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SAS POSTS RECORD FOR CARGO VOLUMECHICAGO - Scandinavian Airlines System said it rece

The U.S. Customs Service has revised rules on textiles imported from island possessions of the Unite

Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee have struck a tentative budget deal that would in

Federal Express Corp. handled an average of 1.8 million packages and documents each business day las

The decline of investment in western Germany is likely to ease toward the end of this year, while in

Railroad intermodal service is not competitive with trucks in short-haul corridors of less than 500

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday on weak German economic news that increased the likelihood the Bundes

AIRBUS JET STARTS BID FOR DISTANCE RECORDPARIS - A European Airbus took off Wednesda

Russia will double its prices for natural gas exports to the Commonwealth of Independent States to b

Crude oil inventories fell by 6.8 million barrels in the week ended June 11 compared with the previo

Japan's nine major trading companies have agreed to a request from Iran to reschedule Tehran's debt

Rep. Joseph Kennedy, D-Mass., fulfilled his promise: He's asked the Justice Department to investigat

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the French state-owned shipping line, was hit by sporadic labor unrest

Ron Carey, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said Wednesday that he h

The Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, resumed its rearguard battle this week to stop CP Rail System

Wednesday, June 16, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

U.S. trucking industry leaders, Mexican government officials and a key congressman have blasted a hi

China's notoriously creaky railroad network is losing its battle to move ever-greater amounts of fre

Many commodity traders and people in the shrimp business are so hungry for the new frozen shrimp fut

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will resume international all-cargo flights next month in conjunction with K

Taking the lead from House Democrats, farm state senators are using the leverage of the budget debat

Debt-laden Ferruzzi Finanziaria Spa, its share price crashing daily on the Italian bourse, met bank

YELTSIN ASSEMBLY OKS TEXT ON CONSTITUTIONMOSCOW - A special Kremlin assembly passed

Canadian business people are urging Prime Minister-designate Kim Campbell to appoint Trade Minister

June 16, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The head of Egypt's Sumed oil pipeline Wednesday downplayed possible competition from Israel's Eilat

Italy, famous for fine dining, is developing a taste for hamburgers. McDonald's, Wendy's and

New York Mercantile Exchange June 16, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

Colombian private coffee exporters oppose a possible extension of the 69- cents-a-pound floor price

Central banks, despite suggesting they were no longer off-loading gold reserves, are busy making mon

A slow start for U.S. wheat exports for the 1993-94 marketing year that began June 1 is pushing pric

Officials of the Chicago Board of Trade will lobby regulators from various states here in coming day

Lloyd's of London has announced a crackdown on misconduct that risks bringing the 305-year-old insur

Employees at the La Ciotat shipyard near Marseilles continue to show up for work and believe the yar

Ocean freight consolidators plan to lobby Congress to exempt them from filing freight rates with the

The National Bank of Poland has decided to allow foreign investors to fully repatriate profits on Po

Passage of striker replacement legislation by the House has set the stage for a much tougher battle

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