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CALIFORNIA ADVANCES BILLTO BOOST REGULATOR FUNDSSAN FRANCISCO - Looking to counteract cutbac

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It was midnight, in February, in Rugby, N.D., when Tom Downs, the sleeping president of Amtrak, expe

If you missed the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union, you can still be on h

Congress is throwing its support behind President Clinton's export funding requests, but administrat

'Whether the WTO negotiations accelerate depends largely on the Chinese.'

JAPAN'S VEHICLE EXPORTSCONTINUE TO RISETOKYO - Japan exported 346,532 motor vehicles in May,

The United States moved closer Thursday to opening a two-front maritime war.The U.S. Federal

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Pakistan's opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, has threatened to go to court to defend an ambitious K

The International Finance Corp. will invest $120 million toward the construction of an aluminum smel

MMI Cos. Inc. has agreed to acquire Unionamerica Holdings PLC for about $186.3 million.Under

Continuing its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. announced Wednesd

MCDONNELL DOUGLASPerry Cain was appointed manager of community relations for McDonnell Dougl

Russia's Rail Ministry is cutting cargo rates, effective July 1, in a bid to raise volume and revenu

Senate Republicans and Democrats have crafted what may be a breakthrough compromise on ocean shippin

The Commerce Department is trying to find more than 1,100 supercomputers exported since last year, a

American President Lines Ltd. has quietly slipped a new piece of equipment into the trans-Pacific tr

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday with no major economic news or other developments to provide dire

More expensive trucks and diesel fuel, as well as restrictions on trucking, will be the costly conse

A split has surfaced among influential trans-Atlantic services industry groups trying to get Washing

Hoping to capitalize on fears of a European Union crackdown on offshore banking, St. Kitts and Nevis

U.S. Aviation Underwriters, the dominant aviation insurer, and its former chairman were sentenced Th

A senior Russian official took a tough stand against freezing import tariffs, but was more conciliat

The Federal Reserve Board won't raise short-term interest rates next week, but should and will do so

June 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Germany, which imported more coal last year than it had in any year since 1957, is likely to sharply

Insurance annuity salesman and financial planner Michael Snyder is making plans for the $1 million h

When the chairman called for Michael Hudner to give his presentation at the Eighth Annual Ship Finan

8 ARAB NATIONS AGREEON COMMON MARKETLATAKIA, Syria - Syria, Egypt and six Gulf Arab states e

An open letter to Tom Downs, president of Amtrak:Sorry to say this, but based on my trip two

''Welcome happily the return of Hong Kong with good traffic order,'' admonishes a large banner on Be

OFFERS TO BUY* BUTTERFLY V/V. Ref #: 952/97. Validity: 30/06/1997. 10 pcs. 2 in.; 10 pcs. 3

Canada on Thursday called for binding arbitration in its spat with the United States over the West C

Suing corporate directors and officers has become a not-for-profit problem.A survey by consu

UKRAINE NOT INCREASINGRUSSIA OIL TRANSIT TARIFFSMOSCOW - The head of Ukraine's Druzhba state

June 26, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.71 up 0.27

Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to buy Merchants & Business Men's of Harrisburg, Pa.''M&B's

SHIPSNYK TO EXPANDBUSAN EXPRESS SERVICESECAUCUS, N.J. - NYK Line will expand