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When the Iron Curtain rusted away, Ken Southworth started traveling to Eastern Europe to find busine

With annual shipper-ocean carrier contract talks in full swing, the inbound rate-setting conference

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A ban on exports of U.S. wheat to 21 nations jostled futures prices Wednesday, created concern in Wa

A once moribund bill easing maritime regulation has been revived after key port and shipper represen

Proposed legislation that would put California's ports under state trusteeship and have them answer

AUSTRALIAN LINE ADDS1,200 REEFER BOXESLONG BEACH, Calif. - Australia-New Zealand Direct Line

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CONNECTICUT MARITIME ASSOCIATION. March 18-20. Stamford, Conn. Shipping '96 conference and exhibitio

The Canadian government is considering a proposal that would allow producer ownership of the governm

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Mar. 13, '96 (a graph)(2)

A cutline for a photo accompanying Publisher's Notebook on Page 10A of Wednesday's newspaper should

Wednesday, March 13, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Consolidated Rail Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to sell some 400 miles of lighter-density route

BOOK-TO-BILL RATIODECLINES FOR CHIP SECTORThe chip industry's book-to-bill ratio rem

The Export-Import Bank of Japan signed a protocol with the Brazilian government Wednesday to extend

Trade leads are supplied by:U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Mar. 13, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 13, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 13, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 246.47 up 1.05 whi

American exporters can look forward to easier shipments of consumer goods, but substantive changes w

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Mexico suffered its worst economic crisis last year since the 1930s, with a 7 percent economic contr

When the peso crisis rocked Mexico in December 1994 and kicked off Mexico's worst economic crisis in

Convinced the Agriculture Department is about to lift a decades-old ban on imports of Mexican avocad

Opportunities in Malaysia for foreign high-tech industries are growing as the country's labor shorta

TEXAS FILLS POSITIONIN MEXICAN TRADE OFFICEMEXICO CITY - Texas has finally filled a long-vac

The Fourth Corner Economic Development Group has changed its name to Bellingham Regional Economic De

Canada is launching a three-pronged attack against the new U.S. law that tries to squeeze foreign in

National less-than-truckload carriers are finding that just being national doesn't cut it anymore.

Computer software manufacturers say the presidential race is boosting their campaign to ease U.S. cu

The Box Club will consider expanding the membership of the Far Eastern Freight Conference later this

$400,000 COMP POSITIONGOES BEGGING IN ONTARIOTORONTO - Ontario's Tory government is offering

1353 (Mar. 13, 1996) Previous day - 1351The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Mar. 13, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Hartford's reputation as the insurance capital of the world will be bolstered by a new Insurance Law

Great expectations.''Have a good show, everybody,'' says the rumpled stage manager to the pa