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Malaysian banks have become hot takeover targets with heavyweight suitors courting two scandal-ridde

Paced by surging costs for services, Russian consumer prices rose 2.3 percent in the week ended Oct

Besides country music, delegates to the American Gas Association's annual conference and exhibition

A mild summer, resulting in a big surplus of natural gas, forced gas futures prices down to $1.30 fo

Two Florida ports, along with ports in Virginia and Washington won environmental awards from the Ame

Ports face increasing competition for cargo and must sustain good relationships with laborers who mo

Pipelines and prices, competition, a new round of regulatory hearings and sub- salt drilling are jus

Smooth transportation links are "like Rodney Dangerfield: They get no respect," said an intermodal s

AAPA SELECTS HELBERG AS BOARD CHAIRMANPHILADELPHIA - Davis Helberg, executive direct

The European Commission soon will outlaw two agreements between container shipping lines on the Nort

The Federal Maritime Commission will return to full, five-member strength for the first time since A

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Crowley American Transport Inc. is purchasing $50 million worth of containers and chassis for its La

The largest property deal in South Florida history, which closed in September, continued a trend: Eu

Nordstrom & Thulin, the Swedish shipping company that owns half of Estline, is withdrawing from pass

Florida's growing international trade market remains strong, with trade through Florida customs dist

MAERSK REPORTS MANAGEMENT CHANGESLONDON - Lars Reno Jakobsen, currently in charge of

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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CHINA SEES GRAIN HARVEST FALLING SHORT OF '93 LEVELChina's grain harvest this year will fall

After a year of gridlock in Congress, intense anti-Washington feeling throughout the country was abo

Knock Tankers Ltd. of Norway will boycott the United States because of the new financial responsibil

The Military Sealift Command knew for at least five years that the nine tankers it leased in 1975 ha

Ocean carriers, suffering what they deem are intolerable losses, are getting tough on Chinese shippe

Roll-on, roll-off ships could move domestic cargo in trailers and containers along the Atlantic and

Canadian maritime interests have joined forces to fight a government decision allowing the state-own

An unsolicited $3.4 billion offer from Union Pacific Corp. to purchase Santa Fe PacificCorp. has fur

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Bruce Brandi, executive vice president for sales and marketing at Lep Profit International, will be

The Maritime Administration on Wednesday unveiled an internal restructuring officials said will make

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Thursday, Oct. 6, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Crisis was not a word springing from people's lips here this week at the annual meetings of the Worl

Five airlines have decided to test a new federal law that requires the Federal Aviation Administrati

The U.S. dollar held steady Thursday as market participants were reluctant to take positions ahead o

Chris Stals, governor of the South African central bank, reiterated calls for exchange controls in t

U.S. companies are trying to break into Argentina's highly competitive housewares market with everyt

Richard Knapp is waiting patiently for Alaska's next boom. "I believe there's another boom i

Citing continuing technical and management problems, Federal Transit Administrator Gordon Linton sus