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Here are some issues likely to be discussed at this week's meeting in Moscow between U.S. and Soviet

Almost $1.5 billion worth of Czechoslovakian commuter planes equipped with General Electric Co. engi

The senator calling the office of the U.S. Trade Representative was not pleased. Why, he wan

If the USS Iowa is not berthed at the Navy homeport in Staten Island, N.Y., there will be no reason

Hungary said it will suspend all ruble contracts and licenses for exports to fellow members of Comec

Air cargo through Hong Kong last year amounted to 695.8 million metric tons, an increase of 5.9 perc

A panel negotiating to bring Vancouver International Airport under local control established a new b

Compuflight Inc., which does automated flight planning for a number of all- cargo airlines and sched

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

Jan. 19, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1669 (Jan. 19, 1990) Previous day - 1664 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES spent much of last week in the ranges established earlier in the month, as th

CSX REVISES RATE PLAN ON WOOD SHIPMENTSCSX Transportation has revised the way it sets rail r

PRIVATIZING AIRPORTS is an idea whose time hasn't come. The Federal Aviation Administration

Interstate truckers expect a new link on the main East-West route across the country to save them ti

A federal appeals court Friday threw out Transportation Department rules requiring drug tests for ma

A decision is expected shortly, possibly this week, to break the long stalemate over creating an ele

Domestic containerization will find its niche in the U.S. transportation market provided it is manag

For the week ended Jan. 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads, which is

The first seminar devoted to helping air cargo companies deal with the pressures of paperless tradin

Atlantic & Western Financial Corp. has created two subsidiaries that offer lease finance and managem

LOSER IN ARISTECH DEAL BLASTS JAPANESE FIRMSIndustrialist Jon Huntsman, loser to Mitsubishi

Du Pont Co.'s goal to strengthen its global position as a major titanium dioxide producer got a big

After buying wheat recently, the Soviet Union is adding soybean meal to its U.S. shopping list.<

Japan's trade surplus fell in December 1989 for the eighth straight month, to slightly under $6.2 bi

The International Trade Commission is due to file two reports in February that will help guide Bush

Cargo volume moving through the Port of Le Havre totaled 53 million tons in 1989, up 5 percent from

The self-described largest shipbroker in Hong Kong is opening a representative office in Beijing des

A $62 million proposal for a world trade center, cruise terminal and marina was unveiled at the Port

Aluminerie Lauralco, a subsidiary of Alumax Corp. of Atlanta, announced plans to build a bulk termin

The Port of Baltimore's labor crisis is still a dispute between longshoremen and management over loc

Intel Corp. debated for a long time whether to build a factory in Europe. Each year, the California

Forget high-definition television. Don't bother waiting for digital audio tape. After years of dazzl

In a ruling that could affect lawsuits arising from the crash of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, S

A New York Court of Appeals ruling relieving insurers from paying the punitive damages levied agains

Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, is expected to forge closer ties with the S

Japanese life insurance companies were warned Friday to use more caution when investing abroad, espe

REAL ESTATE LOSSES HIT BANK OF NEW ENGLANDBank of New England Corp., a major Northeast bank

Canadian Trade Minister John Crosbie did not come out painting a rosy picture in reviewing his count

The property/casualty industry apparently is taking up arms against a new California ballot measure