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Industrialized countries spent an estimated $320 billion on farm subsidies in 1991, up 5 percent fro

San Francisco Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders. May 18. Burlingame, Calif. Dinner meeting,Patric

A 6-year-old Charlotte center that nurtures new companies is taking a big expansion step - across th

Several shippers in the Northeast weren't satisfied with the rate offers they were getting from ocea

Japanese banks' exposure to financially troubled Canadian developer Olympia & York totals more than

A government crackdown on illegal foreign workers in Taiwan is puttingpressure on labor-inte

May 15, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The National Unification Party, South Korea's second-ranked opposition group, Friday chose Chung Ju

Germany's powerful engineering union threw down the gauntlet to employers Friday, telling them blunt

ITC RULING MAY MEAN DUTIES ON KIWI IMPORTSThe International Trade Commission cleared the way

May 15, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Several companies will take a hit for the wave of arson and looting that rocked the Los Angeles area

EXXON U.S.A. TO CUT WORK FORCE BY 1,000HOUSTON - Exxon Co. U.S.A. said Friday it wil

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - B. Kingsley Schubert, 46, was named president and legal representative

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

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The pulp and paper industry is under the environmental spotlight. And it is being pressured

The Maritime Administration is getting lots of advice on what to do about mixed foreign and domestic

Running against the grain of slowing growth in world trade, the United States reclaimed its title in

SP INKS 5-YEAR PACT TO HAUL CHRYSLER CARSSAN FRANCISCO - Chrysler Corp. will move ne

Traffic managers who are weary of being told that freight has arrived safely in Cleveland when they

U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiating teams roll up their sleeves in Washington today in an attempt

Pacific ship carriers are successfully pushing through a price increase on import traffic in their l

The European Community's planned economic and monetary union may lower thedollar's value and

A group of marine engineers fighting to retain control of their union won a big victory Friday when

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Two starving fishermen have survived six months adrift at sea in a small dinghy, living off fish and

May 15, 1992 Copper Total, 28,877. Gold Total, .1,587,987.Silver Total, .263,

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European Community farm ministers today embark on their fifth attempt this year to agree on a radica

While the recession has swept across the country, forest products remain standing tall and upright.<

DOCKWORKER STRIKE IDLES PARANAGUA PORTSAO PAULO, Brazil - Dockworkers at Brazil's bi

A noted economist's look at what lies ahead for the U.S. economy in general and the forest products

Lumber interests are crying foul over the issue of an increase in protecting endangered species in t

Gaze at Victoria Harbor and see a marine insurer's worst nightmare: Containerships and freighters st

Japan's electric power companies are seeking more bids from foreign companies to supply materials, i

Animal importer Andy Koffman says today's the day he will get the jump, literally, on his competitio

New York Mercantile Exchange May 13, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Gasoline demand is expected to increase this summer, as an improving economy helps put more drivers

Texaco Inc.'s president said the company will spend more than $700 million on environmental costs th