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Rising truckload rates are starting to give railroads the chance to raise intermodal prices, but the

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

Jan. 29, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1393.0 (Jan. 29, 1988) Previous day - 1387.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The perpetually skittish shipping industry enters the new year with some more optimism than of late,

The California Senate has approved legislation that would offer health insurance to about 5 million

Public Service Co. of New Hampshire's Chapter 11 filing will have little effect on the credit of oth

The suspension of duty-free privileges on imports from four Asian countries could force U.S. importe

Saudi Arabia was reported to have halted imports of Iranian goods through this major gulf port in wh

Southern California Edison Co. won approval from the state to form a holding company under which it

John G. Belford, deputy director of the port of Seattle, will take over as the port's acting maritim

Yeutter Says Subsidies Will Rise Without PactU.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter has w

A Swedish electronics company, P.P. Elektronik of Umea, has developed a power- function test unit th

China's first pawnshop since the Communists came to power opened last month in southwestern China, t

PepsiCo Inc. wants sole ownership of a facility in southern China's Guangzhou (Canton), Guangzhou's

Texaco Inc. lost $4.76 billion in the final three months of 1987 and $4.4 billion for the year becau

Buoyed by a stable economy and lucrative incentive awards, business executives across the country en

Arkansas Best Corp. Posts Earnings HikeFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp.'s fourth quart

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The Energy Department is preparing to get under way in February with the second round of its multimi

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Puerto Rico's economy is tied more than ever to the mainland United States despite the island's driv

Top Stories: Outlook for crude oil trading is for relatively weak and unstable prices in 198

The International Coffee Organization will not implement another cut in its global export coffee quo

In tumbling oil prices, India saw opportunity: not to consume cheap fuel from abroad but to find mor

CARGO DEVELOPMENT GROUP (Houston) - Mel Bowman was named director, cargo marketing, Pacific. He was

Creditors have given Emery Air Freight Corp. two more weeks to meet requirements in its loan contrac

Japan May Allow NTT To Sell Shares AbroadTOKYO - The Ministry of Finance is considering allo

Operating Income Down at PrimericaGREENWICH, Conn. - Primerica Corp. reported that operating

Witco Corp. has expanded production capacity and added laboratory equipment at the Chicago plant com

Schering-Plough to Buy Contact Lens BusinessMADISON, N.J. - Schering- Plough Corp. has reach

Tennessee Valley Authority awarded only two spot coal contracts covering deliveries of 4,000 tons in

The economy remains basically healthy despite new signs that growth is slowing, Federal Reserve Gove

Hale Container Lines will continue operating a second weekly feeder barge between Boston and New Yor

An international investment firm headed by the former finance minister of Kuwait added a Columbus, G

Four European electronics giants are jointly developing an advanced TV system to challenge Japan's l

THE BEST BUDGET PROPOSALS for presidential candidates may be those that avoid much detail on cutting

Gross Earnings Rise For Largest US RailsGross earnings of the nation's largest railroads ros

The U.S. dollar has reached an appropriate level, and now is the time for the leading nations to put

The Soviet Supreme Court turned down Friday an appeal to reduce the 15-year sentence of a captain wh