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A network of small railroads throughout New Jersey have taken Conrail's excess spur tracks and turne

NFC, Britain's biggest freight transport, storage, distribution, travel and property company, has co

Transportation Secretary James Burnley agreed that fundamental changes are needed in how the Federal

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All sides are claiming victory in the wake of a federal judge's decision last week to dismiss a Unit

Operating income for the nation's largest general freight trucking companies dropped an average of 4

Mexican Ports Handled 20 percent More Cargo in '87Mexico's seaports handled a heavier load l

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American Carriers Inc. rejected an acquisition bid from Baytree Investors Inc. and filed suit agains

Two Enter Guilty Plea In Illegal Export CaseTwo brothers on trial for illegally exporting 87

Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Association. Annual technical conference. Feb. 15-16 at the Q

Apple Computer has won an apparent victory in its fight to prevent a Brazilian company from selling

The surprising 0.5 percent rise in U.S. retail sales in January rules out acut in the Federa

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The U.S. dollar turned mixed Thursday after meandering in a tight range through morning dealings.

France's Cie. Financiere de Suez and Belgian investor Andre Leysen Thursday agreed to restructure So

The U.S. dollar will weaken further this year and next, declining about 10 percent against the major

Despite January's record 15.5 percent monthly inflation rate, President Miguel de la Madrid promised

The new kid on the block is doing just fine, thank you! Lewis Horowitz, president of the New

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. (Reston, Va.) - Richard A. Bottomley was named vice president of lo

Mexico Bond Auction Postponed for a WeekMEXICO CITY - Mexico is extending by one week its de

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

Thu., Feb. 11, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Eleven insurers have returned to the workers compensation market in Maine since emergency legislatio

The business of reinsurance differs widely from insurance, complicating the relationship and issues

THE HOTTEST MARKET GOSSIP making the rounds - usually prefaced with, Have you heard anything about .

Another major American toymaker is feeling the financial pinch and moving more production to Asia fr

U.S. demand for polyolefins is projected to reach a total of 28.9 billion pounds by 1992 from a 1987

The battle for the space-sharing venture of Sea-Land Service, Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd Lines

Sen. George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, unveiled proposed legislation to protect the nation's marine and c

An Asian official's public attack on a recent U.S. trade decision sparked a face-to-face confrontati

Nerco Inc. said it will concentrate on expansion now that years of disputes with coal customers have

A small survey of manufacturing executives shows a high degree of confidence about the U.S. economy

Japanese sales of new autos, excluding mini-vehicles, increased 14.5 percent in January from a year

With container traffic expected to grow by almost 600,000 20-foot boxes in the next dozen years, the

AMID THE MERRYMAKING in Jacksonville, Fla., to the south and Charleston, S.C., to the north, the por

Jose Fernandes sounded like a late night television pitchman as he held aloft a piece of black, dens

Occidental Chemical Corp. announced plans to build a $40 million, 800- million-pound-a-year ethylene

Glycerine Output Fell in NovemberNEW YORK Production of crude and synthetic glycerine for N

IS ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE already obsolete? That's the question asked by Robert W. Ehin