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The Air Cargo Shippers Conference, which begins in Atlanta today, is aptly named, said John Youngbec

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The Military Sealift Command has awarded contracts totaling $13 million to two New York City firms f

JAPAN MAY EXTEND IMPORT LOAN TO INDIANEW DELHI, India - Japan is expected to extend a long-t

W.R. Grace & Co. had a problem. The company shipped 80 containers of waterproofing material from Chi

Interest rate futures have become an important risk-management tool for banks, corporate treasurers

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Jack Sabo and Barry Witt were named vice presidents of the meta

First it was butter. Lots of butter. Two weeks later, it was chicken - tons of it. Now, amid

VISA INTERNATIONAL (San Francisco) - Jacques Kosciusko was appointed chief general manager of the co

Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved funding for more than half the money needed by the Port of

The smallest Japanese-owned automobile factory in the United States may not stay at the bottom of th

An office tower being built in Frankfurt by Tishman-Speyer Properties Inc. will be 70 stories high,

Texas Railroad Commissioner John Sharp said last week he began an informal examination into the poss

EC, ARAB OIL EXPORTERS PLAN TALKS IN DECEMBERBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission and

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Tuesday, primarily on Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's comment

Long-troubled Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd., the second-largest in the country, is proposing a wholes

The Bush administration is close to announcing a new set of trade pacts likely to promote freer worl

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Kevin C. Schick was named vice president and c

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents called the California attorney general's d

Farmers Insurance Group has gone to court challenging an order by California Insurance Commissioner

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SEVERE ROTATOR CUFF INJURY is the risk run willingly by politicians who heartily and frequently pat

Modern nursery rhyme: ''Please give us a scholar,''Who can measure the dollar,"What

The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations body concerned with the promotion of mar

The Alaska state ferry system, a key carrier of passengers and cargo between the Lower 48 and Alaska

3M Corp. said a space shuttle mission this Thursday will test the effects of near-zero gravity on 17

Polysar Inc., a unit of Nova Corp. of Alberta, Canada, will close its polystyrene resin plant in Cop

London Metal Exchange copper stocks may have risen by 5,500 metric tons last week, traders surveyed

PROPOSAL WOULD SPUR AIRLINE COMPETITIONDeregulation in the airline industry has led to domin

Hungarian partners plan an announcement this week that they are bringing Penthouse magazine to Hunga

The European Community soon will renew its battle to dislodge the airline cartel that has ruled Euro

GOOD REGULATORY RULES SELDOM FAIL. More often the regulators fail because they do not truly understa

For the week ended Sept. 30, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Driven by higher textile and non-ferrous metal prices, The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Inde

Major automakers are asking the Federal Maritime Commission to exempt themfrom tariff filing

9 OIL COMPANIES WIN ELK HILLS CONTRACTSNine U.S. oil companies were awarded contracts to pur

For motorists driving without mandatory insurance - which may mean most of Miami - both the cost of

Japan Air System Co. Ltd. has ordered eight McDonnell Douglas Corp. MD-81 jets to be delivered betwe

Fluor Daniel Inc. of Irvine, Calif. said it was awarded a contract by Novacor Chemicals Ltd. to buil