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House leaders have blocked a potentially explosive amendment to Amtrak reform legislation that might

OFFERS TO BUY* CAMCORDERS - MUSIC SETS. Sharp, Sony, Sanyo, Toshiba, Canon - any will do and

In what seems a recurring nightmare for shippers and carriers across Europe, French truck drivers ar

Moving to put more teeth in Coast Guard inspections, the House passed a bill Tuesday that would pena

Union Pacific Railroad fielded tough questions from analysts on its ongoing service problems, but de

Norfolk Southern Corp. is taking pains to be sure it isn't tarred with the brush of Union Pacific Ra

OCTOBERSeafarers Training. Oct. 24. Houston. Germanischer Lloyd offers free seminar, ''Prepa

Sometimes Bill Gates seems like a very funny guy. For example, right now he is risking civil contemp

Oct. 22, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

1330 (Oct. 22, 1997) Previous day - 1336The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

TRUCKSTIMETABLE PUSHED BACKON NEW TEAMSTERS VOTENEW YORK - The federal offic

A judge declared the owners of a Miami air-cargo carrier fugitives from justice for their alleged ro

PAKISTAN HOPES HARVESTSHELP REDUCE TRADE GAPKARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan government is hopin

Two key business groups representing rail chemical and plastics customers have come out against the

Sharp currency devaluations in Southeast Asia are helping to reshape the region's energy industries.

Former Maersk Inc. executive Larry Keller is taking over as executive director of the Port of Los An

The European coal market moved deeper into crisis Wednesday after forecasts of a collapse in British

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

As of Oct. 22, 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 243.92 unch whi

Oct. 22, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Clinton administration appears to be headed for a confrontation with Congress this week over eff

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 22, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Oct. 22, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

LINCOLN NATIONAL'S NETSOARED IN THIRD QUARTERFORT WAYNE, Ind. - Lincoln National Corp. repor

Mike Oxley, the chairman of a key House subcommittee, said he plans to hold a vote this Friday on a

GREAT AMERICAN LIFEINSURANCE CO.Bruce Brodie was named to the new position of chief technolo

Forty U.S. corporations in a coalition lobbying for new free-trade pacts have cut 13,000 jobs becaus

Companies that can prove the cost of providing the same coverage for mental as for physical illnesse

Lawsuits encompassing employment-practices liability are fast becoming real threats to a corporation

The European Union decided Wednesday to press ahead with a complaint against the U.S. Anti-dumping A

In ''Leading Mutual Insurer Hints at Format Change'' in the Oct. 8 Journal of Commerce, MassMutual m

KIA WORKERS STRIKETO PROTEST RECEIVERSHIPSEOUL - Workers at auto manufacturing plants of the

Progress has been reported in bilateral talks with India over an accord to remove thousands of offen

Questions and doubts continue to surround new and in some cases pending standards in Mexico for pack

The Mexican government is pointing to provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement and char

US AIRWAYS REPORTSHIGHER PROFIT FOR QUARTERARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways Group Inc. Wednesday

'I couldn't feel worse about the kind of customer satisfaction that we have achieved in the last 90