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A judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court has chided provincially owned BC Rail and its contract

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

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

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

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

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The Teamsters union will launch a worldwide strike against Pan Am Corp. on Sunday, union officials r

Britain's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 9.2 percent of the work force in January f

Ford Motor Co.'s net income in the fourth quarter of 1987 was $932 million, up 19 percent from $785

Authorities may authorize construction of a $90 million copper smelting plant in this Pacific resort

Enrique Iglesias, Uruguay's foreign minister, was elected president of the Inter-American Developmen

Transco Energy Co. said it has budgeted $226 million for capital expenditures in 1988, compared with

W. German Oil Imports Increased in JanuaryFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German crude oil im

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HE GREW UP in a New Orleans suburb and is familiar with the city's crazy carnival celebration known

Nigeria recently completed its first U.S.-bound shipment of fertilizer, bring the first positive fig

First Olsen Tankers Ltd., a new company created by Citicorp and Fred Olsen & Co. of Oslo, Norway, is

Deppe Line, a small, independent European carrier plying the U.S. Gulf/Europe route, says schedule i

Hight Court Orders Vt. To Refund $8 MillionA Vermont Superior Court ordered the state to ref

Agency Extends Time For Truck Rule ViewsThe Federal Maritime Commission again has extended t

Operating Income Fell At Cigna in 4th PeriodCigna Corp. reported operating income from conti

A Massachusetts Port Authority official lashed out at New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu for taking pot

Council of Logistics, New York roundtable, Feb. 18. Bristol-Myers Co., 345 Park Ave., (Park Ave. & 5

Picket line violence erupted Wednesday in the second day of a New York harbor tugboat strike. Police

The port of Quebec had its best year in history in 1987, with total traffic reaching 18.3 million me

A decade after black gold flowed ahead of copper as this Andean nation's most important source of we

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

Computers worldwide can soon speak to each other in a single voice. The world's most influen

U.S. government negotiators said Wednesday they were unhappy with Japanese proposals made at the sta

Zimbabwe is turning its attention to the U.S. apparel market, following its success with European ga

The Reagan administration is expected to let the Export-Import Bank's capital continue to decline.

The nation's first trade show featuring the new high-temperature superconductor s opened this week,

Railroad labor, apparently stung by criticism of its court victory overturning mandatory drug testin

Canadian shipbuilders urge the federal government to come up with a policy to boost commercial order

The Shipbuilders Council of America said Sea-Land Service Inc.'s use of certain tax-deferred funds f

1561.5 (Feb. 17, 1988) Previous day - 1545.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

There have been no major problems with oil supplies in the Hudson River Valley so far because of the

Occidental Chemical Corp. recently announced plans to store and destroy at its Niagara Falls plant d

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

Chrysler Canada Corp. is holding talks with Mitsubishi Motor Corp. on increasing shipments of Thai-a