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Developing countries will remain the engine of world manufacturing growth and within a decade could

GATX LOGISTICS INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Ronald E. Peterca was named vice president of human resou

Freightliner Corp. stole the show in the heavy truck market last month, posting a whopping 30.5 perc

The United States in talks last week pressured Japan to open its telecommunications market further t

TRAP BAN EXEMPTIONS UNLIKELY BEFORE DEADLINEWASHINGTON - The European Union is unlik

"We are all Europskeptics now."

Congress faces long work days ahead as it takes up what is becoming an increasingly bitter and parti

For the week ended Oct. 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 16

SPARTAN EXPRESS INC. SOUTH (Greer, S.C.) - Patrick McGibbon was named account manager in Des Plaines

U.S. businesses are pressing telling seven Southeast Asia nations they must open their economies fur

As the year and latest five-year plan draw to a close, a number of China's economists and senior off

Three Weeks Ended Oct. 7, 1995, vs. Similar 1994 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

No new Japanese smelting firms have stepped forward to replace Mitsubishi Materials Corp. following

The Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange said Friday it had amended the rules for the delivery of sugar

Environmental ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico agreed during a meeting here to wo

1745 (Oct. 13, 1995) Previous day - 1760 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan's army landed at the Port of Tacoma last month. Japanese military helicopters and othe

OIL SPILLS IN MISSISSIPPI AS TANK BARGES COLLIDELONDON - Two tank barges collided in

The history-making carrier-shipper compromise modernizing U.S. ocean transportation laws begins the

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

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

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The nation's largest insurance company, State Farm Insurance Cos., consolidated and restructured its

Seasonally adjusted registered unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 453,000, or 7.0 percent of t

Spain's unemployment rate was 15.32 percent in September, up from 15.08 percent in August, the Labor

A yearlong delay in U.S. export financing for a controversial dam project in China apparently will c

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 21 '94 - Oct. 13, '95 (a graph) (2)

Friday, Oct. 13, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The Clinton administration plans to extend duty-free treatment to all importsfrom the Palest

The United States will not default on its debt, and the sun will come out tomorrow for the dollar, c

It's becoming a familiar refrain. US inflation remains low and is likely to stay that way since the

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

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

Other steamship carriers are getting set to swoop on cargo now being carried by Lykes Bros. Steamshi

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As of Oct. 13, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

RUSSIA'S OIL EXPORTS RISE OUTSIDE REPUBLICSMOSCOW - Russian oil exports outside the