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The U.S. Transportation Department, shrugging off interference from Brussels, pressed ahead this wee

2090 (Mar. 8, 1995) Previous day - 2083 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Profit fell 15 percent at a container leasing firm owned by China's state- owned shipping line after

EU PROBES CHARGES OF FERRY PRICE-FIXINGLONDON - Investigators from the European Comm

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will unveil a report detailing the key risk gaps that led t

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The dollar's sudden fall has generated a growing interest in hedging among small and medium-size com

Passage by the Mexican Legislature of a $20 billion U.S. loan package has cleared the way for the go

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The American Textile Partnership is moving ahead with new projects in 1995 as it works with a $50 mi

The European Commission Wednesday called for the creation of the world's biggest free trade zone bet

ALLEGHANY CHIEF TO JOIN SANTA FE PACIFIC BOARDSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Santa Fe Pacific Co

Canadian shippers are bracing for a job action that could shut down portions of Canada's rail system

A stalemate in bilateral aviation negotiations between the United States and China could threaten pl

Chinese geologists said they verified a gas-bearing structure with proven reserves topping 2 trillio

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 234.68 up 1.61 wh

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FISHERMEN HAVEN'T LEFT DISPUTED SITE, EU SAYSBRUSSELS - European Union fishermen hav

With skepticism rampant abroad about the low levels of unemployment reported by China, the governmen

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China International Marine Containers Ltd. reported year-end profit attributable to shareholders of

Gen. Dzhokhar Dudayev, president of Chechnya, is saving sabotage of a key oil pipeline as a last res

Mar. 8, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

East Asia's powerhouse exporters are rubbing their hands in glee not so much at the weakness of the

Japan is better positioned to weather the current round of rapid yen appreciation than it was in 199

Southern Pacific's stance on the proposed Burlington Northern-Santa Fe rail combination, which sugge

The bank that arranged a $1.8 billion credit facility for International Lease Finance Corp. was inco

The electronics sector of Malaysia, its fastest-growing industry, will get a US$100 million boost ov

U.S. inland waterway and coastal barge companies are embarking on a three- year program they say is

While shippers have been waiting for truck rates to come down as promised by proponents of interstat

For much of last year, pundits wondered how far off the mark Chinese Premier Li Peng would be in his

A former vice president of the Travelers Insurance Co. has been hired as executive director of the K

A federal appeals court is again considering who owns a load of gold found in the long-lost wreckage

Prospects of abundant white sugar output in the 1994-95 (October-September) season may prompt India

TEXACO, MYANMAR SIGN EXPLORATION ACCORDRANGOON, Myanmar - Texaco has signed a joint-

Trucking interests nationwide fear federal and state regulators will use a recent study to severely

Evergreen Marine Corp. and its Uniglory Marine Corp. affiliate are jointly ordering 10 containership

A potentially explosive scenario is taking shape in the eastbound trans- Pacific trade, the primary

The 1994-95 sugar crop is poor, and imports seem likely to avert anysurge in prices. The gov

Mar. 8, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.