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Prices for moving goods from Asia to the United States, the nation's largest overseas trade lane, ar

The month of May brings more than spring flowers to Capitol Hill.Republicans in both houses

AON'S PROFIT TAKES HITFROM RECENT PURCHASESCHICAGO, Ill. - Aon Corp.'s first-quarter revenue

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 3, 1996 - May 1, 1997 (a graph)* Ann

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 30, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

SENATE PANEL PASSESPRODUCT LIABILITY BILLWASHINGTON - The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday

US TO COMPROMISEON SOME AIR PACTSWASHINGTON - While reaffirming that U.S. officials prefer '

The city of Houston on Wednesday changed the name of its airport to honor its most prominent residen

Two Canadian railways and a U.S. carrier are launching intermodal service between Halifax, Nova Scot

1091 (May 1, 1997) Previous day - 1090The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

The chief investigator of Japan's top nuclear agency deliberately destroyed photographs of the count

The European Union has paid its cereal farmers some $19 billion too much in compensation for price c

Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group reported flat first-quarter earnings Thursday, hurt by

''K'' LINE AMERICA INC.This U.S. arm of the Japanese ship line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. ha

More gloomy news for the insurers of tobacco companies and related manufacturers came Thursday in th

A story appearing May 1 on Page 1A, headlined ''Truckers urge agency to go slow on Conrail,'' should

After three years of trans-Atlantic squabbling that nearly led to an ugly trade war, the United Stat

When the steamship and railroad industries go eyeball to eyeball, service is the first casualty.

A long-sought accord to rid world steel trade of government subsidies and other market distortions m

INTERMODAL STRATEGYFOR EUROPE DISCUSSEDLONDON - Closer cooperation between ship operators, t

May 1, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1258 (May 1, 1997) Previous day - 1259The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

May 1, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

The government of Bermuda issued licenses to 97 new insurance companies in 1996, bringing the total

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Thursday, May 1, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A gleaming new skyline in Shanghai, heralding the Chinese city's return to glory as a global trading

Complicated by the status of Hong Kong, negotiations resume today to try to settle outstanding techn

May 1, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.7

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 248.29 up 1.61

May 1, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

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Thursday May 1, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

BRITISH GROUP FORECASTSRISE IN US CORN CROPCHICAGO - The U.S. corn crop in 1997 should be ab

It's a time of crisis for Taiwan, so it was natural to see the president stepping up to the TV camer

Singapore reportedly plans to use natural gas piped in from Indonesia under a new landmark agreement

When the foreign executive makes a pitch for the big contract, the country's president subtly sugges

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Thursday in a very thin market on fears of central bank intervention, r

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