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Japan, the world's largest aid donor, vowed last week to take the initiative in encouraging more hel

History books will record 1994 as a year of marked change for the Port of Philadelphia. It w

World natural rubber prices are soaring again due to rising demand, falling output and higher prices

Customs brokers expressed concern that the U.S. Customs reorganization plan announced Friday will di

CONTERM CONSOLIDATION SERVICES (USA) Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.) - Stephanie Supinski was appointed re

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Until recently, only one company in Russia was allowed to claim property insurance as a tax deductio

The long-awaited Iron Highway intermodal technology will move from the test bed to the railbed in th

The U.S. Customs Service announced a reorganization Friday designed to move more resources into port

A truck driver about to take his 18-wheeler on a short haul sits down in front of a personal compute

Transax Systems announced the completion of its new manage- ment team last week with the addition of

After a fierce diplomatic scuffle between the United States and France, an agreement was reached lat

The dollar will fall to record lows against the yen this week, as the outcome of the U.S.-Japan trad

The wall comes down first, then the trees. That's the plan of a consortium of Northwest lumb

2 FIRMS PAY CIVIL FINES FOR BOYCOTTING ISRAELNEW YORK - Hitachi Data System Ltd. and

REGIONAL BLOCS After Nafta Advantage: Conference for Apparel and Textile Manufacture

A major U.S. oil firm, Amoco Production Co., will place bids by year-end for oil exploration and pro

More than 90 California public health and environmental safety laws could be at risk if Congress app

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are among the most profitable in the nation, but

Traditionally, when pallets carrying refrigerated goods were unloaded at a Philadelphia's Packer Ave

Despite concern about the size of next year's Brazilian coffee crop, reduced first by frost and now

RUSSIA DENIES PLANS TO STOP GOLD EXPORTSMOSCOW - Russia denied that it was planning

John Hyatt, an international freight forwarder and a history buff, looks forward as well as backward

The supply of hogs and pigs has reached the highest level since June 1980, the Agriculture Departmen

Poor seamanship caused the tanker BT Nautilus to run aground outside the shipping channel in a busy

The sinking of the Estonian ferry haunted the start of a major Titanic exhibition at the National Ma

A developing alliance between insurance brokerage giants in London and Indianapolis sooncould capita

Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's largest company, will establish its own reinsurance company. Othe

AAI ADDS UP INSURERS' CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMYSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The insurance industry pumps

In the first clear sign that independent tanker owners will be able to get the new financial respons

Country Statistic Panama 57.6Liberia

AT&T executives in Mexico confirm that they have been holding discussions with the recently privatiz

The European Commission announced provisional anti-dumping duties on imported color television sets

High-Tech Forwarder Network. Oct. 3-7. Seventh worldwide conference. EuroDisney, near Paris. Contact

As U.S. telecommunications giants team up with Mexican companies and prepare for the opening of lucr

No longer wanting to be known as the offshore banking center of the Persian Gulf, Bahrain is diversi

Emons Transportation Group Inc. reported a net loss of $755,000 for the fourth quarter of its fiscal

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 30, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Insurance agencies are turning toward "benchmarking" to help them survive in a highly competitive en