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Flushing the contents of passenger-car commodes onto the tracks is a time- honored tradition in the

First quarter earnings rose modestly for several leading truck lines despite some slowing of tonnage

The association representing most of the railroad industry's labor unions has made a tender offer to

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale of two drilling rigs and received applications for

The group of shipping lines that sets rates on cargo shipped between the United States and the Domin

Van Ommeron Port Terminals U.S.A., the U.S. subsidiary of Van Ommeron Ceteco of the Netherlands, is

A London appeal court is expected to give its decision early this week on a bid by several U.K. port

Industry sources say Compagnie Generale Maritime, France's largest shipowner, and three shipping lin

New York state's economy reached an all-time high in March, with business activity increasing steadi

Like millions of Americans going to work each morning, Carol d'Agostino washes, dresses carefully an

The radio systems division of Ericsson North America Inc. said it has signed an agreement to provide

State insurance regulators are meeting this week in Cincinnati to consider nationwide standards on M

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. INC. (New York) - Barbara Perlmutter was named vice president, public affairs.

The 1.2 million New Yorkers forced to get auto insurance through the state's assigned risk pool will

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a proposal to double assessments on property/casualty insure

Auto insurance companies have reaped higher profits in New Jersey than in the nation as a whole in r

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Nine vessel owners made offers Friday in the first U.S. government public bid opening on freight rat

More than 1,500 cattle embryos from Oregon could be traveling to Pakistan this fall with a small fin

A 36-year-old ritual of the New York waterfront passes into history today as a system for hiring ca

A Florida-based dealer in specialty aircraft has signed an historic deal to acquire three aircraft f

Mexico's newly relaxed rules for foreign investment may transform U.S. companies' stakes in maquilad

ICC DENIES REQUEST TO HALT INVESTIGATIONWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission deni

PLM Equipment Growth Fund I of San Francisco has begun trading on the American Stock Exchange. PLM E

Attention tanker owners: Buy Now and Save. No, that's not a line from a shipbuilding industr

If you think airlines are spending big bucks on new planes, take a look at what the shipping industr

''YOU CAN HAVE THE FOLKS WHO WRITE THE LAWS, just let me have the folks who write the rules."

EMERY WORLDWIDE (Palo Alto, Calif.) - This unit of Consolidated Freightways Inc. named five area vic

S. KOREA TO EXPLORE FOR METALS OFF HAWAIISEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will spend about $

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell sharply Friday to its lowest level this spring.<

The decision by the chief U.S. delegate to attend this week's international coffee organization meet

Congress won't be rushing into drought relief legislation this session the way it did last year, sai

"Let's go with Christopher Columbus," beckoned the young tour guide, leading a group of visitors int

INFLATION IN YUGOSLAVIA PUT AT 600 PERCENT FOR MAYBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Yugoslav authoritie

Japan's current account surplus rose slightly in April to just under $6.5 billion from $6.3 billion

BECHTEL WILL ADVISE SOVIET STEEL PRODUCERBechtel Civil Inc. signed an agreement with the Sov

There are serious doubts among trade negotiators in Geneva whether "Super 301" could be applied by t

HEALTH UNDERWRITERS CHOOSE LILLIE AS HEADThe National Association of Health Underwriters nam

Frank B. Hall & Co. agreed Friday to pay a $48 million settlement to end a two year legal battle wit