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Newfoundland's piece of the action in megaprojects like the Terra Nova oil development could hinge o

Monday Apr. 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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SOUTH KOREA TRADE GAPNARROWS TO $304 MILLIONSEOUL - South Korea posted a trade deficit of $3

Members of the textile and apparel trade aren't completely happy with Customs' latest efforts to hel

The United States is preparing to open a trade office in Hanoi, delighting Americans seeking investm

European Union agriculture ministers met Monday to hear Britain's plans for eradicating mad cow dise

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

The paper you are reading is 168 years and 228 days old - and as new as today.We have a new

One port's dredging woes can be the key to another port's dreams.Ports in Virginia and Nova

Full-blown battles will be joined this week after opponents of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific me

Shippers in this country may lose a chance to get better, cheaper overseas transportation if the Uni

Taking advantage of a just-concluded U.S.-Japan air cargo agreement, United Parcel Service is adding

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

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

Friday, March 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar will rise this week on expectations that Japanese life insurance companies, trusts ,

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Mar. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Canada's new restrictions on imports and transshipments of U.S. grain will shut down a 5 million-ton

Albert L. Kraus, editor emeritus of The Journal of Commerce, died Thursday following a short illness

In contrast to last year's gripe session about railroad service, truckers on a panel at this year's

Prospects are improving for a new ''strategic'' export control law after a House committee passed le

1448 (Mar. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1445The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A rapidly consolidating tugboat industry on San Francisco Bay has led two independent operators to c

MEXICO RESPONDSTO NAFTA COMPLAINTMEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has formally responded

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

The European Union made final preparations Friday to add Eastern European nations after its leaders

Three Weeks Ended Mar. 23, 1996, vs. Similar 1995 PeriodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

''You're in the business of picking out the exception and writing about it. It's not fun to say what

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 7, '95, - Mar. 29, '96 (a graph)(2

BROWN TO LEAD GROUPTO BOSNIA AND CROATIAWASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown will

Ailing German shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG said on Friday its equity capital had been wiped out as a

U.S., Mexican and Swiss law enforcement agents will question a senior New York-based Citibank office

North Korea said late last week it hoped to receive more food aid from the United States and other c

Trade ministers meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, late last month to forge a Free Trade Agreement of t

STOLEN VEHICLES FOUNDWAITING FOR OVERSEAS TRIPLONG BEACH, Calif. - A car homing device led p

PRESTON TRUCKING CO.The Preston, Md.-based Midwest and Northeast less-than-truckload carrier

The conglomerate owning Hong Kong's largest container handler has won the fight to build the colony'

DAEWOO DEVELOPSDEEP-SEA VEHICLESEOUL - South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. said it ha