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Transportation interests lavished millions of dollars on Republicans after the GOP won control of Co

The U.S. dollar neared its high for the year against the Deutsche mark last week and held to its hig

Like the married couple that fights all the time but would never think of living apart, wastepaper e

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

Friday, Oct. 18, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

1145 (Oct. 18, 1996) Previous day - 1118The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Oct. 18, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

A senior port-state senator Friday called ocean shipping deregulation legislation an outrage and vow

Consolidated Freightways, Inc., Yellow Corp. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. reported sharply

The World Trade Organization is not yet ready to expand its reach into investment, competition, labo

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit appears headed for a new high this year, exceeding last year's re

The cargo industry consortium advising an aviation security panel reached several preliminary recomm

A poll released last week shows more than a third of Latin Americans either openly support the retur

TOYOTA TO EXPORT USEDCARS TO NEW ZEALANDTOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp., in a rare move in the au

Although Customs' five strategic trade centers were conceived primarily as think tanks that would an

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)August 1996 July 1996 Cumulative 19

Three weeks ended Oct. 12, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs.Value Prior 2 Mos. 1995 1994 Mil. $ Mo. Back

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Virginia's new public-private authority for building economic muscle has a hard act to follow.

Kathleen Strange was working as an assistant retail buyer when she decided she wanted something more

So many people were expected at this week's annual meeting of the Council of Logistics Management in

All signs point to Virginia Port Authority terminals breaking last year's record cargo volume - unle

Oct. 18, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Three people who supervised construction of a 370-mile gas pipeline through upstate New York face fe

NEW INDIA MCDONALD'SCALLED TOO POWER-HUNGRYNEW DELHI - One day after it opened, India's firs

Friday Oct. 18, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Mexican commerce officials have launched an unfair-trade probe into a Chinese-made chemical product

Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s earnings jumped nearly 40 percent in the latest quarter, helped by high

South Korea broke ground for two nuclear reactors Friday as the government promised to localize all

Archer Daniels Midland Co. Chairman Dwayne Andreas' offer to resign was only from the board, accordi

A plan that would bring New York's troubled electricity industry to full competition and cut rates f

The firing of Alexander Lebed and the fragile peace in Chechnya may be the latest worries for Wester

MEXICO GIVES MIDCONGAS TRANSPORT PERMITMEXICO CITY - Midcon Gas Natural, a subsidiary of Occ

DuPont and its Atlanta law firm have won a round in a legal battle over the chemical giant's fungici

More than 120 employees of Northeast Utilities won $320,000 in overtime wages after an audit showed

SHIPPING LINESDELAY HIGHER FEESSAN FRANCISCO - Major shipping lines moving U.S. goods to Asi

''As Harry Truman used to say, 'The buck stops with me.' ''

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

SHIPSBALTIC FREIGHT INDEXUP 27 POINTS TO 1145LONDON - The Baltic Freight Index gaine