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Steep international copper prices may keep China out of the market as a buyer until next year, Hong

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

The ports of Virginia tops the list of gateways for farm equipment exports, including agricultural m

When Emery Worldwide landed an exclusive contract to handle furniture maker Haworth Inc.'s North Ame

GRAPHS: (1) US Domestic Air Cargo Shipment Share by Competitor, 4th quarter 1993 (pie chart)

It's that time of year. The leaves will soon be changing color, the kids are heading back toschool,

The new head of cargo at Northwest Airlines wasn't among the original candidates for the job. In fac

The Port of Boston is losing another automobile client as Toyota plans to move its Boston operations

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Friday, Sept. 23, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Currency trading will be treacherous this week with the U.S.-Japan trade talks going down to the wir

Canada's federal government has until Dec. 22 to decide whether to accept or reject last Thursday's

In the latest round of tough trade actions against Chinese-made goods, Mexican commerce officials ha

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The opening of the world's largest facility for the production of flash memory is likely to aid a Ca

Top-level Nigerian negotiators are to visit OPEC members in October to canvass support for the count

Maurice Fisher, a real-estate executive here, has found a niche that may help U.S. firms expand over

The Indian government seems unlikely to substantially improve offers already made on greater market

Lee B. Stern & Co. has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Trade stemming from a brief but

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 232.09 up 1.69 w

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The current underwriting system at Lloyd's of London must be changed so that corporate investors hav

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan's second-largest shipping company, said it will enact a new multiyear pro

Mayors along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway are fighting a federal law requiring that only

Three cruise-ship related bills were added at the last minute to a Coast Guard budget reauthorizatio

Barge operators are cautious about any expansion of their fleets, although barge rates are up and ba

Fearing the situation could be repeated, the U.S. head of a South Korean ocean carrier is questionin

MEBA RETIREES TO PAY FOR HEALTH BENEFITSBALTIMORE - Pensioners from a major maritime

Tucked into the 1995 defense authorization bill, now awaiting President Clinton's signature,is a sma

Federal Express Corp., a dominant player in the U.S. express package industry, is trying toestablish

With a large international organization offering a variety of services, Fritz Cos. plans tocapture a

Circle International, the main operating subsidiary of the Harper Group, is working with a number of

A significant shift in trading patterns, brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Union, has push

By substantially improving its package of market-opening offers for farm and industrial goods, China

A German software company, in conjunction with Nippon Air Cargo, is developing a computerized invent

World economic growth next year will reach the highest level in seven years, a senior international

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index climbed to a 1994 high on Friday of 108.4,topping the

High U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used for both home heating and diesel fuel, have weigh