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

A merger of Pan Am Corp. and NWA Inc., Northwest Airlines' corporate parent, would bring a host of b

Low water levels on a portion of the Mississippi River threaten to disrupt some domestic coal bargin

Legislation giving the secretary of transportation the power to block buy- outs of airlines if a tra

Brazilian and Argentine aircraft manufacturers could sign an agreement this week unifying markets a

AMAX COAL CO. (Indianapolis) - Donald E. Hudson was named president. He was a vice president and mos

May 12, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A federal judge has approved a $100 million settlement covering most of the claims from the 1986 fi

Delegates to the National Coal Association's 12th Annual Bulk Transportation Seminar here were told

Canadian coal production reached a record 70.6 million metric tons during 1988, newly released figur

USAIR OFFERS TO BUY SOME EASTERN ASSETSWASHINGTON- USAir Inc. has offered $525 million to Ea

Electronic walls that have split U.S. transportation modes have fallen with the introduction of a po

Canada said Friday it was sharply reducing entry points for fuel tankers coming from the United Stat

Government budget analysts said the unspent balances in the transportation trust funds are illusory

TEXACO AND BP PROPOSE DUTCH REFINERY VENTUREWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Texaco Inc. and British Pet

Once again, electronic data interchange committees have proven that coherence can come from a beast

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 15,000 tons of coal under three weekly spot market con

European nations Friday pledged $50 million in new aid to war-battered Nicaragua, breaking what has

TRANSPORTATION CHIEF TO HONOR WORKERSWASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner

NC TORNADO DAMAGE PEGGED AT $100 MILLIONRALEIGH, N.C. - Damage assessment teams compiling fi

N. AMERICA, AUSTRALIA FORM NEW EDI LINKA new electronic data interchange link between North

ECUADOR - $45 million from the World Bank to expand the nation's telecommunicati ons network. A 17-y

World Trade Institute. International Ocean and Air Transportation: Planning, Negotiating and Managin

ANSI X12, working meeting, May 15-19. Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Mich. Contact: ANSI X12/DISA, Suite 3

AFRAID OF FAILURE? Not us . . . During the recent security analyst visit to Norfolk Southern

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved back up to 106.0 Friday, the highest in two wee

The dollar continues to show strength, despite evidence the economy is slowing and interest rates ar

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Japonica Partners LP said it will initiate a tender offer for CNW Corp. after its failure to reach a

The Port of Baltimore believes that the Customs Service should reject port- of-entry status for the

MNX Inc. and a management group that offered to buy the truck line called off the proposed deal when

A Sao Paulo criminal court last week ordered prison terms of four to seven years for 28 members of a

GATT RULING EXPECTED ON US SUGAR IMPORTSThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is expect

PRESSURE IS INTENSIFYING on the U.S. Trade Representative's Office with the approach of the May 30 d

N. KOREA PROPOSES ALLIANCE WITH IRANNICOSIA, Cyprus - North Korea has proposed a cooperation

CITICORP CHIEF TO HOST 60 FINANCIAL LEADERSNEW YORK - More than 60 financial executives, inc

May 12, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1748 (May 12, 1989) Previous day - 1727 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Japan risks "losing the Pacific war for the second time," unless it changes its trade and economic p

A senior Treasury official said Friday that the government-controlled exchange rate policies of Taiw