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Forthcoming Figures WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department issues its monthly report on single

The Burlington Northern and the Kansas City Southern railroads remain opposed to the proposed merger

After a year in which its oil-based economy declined rapidly, Trinidad and Tobago is hoping for stab

In a pricey preview of summertime delicacies, cherries showed up at a market in downtown Tokyo last

India and Uruguay have drafted a trade and economic cooperation agreement that is expected to be sig

James E. Devine IV has been named vice president, Pacific, for the Transax/ RATES and PIERS subsidia

Sea-Land Corp. will pay $125 million for the Hawaii-Guam leg of United States Lines' trans-Pacific s

Insurance market conditions continued to deteriorate last year although signs of improvement began a

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Corporate America's restructuring wave seems made to order for Clayton & Dubilier Inc. A maj

Tokyo Stocks Soar To All-Time HighStocks soared to a record high on record volume Friday, as

Some 13,000 gallons of motor oil escaped last week from a pipeline of a company in Southern Moravia

Utah Power & Light Co. plans to reduce its Utah retail rates by $60 million over seven years in an e

Japan's balance of payments surplus in February rose to US$7.38 billion, the ninth-largest monthly t

Power plants in the Far East will triple their coal imports by the year 2000 though there won't be a

A 29-year-old coal miner died early Friday after a slab of rock fell from the roof of an underground

Pesticide pollution affecting aqueducts in five north Italian agricultural provinces has triggered a

European airlines should have enjoyed profitability under state ownership that guaranteed them monop

The world lost - or perhaps misplaced - more than $388 billion in the first half of the 1980s, accor

The Swedish merchant shipping fleet is following the same pattern as that of its Norwegian counterpa

The Justice Department will allow the Fashion Accessories Association Inc. to form a shippers associ

Tucked away in the House version of the trade bill is a shipping provision, aimed at gaining a share

The 50-mile container rule, which was designed to preserve work for longshoremen, has failed and eve

U.S. inflation is on the rise, despite a moderation of consumer price increases in February, and wil

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The following is an exerpt of an interview with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyn

Noble Affiliates Inc. made a significant natural gas discovery on Ship Shoal 80, about 10 miles offs

Israel is facing a paradox. Whatever happens to the price of crude oil, up or down, the results won'

The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, plans to spend between $120 million and $140 million on

There's reason for U.S. coal exporters to be concerned in Turkey, commented a European trader.

Since the disastrous Sandoz AG fire, West Germany's chemical industry has been fighting an uphill ba

The M.W. Kellogg Co., a unit of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., is in the running for a piece of a $

McDonnell Douglas Awards Gear ContractsLONG BEACH, Calif. - McDonnell Douglas said it has aw

Ralph Waldo Emerson's century-old saw - "If a man can make a better mousetrap the world will make a

For the week ended Mar. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A top national truck renting and leasing company said it backs pending federal legislation to requir

A man who makes much of his living promoting U.S. apparel exports says he'll fight U.S. barriers to

The Japanese government may appeal to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade if the United State

South Korea Considers Plan to Open MarketsSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is studying plans

One of the world's poorest nations is pinning its hopes for future economic growth on the private se