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A group of French parliamentarians held talks Wednesday with government officials from Iraq to discu

FORECAST SEES DOUBLING OF SEMICONDUCTOR SALESSAN JOSE, Calif. - The world market for semicon

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Changes in the property/casualty insurance industry, including mergers and consolidations, will forc

The high price and low supply of cotton that has squeezed China's textile industry for the past thre

The giant Hibernia oil project off the coast of Newfoundland this week moved into the final construc

Free-market aficionados take note: This is the success story of a U.S. industry born of regulation.<

May 18, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 231.58 off 0.09

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2220 (May 18, 1995) Previous day - 2239 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Even though all the details have yet to be worked out, Sea-Land Service Inc. intends tostick by its

Ships carrying solid bulk cargoes such as coal may have to be fitted with instruments to measure str

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has agreed to invest an additional $50 million - for a total of $230

FLOODING ON MISSISSIPPI SHUTS LOCK, HALTS BARGESKANSAS CITY - The Army Corps of Engi

Totem Ocean Trailer Express, which operates roll-on, roll-off cargo vessels in the Alaska trade, and

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As just-in-time shipments become more crucial to many of the nation's companies, traffic managers at

Inspectors employed by the French classification society Bureau Veritas to verify the structural sea

Cuba is accelerating the modernization of its outdated, bulk-oriented transportation system to facil

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A 23-year-old federal ban on exporting Alaskan oil could be lifted later this year following a decis

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union last week initiated its third round of hir

VLCC-SCRAPPING SOARED IN 1ST 4 MONTHS OF '95STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Twice as many very-l

Transportation Claims and Prevention Council. May 18. "Dealing with Motor Carriers in New Transporta

Europe's lagging intermodal efforts receive a psychological boost next month with the introduction o

Shippers using the largest ocean carriers calling Guatemala will have to start arranging their own t

LACK OF NOTICE BLAMED FOR TRUCK-TRAIN CRASHWASHINGTON - An Amtrak train rammed into

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has told the Interstate Commerce Commission to recons

French and British railways said this week they will pursue their court challenge of a European Comm

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is helping 10 South American nations move ahead on ventures th

Confusion marked an all-cargo airline's shift to a new hub this week, but domestic air freight forwa

U.S. companies will have a chance to help Uruguayan farmers turn rice hulls into electricity with co

On Trading With Eastern Europe:"You have to be a pioneer. You are creating markets, not disc

China said Wednesday it plans to set up a company to help finance its Three Gorges hydroelectric pro

American pasta makers have struck a blow against the mother country, accusing Italy of selling its z