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Cargo handled at the Philippines' Port of Manila increased 12 percent in volume last year to 31 mill

Strong export demand will have to return before new-crop wheat futures canbreak out of their

Japan's government will revise a long-standing Commodity Trading Act, liberalizing Japanese futures

The Falcon Shipping Group is nearing a $29 million default on the second of two tankers that were on

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed to reduce January crude oil production by 1

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The former Todd Shipyards site at the Port of Los Angeles may be redeveloped as a combination ship r

LYKES ADDS LE HAVRE TO US-EUROPE SERVICENEW ORLEANS, La. - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it

With quality improvement programs now in place with its truckers, International Paper Co. looks to d

Morton International Inc. will acquire the Whittaker Corp.'s coatings and adhesives division, for ab

A last-minute Brazilian court decision and weekend embarkations met U.S. Trade Representative Carla

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Matson Navigation Co. said it has agreed in principle to purchase a vesselfrom the Puerto Ri

It will be at least two years before the United States selects a standard for high definition televi

Key members of Congress are leaning toward supporting a Bush administration proposal for dealing wit

In the next six months, a handful of Canadians will try to make big changes in the way their nation

The U.S. dollar declined Monday as the political situation in the Soviet Union appeared to be stabil

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee told sugar industry executives Monday that U.S. farm

For seven hours before he boarded the Exxon Valdez for its ill-fated trip, her skipper, Joseph Hazel

The Ministry of Finance Monday announced it will ease foreign exchange regulations March 1, allowin

BLAST HITS POWER PLANT IN NORTHERN AZERBAIJANA unit at one of the largest hydroelectric stat

POLISH JOBLESS RATE SURGED IN JANUARYWARSAW, Poland - The number of unemployed in Poland jum

One-third of the truck drivers killed in recent highway accidents tested positive for alcohol or ill

The Coast Guard is proposing to revive the New York vessel traffic safety service closed down in 198

International Paper Co. knows the horrors of failing to communicate. About a year ago, the M

When Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov travels to Australia next week, the Soviet Union will con

McDonnell Douglas Corp., facing the end of two military aircraft contracts by 1993, may shift some w

Paul Hyman is the director of industry services for the Air Transport Association of America. His af

Warren G. Leback, U.S. maritime administrator, Monday urged federal, state and local officials to co

The cost of health insurance to supplement government-sponsored Medicare is likely to increase in 19

US FARM MISSION SET FOR VISIT TO POLANDA team of seven U.S. agricultural experts will travel

Obtaining insurance for underground petroleum storage tanks is a problem that's growing worse, a tra

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

1619 (Feb. 5, 1990) Previous day - 1638 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

NS INTERMODAL FACILITY OPENS IN OHIO CITYCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Norfolk Southern Corp. opened an i

LAST WEEK was a quiet one for freight futures traders, with the Baltic Freight Index continuing to d

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WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RATE COMPETITION that still refuses to abate in property/casualty markets?

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Some time ago, the Soviet Union sold a piece of capital equipment to a buyer in Austria. The