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AIR CARGO Forwarders face a challenge from the air cargo industry. 5BLow air freight rates

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the European Community summitcompromise reached earlier thi

Pig and scrap iron imports from China and the Soviet Union are expected to increase sharply this yea

No matter whose budget figures you use and whose economic growth forecasts you believe, the annual i

Truckers call it the Turner Proposal. Some highway officials say it's the centipede issue. B

A company that currently operates no ships on the North Atlantic trade route has submitted the low b

Editor's Note: This is one of several articles that takes an in-depth look at the trading relationsh

In Confucian societies millennia ago, knowledge was prized because it was limited. The schol

It's 10 p.m. in New York. Virginia A. Kamsky is dashing back from a dinner engagement to check the t

Japanese Banks Boost Overseas LendingTOKYO - Japanese financial institutions, aided by the s

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American President Companies has introduced a door-to-door truckload transportation service for dome

1566.0 (Feb. 18, 1988) Previous day - 1561.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Some slowdown in containership and large tanker traffic was reported in the New York harbor area on

Sea-Land Service Inc. was trucking containers destined for Boston as the New York tugboat strike dis

American President Lines has urged the Federal Maritime Commission to drop proposed retaliatory acti

A French warship found and destroyed a drifting mine in the northern gulf, French naval officials sa

Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Japan's leading ocean carrier, says it is negotiating to take over three ships

BOND INVESTORS GUARANTY (New York) - Richard P. Kotz and Bernard L. Smith were named executive vice

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. said Thursday that its fourth quarter net profit was up 66 percent from

Richard V. Parks, president of Farrell Lines Inc., has the reputation in the maritime industry of be

President Reagan's new budget asks Congress for the first installment of its proposed $13.8 billion

The prospect of hyper-inflation may shape Brazil's politics this year. After an annual infla

Deukmejian Defends Toxic Warning RulesSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. George Deukmejian said that

Michigan's insurance environment has improved in recent years, but some specialty liability coverage

Keystone Provident Life Insurance Co. might be asked to relocate its home office to Rhode Island if

Operating Income Falls At Corroon & BlackCorroon & Black Corp. Wednesday reported that opera

President Reagan used his annual budget message to urge Congress to pass the Senate's phased-in ver

Insurance companies have reported that many AIDS-related claims were based on physical conditions th

The largest copper producer in the Philippines, Marcopper Mining Corp., may be forced to halt operat

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The U.S. dollar rebounded from an early decline Thursday on President Reagan's statement that he wan

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS (Burlingame, Calif.) - Steve Hickman was named regional d

The Financial Instrument Exchange foresees a stiff challenge from the Chicago Board of Trade's plann

Midland Bank reported a huge loss for 1987 after setting aside more than 1 billion ($1.7 billion) t

Chilean debt negotiators have asked creditor banks to authorize up to $900 million in voluntary len

Finance Minister Mailson da Nobrega predicted Brazil will reach financial accords with both the Inte

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Thu., Feb. 18, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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