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PTL Transportation Services Inc. started a new life Tuesday as an independent trucking company no lo

Three major business trends will develop in the next five years that will give a competitive edge to

New Penn Motor Express Inc. defied higher fuel costs and continued ratepressure to post an i

ICC SETS HEARINGS ON UP ABANDONMENTThe Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the U

It didn't take long for the battle to surface. An executive from a major paper shipper decla

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union was dealt a sharp blow early this week whe

Owners of the world's largest steamship companies meeting in Singapore this week are facing a key ju

The Maritime Administration Tuesday reversed a decision to sell three liquefied natural gas tankers,

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. kept their top spots for the carriage of defense

Most shippers of high-priced electronics goods say they'll continue to reject any effort to eliminat

Mar. 5, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., promised to introduce legislation next week to hold oil and shipping

Ocean carriers feel content about the 1984 Shipping Act in its present form, whereas shippers are re

After a recent blitz of new plant approvals, Malaysia appears to be tightening controls on further p

The first concrete steps toward a much-discussed port development board were taken Monday with the g

The closure of two major Exxon Co. terminals in New York harbor because of last week's oil spills he

Du Pont Co., the world's largest manufacturer of ozone-depleting chlorofluoroca rbons, said Monday t

The French chemicals industry created new jobs in 1989 for the first time since the oil crisis 15 y

LIBYA CONDUCTS TEST OF PRODUCTION CAPACITYNICOSIA, Cyprus - Libya is producing 1.65 million

Kuwait is set to begin producing a new lighter, sweeter crude oil that could eventually enable state

The 1990 farm bill debate over planting flexibility is shaping up as a battle between those who woul

The central banks of the United States, many European countries and Japan stepped up their assault o

A small cargo airline is crying foul over Federal Express Corp.'s cancellation of its contract to op

Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Norfolk Southern Corp. and New York, Susquehanna and Western Ra

A new offer for the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway is either imminent or has already been made,

STERLING'S ORDERNET ACQUIRES METRO-MARKMetro-Mark Integrated Systems Inc., Roslyn Heights, N

At least one U.S. shoe manufacturer is cashing in on golf mania in Japan. Bostonian Shoe Co.

The "Supertrain" project, introduced two years ago as the key to bolstering economic activity betwee

HOW MUCH IN LOCKSTEP WITH Japan and West Germany are financial markets in the United States now mar

Proposed U.S. legislation to require new tankers to be built with double bottoms could have a "treme

The United States and Japan appeared to harden their positions Monday in ongoing negotiations to rem

The president of West Germany's Deutsche Genossenschafts Bank will meet this week with French banker

PLANT, MACHINE ORDERS RISE IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Orders for West German p

By the year 2000, 14 independent financial service companies could control the European market, acco

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Venezuela is close to reaching an agreement with foreign banks that would list options to reduce the

SOVIET PLATINUM BARS MAY BE SOLD ON NYMEXPlatinum bars imprinted with the Soviet Union's ham

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OFFSITE PACKING STARTS HOUSTON AREA SERVICEHOUSTON - Shippers have a new export packing serv