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Farrell Asks Marad To Lift Subsidy CurbsFarrell Lines Inc. wants the limitations removed fro

With the Japanese yen reaching all-time highs against the U.S. dollar this year, the cost of a trip

The $160 billion current account deficit is a problem for the U.S. economybecause it is bein

Agreements between the United States and its major trading partners, and the drop in the value of th

Sutcliffe Speakman PLC, a leading producer of activated carbon, has acquired Barnebey-Cheney Co., it

Petrochemical Output Increases in MexicoMexico's Department of Energy & Mines reported that

Although the familiar yellow trucks are most people's image of Ryder System, that is far from the wh

1259.0 (Dec. 30) Previous day - 1261.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Large regional truck lines posted a mixed earnings pattern in the third quarter, financial data on f

Will the increase in tanker demand and in freight rates that helped considerably to slow the decline

THE COURTSHIP of Maersk Line continues in Canada. The port of Halifax is pursuing the Danish carrier

Gasoline and home heating oil prices should be lower as 1988 begins, according to the State Energy O

Some things you just take for granted. The Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. The Thanksgiving Da

Supplies of distillate oil and gasoline increased moderately last week, according to the latest supp

Six New York Insurance Exchange syndicates that tried to stop the exchangefrom suspending it

A potential dispute between two sets of insurers covering the Dec. 7 crash of a Pacific Southwest Ai

China has to grapple with several troublesome factors in its rapidly expanding economy in the new ye

China is no longer charging import duties on foreign materials and spare parts used to manufacture g

Taiwan and South Africa Wednesday signed an extradition treaty aimed at preventing economic criminal

ANNUAL REVENUE of $5 billion. That's the figure Jerome L. Dryer projected the electronic data interc

A Chinese plan to transform Hainan Island in the South China Sea into another Hawaii is attracting t

Steel production fell to 1.685 million tons in the week ended Dec. 26, a decrease of 0.5 percent fro

A major creditor of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire has demanded immediate payment of $275 milli

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers, annual seminar, Jan. 13, Hershey Philadelphia Hotel, P

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

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

With more than 60 double-stack container trains already leaving the West Coast each week, a railroad

The U.S. economy's ability to create jobs will falter in 1988 after nearly five years of strong grow

The shaky oil market has combined with inflation, unemployment and foreign debt to make once-affluen

An article Dec. 14 on a Massachusetts' auto reform bill included the incorrect first name and title

The New Year will constitute a critical challenge for Canada's transportation industry, with deregul

The fall of the U.S. dollar below 1.6 deutsche marks could virtually wipe out planned Bundesbank pro

Brazil Pays Interest, Ending MoratoriumRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil paid $357 million in

Some 350 years after a Jesuit missionary helped the Ming Dynasty build European-style cannons, John

A year into a mandatory program to burn Oklahoma coal, utilities in that state are citing problems w

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Sea-Barge Group Inc. lost its top management executives but gained a new competitor owned by those f

British Coal Expects To Break Even in '88British Coal, the state-owned coal company, is like

Scottish Bank Predicts Unstable Crude PricesOPEC's shaky production agreement will result in

Atlantic Richfield Co. says it has bought additional Britoil PLC shares on the open market, increasi