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Friday Jan. 20, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The perimeter of Rokko Island, a showcase of Japan's largest containerport, looks solid enough from

The European Union's top competition official has vowed to ensure North Atlantic shipping lines aban

Camera-toting tourists seeking the wonders of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History don't pay mu

U.S. importers and exporters with goods bound to and from Kobe, Japan's sixth largest city, are resi

While the Port of Bordeaux registered an overall increase in traffic last year, it remains in search

U.S. shipyards are squaring off for a legislative fight this year over a new international agreement

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A containership that drifted in the North Pacific for nearly two weeks after losing power during a f

Brasilia has done a flip-flop and clamped down on its highly popular pre- Christmas opening to indiv

Here's a gamble even the luckiest high-roller might shy away from: betting on Amtrak to continue its

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Friday, Jan. 20, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The deutsche mark and the Swiss franc are the currencies of choice, foreign exchange traders and ana

Jokes can be made, of course. "He's flying in the catbird seat." Or "he's the birdbrain in t

For the week ended Jan. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Patrick J. Cleary, who earlier told President Clinton he did not wish to be renominated to a second

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 21, '94 - Dec. 30, '94 (a graph) (2

Canada will support Trinidad and Tobago's bid to become a member of the North American Free Trade Ag

National air carrier PT Garuda will restructure operations and capital in a bid to boost profit by u

Intertrans Corp., moving to broaden its worldwide network, said it has completed the purchase of two

The European Commission's top trade official has called for rapid movement toward agreement on globa

A new era in Indo-U.S. commercial relations opened last July when Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary cam

International Post Corp. said it expects to reach agreement within two months on new tariffs for del

Pressure will build on the Clinton administration to ease curbs on exports to Iran following the dis

AIR INDIA SIGNS PACT FOR TWO BOEING 747SBOMBAY, India - India's state-run Air India signed a

Airport tax for passengers at South African airports will increase 6 percent starting April 1, part

Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange Railroad Category 199

"Nationalism is war. War is not just the past, it is perhaps the future."

INDIA'S PHONE WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST US FIRMSNEW DELHI, India - Hundreds of thousand

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

TNT Freightways Corp. overcame a spring strike to break the billion-dollar mark in revenue for the f

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

Burlington Northern Railroad earned a record $142 million, or $1.51 a share, in the fourth quarter.

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

Amid initial skepticism from analysts, the federal government has initiatedplans for a publi

The train ride to private operation of transportation systems around the world pulls into another st

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

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft permit for Norfolk Southern Corp. to build a $

Illinois Central Railroad earned $35.5 million, or 83 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared