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The International Monetary Fund is weighing possible new steps to help forestall Mexico-like financi

Now that President Clinton has put the kibosh on Conoco Inc.'s $1 billion oil deal withIran, Washing

Reading & Bates Corp. rejected Sonat Offshore Drilling's $448 million cash and stock offer to acquir

GLAXO CHAIRMAN PLANS TO CHALLENGE HELMSGREENVILLE, N.C. - The chairman of Glaxo Inc.

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The long-awaited freight forwarder certification program, which forwarders say will raise their indu

Exxon Co. U.S.A. has received one of the largest penalties ever levied by the Texas Natural Resource

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Richard Lugar told reporters last week that he opposes a plan

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USDA TO DONATE FOOD TO REPUBLIC OF GEORGIAWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agricu

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 235.33 off 1.31

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2266 (Mar. 17, 1995) Previous day - 2251 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The European Union is developing a business strategy for the maritime industry, but divisions betwee

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The number of Japanese-flag vessels and seamen will fall sharply through the year 2000, according to

Investigators have concluded that a weak lock on a bow door was one of the main reasons the ferry Es

Gov. Parris N. Glendening has thrown the U.S.S. Constellation a lifeline, but the toss came up a bit

NC TERMINAL SETS SINGLE-SHIPMENT RECORDWILMINGTON, N.C. - The North Carolina State P

A federal appeals court said last week it will not review its 1992 ruling that gives banks approval

NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU INC. (New York) - John A. Buzga was named deputy chief of the Pacific ports, w

Beating the drum for local negotiations and opening the door on a walkout as early as April 1, track

1 DEAD AS SHIPS COLLIDE OFF JAPANKOBE, Japan - One crewman was killed Friday when his Japane

Russian ships and barges built mainly for trading on rivers and canals are becoming a hazard in the

Budget cutting suggestions put forward last week by House Republicans assume a broad deregulation of

Russia and Turkey are continuing to argue about whether navigational rules for the strategically vit

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For the week ended March 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

The nation's less-than-truckload shippers, while stopping short of endorsing the gutting of the Carm

Some 50,000 port employees and longshoremen are threatening to shut down all of Brazil's public port

Economic crisis and a new Republican assertiveness in the U.S. Congress threaten the existence of a

Improved service and increased automation and tighter security are among the issues facing airline c

CP Rail System remained under siege Friday, with some 7,000 union workers either striking or refusin

The new chief executive officer of the North American Development Bank and his deputy said they hope

While an industry anxiously awaits word from the Interstate CommerceCommission on the propos

"Low-probability events can have devastating, indeed fatal, consequences . . . These events should c

Thirty swamp-lined highway miles from the nearest railroad track, the Intermodal Association of Nort

CONRAIL INC. (Philadelphia) - Lester M. Passa was named vice president of logistics and corporate st

Canada fired back Friday in a dispute over sugar trade, accusing the United States and five other co

Illinois Central Railroad, already possessing the industry's lowest operating ratio of expense to re