maritime Union, one of the nation's oldest seagoing unions, is facing economic and lega

Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh said Wednesday that Iran would sell Turkey 4 million metri

The "hot dog dispute" between the United States and South Korea has reached the World Trade Organiza

Prices for Kenyan coffee dropped between $5 and $10 at Wednesday's weekly auction here, more or less

2344 (May 3, 1995) Previous day - 2351 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Bernard Sacks, a former lawyer for the National Maritime Union, recently testified that he paid $3,0

U.S. trade with the rest of the world is growing at a double-digit pace, but it plummeted with sub-S

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico, the state-owned railroad heading for the auction blocks, is seek

Last-ditch talks between the United States and Japan on automotive trade have upstaged meetings that

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL TO CLOSE NY PLANTNORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. - Occidental Chemical Cor

International Petroleum Exchange May 3, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)__

PCS PEGS BLAST COSTS AT OVER $125 MILLIONRAHWAY, N.J. - Insurance costs for the bombing of t

An altered political landscape has rejuvenated efforts in California for some form of no-fault auto

Wednesday, May 3, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar entered a holding pattern Wednes- day, as market participants awaited news of the ou

Large U.S. rice sales on the books to Iran probably will be shipped despite an executive order to ha

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &