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The Kang Xi health-products factory in Xi'an has put into mass production an ''herb pillow" develope

China will soon raid its capital city's infamous pirate software stores to gather evidence for the f

New export markets emerging in Africa and India and a rapidly recovering U.K. economy contributed to

Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp. has agreed to sell an 81 percent stake in its Crystal Palace hot

The remnants of near-flood conditions are still slowing commercial navigation in several spots along

China plans to build or renovate nearly 400 miles of urban rail line in the next 25 years, with 100

Norfolk Southern Corp. and Illinois Central Railroad were repeat winners of the rail industry's top

For the week ended May 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

A legislative subcommittee is drafting a plan to cut highway taxes paid by in-state truckers while i

CSX INTERMODAL INC. (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Walter J. Whalen was appointed vice president of informatio

ICC TO PROBE UP BID TO ABANDON COLO. TRACKWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commi

A U.S. District judge has granted Consolidated Rail Corp. a permanent injunction against the Brother

The loss of customs broking business following the completion of the European Union's single market

Amtrak has fired the engineer blamed for missing a stop signal and causing a collision between two s

In the wake of the deaths of eight workers and several injuries in a host of incidents on the nation

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said Friday he was disappointed at the lack of progress made

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. (Dallas) - Thomas W. Horton named vice president and controller. Hemost recen

Rhode Island officials said Friday that a critical freight rail project has taken the first step wit

Owners of dry cargo ships are braced for a period of lackluster freight rates, as the delivery of ne

SUPERTANKER TO BECOME FLOATING STORAGE SITELONDON - A supertanker owned by the Swedi

Simpson, Spence & Young, one of the world's largest shipbroking firms, is planning to gradually expa

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A proposal unveiled last week includes plans for another outlet mall here, alongside a proposed floa

The U.S.-to-Australia service announced last week by Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Safbank Line wil

No story.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Shipowners are telling maritime unions to be less confrontational and to cooperate with good employe

The Interstate Commerce Commission has refused to suspend or investigate a 3.9 percent increase on i

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway shipping officials are still nursing a proposal for deep cuts in

STRIKE WOULD HURT S. CALIF. EXPORTERSLONG BEACH, Calif. - Marine engineers and a coa

MITSUI O.S.K. LINES (AMERICA) INC. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Zeb V. McMillan Jr, senior vice president o

Steamship lines carrying cargo from Europe to North America will make Halifax, Nova Scotia, their fi

I was extremely pleased with the diversity of The Journal of Commerce readers who attended our first

COFFEE FUTURES REBOUND AFTER 3 DAYS OF LOSSESNEW YORK - Coffee futures were sharply

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 229.61 off 1.98

May 27, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

South Korea's Honam Petrochemical Corp. announced it will reduce ethylene production by shutting dow

A judge ruled Friday that Upjohn Co. was defamed by the BBC and a Scottish psychiatrist who criticiz

The Australian Wheat Board has started a major push into Asian markets, focusing on feed grain rathe

Malaysian miners in the fading tin industry must explore for other minerals, said Lim Keng Haik, the