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Political and fiscal reform were the driving forces during the recent decade that enabled the once s

Rolls-Royce comes under German ownership; the biggest pub landlord is a Japanese bank; the next Jagu

NAC RE CORP.Robert M. Copp has been named vice president of the Greenwich, Conn. firm's whol

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South Korea this week begins the task of restructuring the giant conglomerates and banks that sparke

Section 936 means absolutely nothing to most Americans. Except, that is, for corporate tax lawyers,

The Surface Transportation Board turned down a proposal from the Tongue River Railroad Co. to build

Global air cargo rose by 9.2 percent in August 1997, to 4.6 million tons, compared with the same per

The din of construction machinery built in the United States is being heard around the world.

Bob Fien said he began to get serious about exporting four years ago, when German manufacturers of c

The United States lost its challenge to Japan's alleged barriers to photo film imports, the first ti

TURKISH WHEAT DUTYFOCUS OF MEETINGISTANBUL, Turkey - In a Joint Economic Commission meeting

A spate of incidents and persistent concern about pirates have prompted calls from global ocean carr

Dec. 5, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Dec. 5, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations is in turmoil as exports and trade with the former S

SUN SUPPORTS CLINTON'SGLOBAL WARMING PLANWASHINGTON - A big U.S. oil company has broken rank

Gold's fall to below $300 an ounce threatens up to 150,000 jobs in South Africa's mines, where more

Until a few short weeks ago, the ocean carrier community had a glimpse of what looked like the light

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

Score one for Europe's postal monopolies.In a coda to a difficult, 10-year effort in Brussel

Ever since England's King Henry VII sent explorer John Cabot in search of a ''northwest passage'' to

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMINSTALLED AT BELT RAILWAYBEDFORD PARK, Ill. - Science Applications Inte

CONWAY CENTRAL EXPRESSDaniel Supis was named manager of this Ann Arbor, Mich.-based regional

'I don't know where their mail will go. Some could end up, I suppose, going toVancouver, or

The Port of Wilmington has something more than just the return of Volkswagen's import operations to

The U.S. dollar popped its head above 130 yen Friday, another 5.5-year high, and it will continue me

Dec. 5, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

Having provoked the scrap, the Philippine govern- ment now says it's unhappy with the outcome, and

Argentina's beef industry is hoping that this year's long-awaited lifting of a U.S. ban on its famed

Money makes the world go 'round - unless you take a huge loss on a gyrating foreign currency exchang

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 4, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

In line with continued liberalization and integration of Latin American economies, the trade outlook

A 30-mile line of trucks that waited earlier this year to unload their soybean cargoes at Brazil's P

Western railroads are being pressed to move mountains of backlogged grain shipments in the wake of t

DECEMBERCalifornia State Lands Commission. Dec. 9. Martinez, Calif. Meeting with U.S. Coast

Dec. 5, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

After two years of construction and numerous demonstrations by longshoremen, the Los Angeles Export

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.88 off 1.12

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