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KANSAS CITY, WESTERNMERGING CLOSER TO PLANKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Power & Light Co. a

When $13 trillion in goods and services a year is at stake - that's about half the world's output -

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Nov. 20, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 20, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A week after Congress adjourned without passing an ocean shipping deregulation bill, the proposal is

As of Nov. 20, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.03 off 1.63

Aetna Inc. announced $6 million in grants to 13 academic medical institutions.''We are delig

The APEC meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, this week will be the setting for some serious arm-

Allstate Insurance Company is providing $45 million to seven U.S. cities as part of its commitment t

U.S. apparel makers and importers could find their sourcing options in the Pacific drying up if a bi

'Americans have the know-how and they can grow into a very big presence.'

JUDGES RULE PROPOSEDSETTLEMENT NOT FAIRCINCINNATI - A proposed settlement of two lawsuits ch

In the other Asia, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are all keen to join the Asia Pacific Economic Coop

AMERICAN GENERAL CORP.Susan A. Jacobs has been promoted to deputy general counsel and corpor

Lloyd's of London, looking to increase its underwriting business, is considering changing its long-h

What you don't know can hurt you. An old cliche, but in the case of environmental liability it's a

JAPAN CHIEF: POST OFFICEWON'T BE PRIVATIZEDTOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

The U.S. Department of Labor is handing the apparel sector a break this holiday season as it decides

The United States is preparing to confront Europe over whether it is still subsidizing its strugglin

U.S. officials have plans for a pipeline that would cross the Caspian Sea but bypass those shoreline

Whether rich or poor, Russians, according to a new poll, don't believe in the American work ethic.

The Asian cruise business, long dominated by European ships, is getting some local competition.<

Al Johnson, a lifelong resident of this frigid Hudson Bay port, recalls the day in the early 1980s w

OFFERS TO BUY* CORK SHEETS. Cork bark sheets for packing materials, stoppers for glass bottl

2 LONGSHORE UNIONSSTAGE STRIKE IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's two leading longshoremen's unions wil

Things have been a little goofy for Disney Cruise Line since it announced that its first ship, Disne

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

High water on the Missouri River has led to a successful year for barge traffic at a main shipping w

Fox River navigation between Lake Winnebago and Lake Michigan's Green Bay can increase with the righ

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As of Nov. 19, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The insurance earnings for Mutual Risk Management that appeared on Page 10A of the Nov. 12 edition s

MAJOR PEMEX CONTRACTAWARDED TO CONSORTIUM MEXICO CITY - In one of the biggest contracts to t

For years, Mexico was an afterthought in the overall operations of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railw

Everyone had better strap themselves in for the roller-coaster environment of maritime deregulation.

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 241.62 off 0.10 wh

Nov. 19, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent