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FEDEX TO SWAP ANTI-NOISEKITS FOR AMERICAN AIR JETSMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. said it wi

Executives for the major Teamsters trucking companies want early talks with the union, well in advan

For the week ended November 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

Dec. 4, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The rate-setting group for ocean carriers moving goods from Asia to the United States may give up ve

1440 (Dec. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1434The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Senators from both Maine and New Hampshire say they don't understand why the Navy has decided to cut

That Italian silk scarf sitting under the Christmas tree this holiday won't carry quite the same cac

The Coast Guard, like most other government agencies, is a victim of the federal budget crunch. Its

Roadway Express Inc. must pay at least $185,000 for retaliating against an employee who complained o

William G. White, chairman and chief executive of Consolidated Freightways from 1960 to 1978, has di

With rumors flying and the media in full pursuit of details about a possible merger of Delta Air Lin

U.S. and British negotiators are unlikely to make any progress on liberalizing aviation during the c

South Korea intends to open its ports to the private sector beginning next year, part of a concerted

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Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

European intermodal operators have much to learn from the United States, where freight distribution

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Dec. 4, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The U.S. dollar rose gradually against the Deutsche mark and fell slightly against the yen Wednesday

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

REBELS BLAST COLOMBIA'SMAIN PIPELINEBOGOTA, Colombia - Leftist rebels dynamited two sections

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 15, '95 - Dec. 4, '96 (a graph)* An

An article in the Monday, Dec. 2, report on Canada incorrectly described Canadian Pacific Railway's

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 241.63 off 0.39 w

Dec. 4, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Dec. 4, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Dec. 4, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34.

A Washington state coal-fired power plant would reduce pollutants by 90 percent in six years and get

Alan D. Newborn, senior vice president-international for The Journal of Commerce, died overnight Tue

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 1.9 million b

Russia's Duma, the opposition-led lower house of Parliament, is actively fighting the government's l

REPORT SAYS GM SEEKSSPY DAMAGES FROM VWFRANKFURT - General Motors Corp. will demand at least

A major political dogfight between rich and poor countries over trade and labor standards is set to

''Given China's increasingly aggressive posture, I am very concerned that we're selling our edge in

In a huge aircraft hanger, U.S. Customs proudly displayed thousands of white packages with a street

Two months ago, a group of top software companies threw bouquets at President Clinton for his plan t

FRANCE CALLS OFFTHOMSON SA SALEPARIS - The French government called off the controversial sa

The Colombian government announced Wednesday it has seized imports from 51 companies whose merchandi