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It's been a tough summer so far for North Dakota wheat farmers. Prices are down from last year's hea

Global iron ore exports are projected to increase this year by about 6 percent spurred largely by so

U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 1 as compared with the

New England Electric System said Wednesday it agreed to sell its non-nuclear generating business to

Union Pacific said it will spend millions upgrading its computer-aided train dispatching operation a

Lines and other customers at the Port of Singapore can expect greatly simplified procedures and lowe

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Princess Cruises has begun prompting longer Alaska cruises extending beyond the Southeast but the co

'The only thing that can't be substituted for wages, according to the law, is vodka.'

CLINTON BACKS EXTENSIONOF ETHANOL TAX BREAKWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said

As of Aug. 6, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

ONGOINGIntroduction to Logistics Sales. Various dates and locations. Two-day seminars to tea

This week, the packages stopped moving at United Parcel Service when more than 185,000 Teamsters hit

The hard bargaining between Russia and Chechnya has shifted this week from their deadlock over oil t

Florida exporters are being touted as the winners under a new marketing arrangement agreed to by the

Wednesday Aug. 6, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

U.S. oil majors are calling on the U.S. government to radically rework a proposal requiring most of

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

SHIPSFERRY OPERATOR SELLINGITS BRITISH PORT FACILITYLONDON - Stena Line, the

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Nicaragua, one of the 30 states that recognize Taipei instead of its arch rival Beijing, on Wednesda

INSURERS: KAL PLANEWORTH ABOUT $60 MILLIONLONDON - The Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 that cras

While the Teamsters strike against UPS has brought domestic parcel shipping to a near standstill, th

The head of Mexico's most powerful labor union has threatened to organize demonstrations if the gove

After Uneximbank's surprise decision to declare itself winner of the state's 38 percent shares in No

CENTRAL AMERICA REJECTSTRADE PACT WITH TAIWANTAIPEI - Taiwan admitted for the first time Wed

The Teamsters vowed Wednesday to hobble UPS' European activities as the strike by almost 190,000 uni

President Clinton Wednesday said obtaining new trade negotiating authority from Congress would be on

In the Page 1 story on Wednesday, Aug. 6, ''For Nafta, 'green' question remains,'' about the North A

US LIFTS CONTROLSON OSCILLOSCOPE EXPORTSWASHINGTON - The Commerce Department, effective Wedn

1279 (Aug. 6, 1997) Previous day - 1280The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., has again introduced a bill in the Senate to reform the Jones Act cabotage

A U.S. nuclear submarine is combing the depths of the Mediterranean, searching for an Israeli submar

Middle EastIRANForeign companies still face many problems investing or operating in

Teamsters pickets outside hundreds of United Parcel Service facilities nationwide started their seco

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

N. KOREA DROUGHT HORRORGETTING WORSE, UN WARNSROME - Drought has destroyed around 70 percent

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As the government of Cote d'Ivoire opens the country's rich oil fields and mines to outsiders, Afric

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