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Nearly half the American aid intended for destitute Russian nuclear scientists is being siphoned off

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Any hope importers may have had that record-keeping would become less onerous under the new customs

Monday, May 12, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, falling against the Japanese yen and rising against the Deutsche m

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

Senior health officials from 191 countries gave the go-ahead Monday for the World Health Organizatio

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An influential House Republican leader urged President Clinton Monday to revoke China's so-called tr

Arizona Sen. John McCain has been testing the waters in New Hampshire this month for a 2000 presiden

EU MINISTERS CLEAR SPAIN,PORTUGAL EMU PLANSBRUSSELS - EU finance ministers Monday gave the g

Caribbean leaders are looking forward to an ''enhanced'' relationship with the United States after t

India isn't receiving much positive feedback on its proposal that a seven-nation regional group look

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''We will resist spending the tax dollars of strawberry workers and janitors and steelworkers and ma

The Clinton administration, spurred by a bipartisan group of senators, warned Monday that it was wat

GERMANY LIFTS FORECASTFOR 1997 UNEMPLOYMENTBONN - Germany raised its unemployment forecast f

This month, final consultations with the public are expected to be completed on the design of a Cana

Although international standards have been set for electronic commerce business-to-business transact

OFFERS TO BUY* DUST REMOVER ACCESSORY. 904L material high-heat stainless steel wire. Quantit

When business leaders begin meeting today in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte before Thursday's

CHILE SPURNS MERCOSURFOR AMERICAS FREE TRADEBRASILIA - Chile considers free trade across the

A yachtsmen from Rhode Island died and two others survived during a rescue born of a system intended

Plans to open Europe's first rail freight freeway in June are snared in red tape, dashing hopes of a

SHIPSEUROPEAN ACTION BEGINSAGAINST OUT-FLAGGED SHIPSLONDON - Seafarers and p

Arguments are still raging about what brought down TWA Flight 800, but the words ''mechanical malfun

1279 (May 12, 1997) Previous day - 1275The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Mergers are the wave of the future, and shipping lines must accept the idea or founder on the shoals

May 12, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

A strong week for stocks across almost all the transportation sectors led to a 1.3 percent gain for

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Right city. Wrong airport.A Continental Airlines pilot misjudged the location of Corpus Chri

DREDGING SET TO STARTIN PORT NEWARK/ELIZABETHNEW YORK - Dredging is expected to start today

Some freight railroads are contributing to improved on-time performance at Amtrak, which said Monday

American International Freight, having outgrown its air cargo hub in Terre Haute, Ind., announced Mo

The Navy's Military Sealift Command will hold a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National Mariti

A leading ship line carrying goods between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland has filed a lawsuit say

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

TUNISIA, LIBYA SET PLANFOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINETUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia and Libya will set u

As of May 12, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup