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"In spite of the tremendous diversity of our cultures, political systems and stages of development o

U.S. failure to ratify the global-trade agreement by the end of the year would both destroy the mult

The Port of Houston Authority, in its continuing drive to bring more nonunion workers to Houston's d

A four-year decentralization process by Maersk Line will be completed next year when three powerful

EL SALVADOR STRIKE CLOSES CUSTOMS OFFICESLONDON - All customs offices are closed in

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A corrections official, a real estate developer, an insurance executive, a stockbroker,assorted busi

A federal judge this week approved a partial settlement struck in August between Exxon and native Al

Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +19.9111/10 109.311/14 109.511

A sudden move to find new uses for Consolidated Rail Corp.'s Beacon Park intermodal yard has shaken

Washington state will examine the use of short-line railroads instead of trucks as the preferred alt

China's nationwide consumer price index soared 27.7 percent in October compared with October 1993, t

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

Consolidated Rail Corp. said Wednesday it would build an intermodal terminal in the Pittsburgh area

ICC ELECTS MORGAN AS VICE CHAIRMANWASHINGTON - Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lind

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved up to another high for 1994 at 110.3 Thursday,

The European Union remains deeply divided over how to finance a multibillion- dollar program for 12

Lumber mills and other railroad users in Oregon are experiencing long delays in shipping goods out o

Three Weeks Ended Nov. 12, 1994, vs. Similar 1993 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The United States on Thursday unveiled a 32-page document outlining changes it says would make doing

A boxcar carrying a chemical and moving on a Grand Trunk Railroad train burst into flames and explod

All that glitters is once again gold for South Africa. That nation, freed from U.S. trade sa

Russia's foreign economic relations ministry is considering a plan to oblige exporters to convert al

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday, pressured by weak bonds. A decline in October U.S. housin

A century-old rail line on the verge of being abandoned has been leased to a company that will run c

U.K. provisional, seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.1 percent in October from September, the C

UPS ADDS ORIGIN CITIES TO EARLY DELIVERY SERVICEUnited Parcel Service announced Thursday tha

Austria posted a trade deficit of 81.4 billion schillings (US$7.45 billion) in the first nine months

Shippers must guard against the belief that a Republican-led Congress will not put their interests a

Union Pacific Railroad, battling Burlington Northern Railroad for control of Santa Fe Pacific Corp.,

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The Teamsters union Thursday won the legal right to strike United Parcel Service in Kansas City - an

US OIL IMPORTS FORECAST TO RISE IN '95WASHINGTON - Net imports of crude oil and refi

China will require the services of more overseas law firms to increase trade and revamp its industri

This week, California joined 25 other states in submitting clean air plans to the Environmental Prot

Already bruised by the charge that he sacrificed human rights for commercial gain on his trip to Asi

Reports of beatings, torture and persecution have raised doubts about President Clinton's decision l

As recently as 1976, forest products giant Weyerhaeuser Co. in Tacoma, Wash., produced zero newsprin

In what could become one of the most costly shipping-line failures for the container-leasing industr