<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">Monday, January 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada </div>

Monday, January 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

<div>Monday, January 5, 1987(Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K. Germany Holland SwitzerlandDay-to-Day8.13 11.00 4.81 6.00 2.19Time deposits (3 mos.)8.38 11.13 4.75 6.13 3.88EURODOLLARSCall 1 Mo. 3 Mo. 6 Mo. 12 Mo.London6.1250 6.3750 6.2500 6.1875 6.1875Offered side, interbank quotations.International Interest Rates supplied by European American Bank.UNITED STATES RATESCmmcl.Federal *Tr'sury Paper *Bankers *Cert.Funds Bills Dealers Direct Ac'pt'ces of Dep.6.44 5.50 N.A. 6.05 5.95 5.97*90 days. 90-119 days.U.S. prime rate, 7.5. Central bank discount rates: U.S., 5.5 percent; Germany, 3.5; Holland, 5.0; Belgium, 8.0; France, 9.5; Switzerland, 4.0; Italy, 12.0; Canada, 8.49; Japan, 3.5.</div>...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">The proposed merger of Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway would create single-line rail network that could shift discretionary cargo to Charleston and other underused East Coast infrastructure, writes rail analyst Paul Tonsager. </div>

The proposed merger of Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway would create single-line rail network that could shift discretionary cargo to Charleston and other underused East Coast infrastructure, writes rail analyst Paul Tonsager.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">Equipment acquisitions for heavy-lift cargo handling need to go together with investment in technical expertise, asset providers warn. </div>

Equipment acquisitions for heavy-lift cargo handling need to go together with investment in technical expertise, asset providers warn.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">As truckload capacity in the US gets tighter and rates move higher, more freight is being shifted to less-than-truckload providers — something that will continue, attendees at the SMC3 Connections conference were told. </div>

As truckload capacity in the US gets tighter and rates move higher, more freight is being shifted to less-than-truckload providers — something that will continue, attendees at the SMC3 Connections conference were told.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">With fresh capacity landing on the West Coast, sources say spot rates could start to soften after a four-month bull run driven by cargo frontloading and higher bunker fuel prices. </div>

With fresh capacity landing on the West Coast, sources say spot rates could start to soften after a four-month bull run driven by cargo frontloading and higher bunker fuel prices.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper">But despite the initial drop in capacity, sources are not expecting a long-term decline in business on the westbound trade lane. </div>

But despite the initial drop in capacity, sources are not expecting a long-term decline in business on the westbound trade lane.

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