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Consolidated Rail Corp. has completed its buy-back of common stock, acquiring more than 22 million s

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected U.S. homebuilding activity in balmy

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., already the largest foreign bank in Canada, is spreading its pres

NEW YORK STATE HAS SUNK $70 million into the Delaware & Hudson Railway, and stands to losemore if th

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

Union representatives for Italy's 7,000 customs workers voted Thursday to suspend the work slowdown

Brokers and forwarders have mixed reviews of a move by the U.S. Customs Service to do awaywith requi

UK UNIT LABOR COSTS ROSE 4.6 PERCENT IN DECEMBERU.K. manufacturing unit labor costs rose 4.6

Japan has decided to enact a law to make it a crime to launder illegal drug profits, Finance Ministr

SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS STABILIZE AFTER PANICJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's finan

Robert L. Kirk was named president and chief executive officer of CSX Transportation, the rail unit

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Feb. 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

Thu., Feb. 15, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

* Thailand's Privatization Challenged 4A * Customs Update 4A* Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A

The dwindling number of ocean and surface carriers will boost international breakbulk shipping rates

World output of raw steel rose 3.4 million tons in 1989 to a record 782.3 million, the UN Economic C

The North Carolina State Ports Authority appears to be improving its battered image in the maritime

Exxon Corp. and the Justice Department are conducting plea negotiations over possible criminal charg

The restructuring of the relationship between Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., also known as "K" Line, an

The prosecution's star witness in the Joseph Hazelwood trial said Wednesday the tanker Exxon Valdez'

Industrialized nations meeting in Paris Tuesday and Wednesday made strong headway toward eliminating

Agents for a ship carrying Salvadoran coffee left aboard because of political protests in other port

AIRBUS ENGINES CHOSEN BY ANSETT AIRLINESEVENDALE, Ohio - Ansett Airlines has chosen the CFM5

CANAL PANEL REVISES ENGINEER LICENSE RULESThe Panama Canal Commission is revising its rules

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

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The Federal Maritime Commission will hold an oral argument Feb. 28 on Matson Navigation Co.'s 3.6 pe

American Heavy Lift Shipping Co. placed a plaque on one of its vessels last week as part of a ceremo

The Interstate Commerce Commission warned a Pennsylvania trucking company that it cannot avoid stric

An agreement to build a $100 million steel plant at Burns International Harbor could be concluded ne

Feb. 14, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1578 (Feb. 14, 1990) Previous day - 1579 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

S&P RAISES RATING ON SOO LINE NOTESStandard & Poor's Corp. raised its rating on Soo Line Cor

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS (Washington) - Terry Furlong is ATA's new vice president, marketing a

U.S.-built semi-trailers over 48-feet long will be permitted on Ontario roads under an agreement rea

Paccar Inc. passed rival Navistar International Transportation Corp. last month and pulled into the

Transamerica Corp. earned $76.1 million, or 95 cents a share, on revenue of $1.64 billion in the fou

Styrene monomer consumption in the United States is expected to grow by anaverage of 3.8 per

Transportation and other incidental costs should be cut from the export bonus program as a way to im

Japan will ease the tariff on foreign edible oil imports beginning in April 1991, according to rumor