Day: April 13, 2010

A tale of two port cities: Seattle and Vancouver, BC

Apr 13, 2010

It was the best of times and now the worst of times. Vancouver, with more than 900,000 Alaska-bound passengers in 2009, is down this year to less than 600,000. Seattle, with 846,000 passengers this year, will lose two ships and...

U.S. Grain Exports Face Tough Global Competition

Apr 13, 2010

U.S. farmers, the biggest wheat exporters, will see their share of the world market plunge to 19 percent this year, the lowest in at least five decades, down from 29 percent in 2008, government data show. Russia will supply 14...