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A call for a tax on imports to help pay for environmental cleanup in the United States is eliciting

Imports of man-made fiber sweaters from Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan are being dumped in the U.

Eurotunnel, the company that owns and will operate the Channel tunnel between England and France, ha

Despite a direct appeal from the head of the Regular Common Carriers Conference, Nasstrac shippers d

TNT CONTRACT LOGISTICS INC. (Rosemont, Ill.) - Douglas E. Christensen was named vice president and m

Mon., Apr. 23, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Soviet Union Monday bought 149,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheatfrom the United S

A proposal to decontrol the nation's shipping business has some companies worried about rate levels

Grain and soybean prices were mostly higher Monday although prices were off their highs by the close

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On the day after Earth Day, some New York state legislators were predicting passage of a bill that w

Fifteen major companies that ship petroleum near Florida agreed earlier this year to keep their tank

SHIPPERS FREIGHT GROUP PICKS JACOBI PRESIDENTHUNTINGTON, N.Y. - Raymond M. Jacobi, freight c

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has spun off its large, multimillion-dollar international publications and

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

1414 (Apr. 23, 1990) Previous day - 1418 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

CUMMINS REPORTS DECLINE IN EARNINGSCOLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine Co. earned $8.9 million,

A bullish demand scenario likely to last into 1990-91 and increasing commodity fund activity have pu

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

ITC DISMISSES CASE INVOLVING PAIL IMPORTSThe International Trade Commission dismissed Monday

THURSDAY PROGRAM SET ON ELLIS ISLAND PROJECTA program and slide presentation on the restorat

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Gold 7A* Janet Porter - Europe View 8A<

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. will lay off about 850 people by May 15. The l

Development of new measures to simplify and speed the clearance of international express traffic wit

Economic, maritime and environmental issues on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence system will be discussed

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Monday said many people will starve to death in northern

SHELL SHUTS DOWN UNIT AT ROTTERDAM REFINERYA catalytic cracking unit at the Royal Dutch/Shel

New York was the nation's most expensive city for business travelers in 1989, with an average daily

The West German government Monday rejected the Bundesbank's plan to exchange East German marks for d

FREIGHT RATE ISSUES don't appear to stimulate the nine justices of the Supreme Court. Observ

CONSOLIDATION CHAIRMAN TO JOIN ENERGY PANELBobby R. Brown, chairman of Consolidation Coal Co

The Bush administration will soon propose regulations that for the first time would allow criminal p

Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., New York, is requesting permission from the Maritime Administration to

An attorney representing state Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie said last week he sees no rea

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie has filed charges of illegal conduct against FGS

Apr. 20, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1418 (Apr. 20, 1990) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

WASHINGTON - For the week ended April 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

NAVY CHRISTENS OILER AT AVONDALE INDUSTRIESThe Navy's newest Kaiser-class oiler, the John Er

"I waited in line for three hours for gas today," complained one taxi driver, making his way through