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Bre-X Minerals, the Canadian company at the center of a gold-mining scandal, said it will end operat

Somewhere in Alberta, where thousands of natural gas wells already dot the landscape, the province's

What's roughly the size of West Virginia, covered almost entirely by forests, has a stable and conve

The clock is ticking toward an apparent June 16 application by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp.

UTILITY WINS ROUNDIN TAR-BASED FUEL FIGHTTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Power & Light Co. may y

For the week ended May 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 16

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane . . . it's a piece of a plane!Actually, Mick

A blistering discussion paper circulating among top airline executives accuses U.S. aviation officia

Eli Lilly & Co. said it agreed to sell its stake in DowElanco to Dow Chemical Co. for $1.2 billion,

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 15, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

USX Corp. said its USX-Marathon Group subsidiary will form a joint venture with Ashland Inc. that co

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

MAZDA TO CONSOLIDATENORTH AMERICAN UNITSIRVINE, Calif. - Mazda Motor Corp. said it plans to

OFFERS TO BUY* SEAMLESS PIPE A335 P9 & FLANGES A182 F9. All prices c.i.f Alexandria, Egypt.

After a disappointing performance last year, the near term looks good for Canada's newsprint industr

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Back in the boom days of the 1960s, Germany's Kiel canal was the world's most heavily traveled artif

EQUAL-ACCESS PIPELINEAIMS TO WEAKEN GAZPROMMOSCOW - The Russian government is to prepare a d

Only Alan Greenspan's barber knows for sure, but the leading Fed watchers are not looking for a rate

An ocean carrier plan to revamp Customs' controversial export automation program is gathering moment

Three weeks ended May 10, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

CONSOLIDATEDFREIGHTWAYS CORP.This Menlo Park, Calif., trucking company that spun off as a se

Recycling makes good economic sense at Marcal Paper Mills, a family-owned company whose slogan is ''

May 16, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

PLM REPORTS INVESTORGROUP HAS BOUGHT STAKESAN FRANCISCO - PLM International Inc., a containe

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 252.77 up 1.39 w

May 16, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

With all of last week devoted to semantic karate over whether trade negotiators ''will'' or ''should

NISSAN OPENS SECONDPLANT IN TENNESSEEDECHERD, Tenn. - Nissan has opened a second facility in

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Business leaders meeting here keep running up against the thorny issue of intellectual property righ

The possibility that Congress will pass legislation this year to significantly ease export controls

PRIVATE SECTOR ASKEDTO BUILD ROADS IN EGYPTCAIRO - The Egyptian government has invited priva

Norfolk Southern has taken another step in its planned purchase of Conrail Inc.'s assets byraising $

South Africa's leading black company said Thursday it planned to take joint control of Gold Fields o

BOEING HOPES FOR QUICKUS MERGER DECISIONWASHINGTON - Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp.

A group of senators thinks Panama may have slighted U.S. bidders in a recent auction of key port fac

The Federal Aviation Administration's top official said he expects to receive a draft rule today tha

Boosting port service and beefing up transits through the Panama Canal is part of a larger plan by t