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Railroad consolidation in the 1990s may look, at first glance, like the wave that swept the industry

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Parties under contract to Mexico's state-owned railroad are getting little information about where t

The European Union has ''little room for maneuver'' in negotiations with the United States and four

As the captain of the world's largest containership prepared for its maiden voyage a few weeks ago a

France Telecom, the state-owned telephone monopoly, should be partially privatized as quickly as pos

Nissan Motor Co. on Friday announced a plan for a joint venture to produce cars in Vietnam.N

Toyota Motor Corp. said the company and General Motors Corp. decided the dissolution of their Austra

JAPAN WILL CONSIDERTALKS ON CHIP PACTTOKYO - Softening Tokyo's refusal to discuss re

REGIONAL BLOCSSummit of the Americas. May 17-18. New Orleans. Contact: Office of Com

Running a successful port these days requires much more than operational skills, a good relationship

About the only thing European ports have in common is that they load and unload cargoes from ships.<

Where do ports handling refrigerated produce turn when they've explored every competitive avenue fro

Dismissing several hundred longshoremen would have brought Britain's international trade to a virtua

Shipping lines transporting timber and paper products into Europe have few complaints about the serv

Sea-Land Service Inc. has its own dedicated, automated facility at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, but exec

Green used to denote someone who was a bit naive, or at the very least a novice in a particular acti

More than 20 carriers offer container service across the North Atlantic every week, although some do

As of Mar. 15, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

''This could get ugly.''

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Mar. 15, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Mexican drug maker Signa SA de CV last week became the first private company making use of a provisi

Industrial output rebounded strongly in February after severe winter weather temporarily closed some

Australia's new conservative government said it was ending 13 years of curbs on uranium exports, ang

US REFUSES TO BARTERJETS FOR SANCTIONS DELAYWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration would ne

Friday Mar. 15, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Wyoming Interstate Co., Williams Natural Gas Co. and Trailblazer Pipeline Co. are considering a join

A rail union has endorsed a plan devised by Conrail Inc. and Greenbrier Cos. to give the equipment m

The exceptionally severe winter of 1996 and a weak international air freight market combined to give

A year after it formally burst onto the truckload scene, Con-Way Truckload Services is doubling the

The United Nations is launching a 10-year, multibillion program meant to focus world attention on Af

Fokker, the Dutch aircraft maker that filed for bankruptcy Friday, today will start a search for a p

Caribbean trade ministers will use this week's meeting in Cartagena, Colombia,to discuss what they s

Canadian authorities will start publishing the identities of foreign-flag ships that fail safety ins

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (America) Inc. is expanding its Central and South American service to include th