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ail unions have been outspoken about their overall negative view of the Conrail carve-up between Nor

Maersk Line is moving onshore China to help develop one of that country's largest containerports.

The French truckers strike will not keep Beaujolais Nouveau from reaching store shelves this month b

'What if it (the harbor tax) is illegal and the government has to make refunds? Who's going to pay f

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

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Nov. 1997 (see Note 1

In one of logistics' newest wrinkles, Exel Logistics has turned its Cerritos, Calif., distribution c

The Southeast Asian financial crisis may boost the U.S. trade deficit by about $30 billion to $40 bi

After some 80 years of being banned from the U.S. market because of pest-infestation concerns, fresh

The railroad merger movement is under mounting financial and regulatory pressure.CSX Corp. a

Thursday Nov. 6, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

INVESTMENT GAINS LIFTEDCNA NET IN 3RD QUARTERCHICAGO - CNA Financial Corp.'s third-quarter n

Consumer activist Harvey Rosenfield has accused California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush

Nov. 6, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

China's Maoming Petrochemical Co. in southern Guangdong province said its annual crude oil processin

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As of Nov. 5, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The European Union proposed Wednesday to make details on public tender contracts, worth annually hun

More than 100 business leaders will urge top government officials this week to bolster U.S.-European

Russia's third-largest steelmaker has signed up for the first-ever loan from the European Bank for R

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

The outlook for an early end to a French truckers' strike brightened Wednesday night as contract neg

A Brazilian-European service to the Mediterranean has expanded to a fixed-day service, ship lines fr

The cracks are widening in the consistent rate stability that the Trans Atlantic Conference Agreemen

Japan should not intervene in Southeast Asian financial markets to bail out investors, a Columbia Un

SEC INVESTIGATINGUBS ANALYST'S REPORTNew York - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in

Venezuela's controversial new boiler fuel continues to make inroads in global markets - while awaiti

RUSSIA SEES FOREIGNBIDDERS FOR OIL FIRMSMOSCOW - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, removing a

TRAINSNS EXPANDS REACH OFDOUBLE-STACK SERVICESNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Souther

The World Trade Organization's court of appeals began hearings this week on a challenge by the Europ

The Supreme Court's decision last week to judge the legality of the harbor maintenance tax puts into

Two House Democrats with competing Superfund reform bills have forced the chairman of a House subcom

The race by air carriers to track cargo shipments over the Internet continued this week, with United

An increase in container handling productivity will soon unfold at Brazil's heavily congested Port o

Nov. 5, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. have won more state support for their plan to split Conrail Inc

Nov. 5, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 22, 1996 - Nov. 5, 1997 (a graph)*