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Changes of command at steamship companies have been more than just business.They are footnot

No pigs in a blanket or Cheese Whiz on a cracker washed down with Bud Light here at Rendez-vous de S

London's Heathrow Airport is aviation's Holy Grail.Every U.S. airline crossing the Atlantic

SHIPSPOSSIBLE DUMPING SITESUNVEILED IN MARYLANDBALTIMORE - In the next 25 years, the

With the president of the West Coast longshoreman's union seated nearby, the traffic manager for a m

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is shaking up the nation's truckload sector by raising pay for ove

Strong growth in containerized imports in July points to a brighter holiday shipping season this yea

Southern Pacific Lines said it is experiencing substantial problems with new General Electric Transp

PROBE CONTINUESINTO FISHERMEN'S DEATHSBOSTON - Coast Guard officials continued an investigat

Three weeks ended Aug. 31, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

The former controller of a U.S. marine officers' union goes on trial today for allegedly embezzling

Friday, Sept. 6, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The August employment report didn't clear the air, as far as currency traders and analysts are conce

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '95 - Sept. 6, '96 (a graph)*

Union Pacific Corp. asked the Surface Transportation Board to limit its competitors' newly won freed

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

HALIFAX PORT CORP.APPROVES CAPITAL PLANHALIFAX - Halifax Port Corp. has approved a C$46.3 mi

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1063 (Sept. 6, 1996) Previous day - 1072The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Sept. 6, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

AS OF AUG. 30, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Bigger transportation payrolls contributed to a strong August employment report that made a Federal

LONGSHORE PACTAPPROVAL PREDICTEDSAN FRANCISCO - A week before West Coast longshoremen begin

A Reporter's Notebook headlined ''UP chief welcomes SP deal'' that appeared Sept. 5 on Page 8B shoul

CHINA APPEALS TO USFOR PERMANENT MFNBEIJING - President Jiang Zemin has called on the United

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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

Sept. 6, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Sept. 6, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

AFRICAN MINER LOOKSTO GO DEEP FOR GOLDJOHANNESBURG - South African mining giant Anglo Americ

House Banking Committee members have urged a Treasury Department agency to step up its efforts to ha

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

China is showing clear signs of softening its often combative approach to Hong Kong in the countdown

''We're insuring whether the advertising is able to do its job to get buns on the seats.''

As of Sept. 6, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 246.22 off 0.88

Demet Tarhan was raised, she remembers, not to think first about a finding a good man, but rather to

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 6, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 6, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent