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Twenty-three senators asked Chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., for a Senate Finance Committee

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When the USS Thorn steamed into Newport News Shipbuilding, it marked the yard's re-emergence in the

In 1988, Ricardo Lagos Escobar helped put his country on the road to democracy. Today, as Ch

Shareholders of embattled carriers Mexicana de Aviacion and Aeromexico this week are expected to cal

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BROOKLYN OIL TERMINAL IS LEASED TO BAYSIDENEW YORK - Bayside Fuel Oil Depot has comp

A badly needed container terminal, already delayed by Chinese financial quibbles, is now embroiled i

Slovakia is bidding to capture a share of Central Europe's north-south shipping traffic with a $230

AUSTRALIA MARITIME BODY INCREASES SHIP DETENTIONSSYDNEY, Australia - The number of s

After months of painful adjustments in the face of sharp yen appreciation, Japanese exporters are bo

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The huge gain in productivity achieved by Britain's ports since the country's dock labor laws were r

Increasing over-the-road traffic between Dresden and Prague is turning the trip to the Czech Republi

Having made a pitch for cargo handling at Hong Kong's new airport, Singapore is now looking at the a

An Indiana court has delayed the sheriff's auction of an 11.2-mile rail line while negotiations cont

Ship lines on the North Atlantic are offering a new set of discounts to customers who act early to p

The Pentagon has reached out to commercial maritime, air, rail and truck freightforwarders as it wor

CSX INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Cheryl D. Wyche was named vice president of pricing and yield ma

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The Port of Seattle Commission has sealed the deal to allow Northwest Airlines to begin a new servic

A broad, bipartisan group of lawmakers and business leaders believe the Clinton administration misha

The Norfolk District of the U.S. Customs Service has awarded its quarterly ''Gigabite" Award for exc

OVERSEAS GAINS GIVE FEDEX EARNINGS A LIFTFederal Express Corp., enjoying continued improveme

When Community Energy Alternatives Inc. of Ridgewood, N.J., signed a joint- venture agreement earlie

The Pentagon has made Norfolk, Va., the fourth port of embarkation to its list of loading points for

The closest Texas seaport to Mexico hopes to learn next week whether its request to accelerate const

An article headlined "Conversion Chief Lures Cash to Subic Bay" on Page 1A of the Sept. 12 editions

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PEMCO WORLD AIR SERVICES (Birmingham, Ala.) - R. Rick Townsend was named vice president of marketing

A new 45-day clock is ticking on the Federal Maritime Commission's review of changes that 15 ocean c

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Union Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Lines are diverting some grain shipments bound for Mexic

New bridges are planned near the Texas border town of McAllen in an effort to boost commercial and p

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

ALITALIA'S VP OF CARGO DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENTNEW YORK - Carlo Morelli, vice president

Nestle on Thursday posted a first-half net profit of 1.27 billion Swiss francs ($992 million), up fr

S. AFRICA POSTS A GAIN IN MONTHLY GOLD OUTPUTJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Afri

Caribbean countries are planning to use a unique method to fight a livestock pest that devastated he