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In an apparent attempt to sidestep its trans-Atlantic partners, Overseas Orient Container Line has q

Sea-Land Service Inc. and P&O (Australia) have purchased a 50 percent stake in a container terminal

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The on-again, off-again Seaway Summit is on again. And the United States and Canada also hav

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Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.6410/4 108.010/5 107.910

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

Norfolk Southern Corp. carloadings of metal goods have been rising strongly, thanks to some relative

Agreement on the further liberalization of trade in financial services within the General Agreement

Five years after the Berlin Wall fell and east Germany peacefully liberated itself from communism, t

Aircraft restrictions that require quieter nighttime operations at Seattle- Tacoma International Air

While local transit authorities near a final decision on plans for the establishment of a regional h

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed in quiet trading Tuesday, as a rally in the stock and bond market

Standards organizations from the United States, Canada and Mexico reported progress in North America

Union Pacific's bid to acquire Santa Fe Pacific Corp. raises several questions. Theyinclude question

BOEING BOOSTS FORECAST OF '94 JET DELIVERIESSEATTLE - Boeing Co. delivered 65 commer

RailTex Inc. said its 1994 earnings will be reduced by 5 or 6 cents a share due to summer flooding i

Japan's machinery makers saw the value of orders from the private sector, excluding orders for ships

The day after Union Pacific Corp. said it might raise its $3.25 billion bid for Santa Fe Pacific Cor

China is cranking up its electronics and machinery sector to increase exports to US$150 billion by e

China's hopes of winning early entry to the world trade body appear to be receding further after a v

The Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade, the main association of banks involved in international

Mexican commerce officials have lifted some trade penalties on U.S. steel after domestic producers w

"My warnings about the likely consequences of the debt explosion and the poor supervision of our fin

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey is no shrinking violet. He crashed, so to speak, the annua

Motor carriers in California's less-than-truckload market are bracing for another flat year as far a

KAZAKH PRESIDENT FIRES GOVERNMENTMOSCOW - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev fire

Canadian members of the Teamsters union are voting on a proposed dues increase of up to $2 a month t

The Supreme Court Tuesday denied a General Motors Corp. appeal challenging a $7.1 million damage awa

Airlines should no longer be required to file international cargo tariffs, Transportation Secretary

Consolidated Rail Corp. and Norfolk Southern have no immediate plans to change new intermodal equipm

The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday said it will review a U.S. Court of Appeals decision favoring two Geo

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