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French President Jacques Chirac's gamble of holding snap general elections to clear the decks for Eu

Ports must develop partnerships with customers in an era when it is a daily challenge to define who

Mad cow disease may be quietly spreading across Europe because farmers and veterinarians are failing

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Colombia has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization in which it claims the imposition o

Health experts warn that a major U.S. export will cause life-threatening diseases to sweep developin

Footwear makers and exporters in China and Hong Kong are in the throes of change, but they are expec

May 2, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Strike ''longshoreman'' from the list of acceptable gender-neutral terminology.The Internati

The balanced-budget agreement Congress and the White House were finalizing last week is likely to ho

Railroad labor unions want to slow down the accelerated regulatory review that CSX Corp. and Norfolk

An insurance company executive urged independent agents to establish business ties with banks if the

Growing competition and the continued low prices are the biggest challenges property/casualty chief

May 2, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

UP TO CALL FOR BIDSON CAMAS PRAIRIE LINELEWISTON, Idaho - Union Pacific Railroad will call f

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Lithuania and Taiwan Friday decided to boost their trade relations which had been frozen by the prev

1260 (May 2, 1997) Previous day - 1258The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

BDP International Inc. has established SCA Consultants to provide a range of supply chain management

HONG KONG BANK,INSURER SIGN PACTHONG KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. signed an a

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

Aetna Inc. is making hundreds of its employees sign agreements promising not to work for a competito

TRAINSUP RULE DRIVES FARMERSTO RETHINK GRAIN DISPOSALSCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. - Farmers may

A weeklong delay in berthing a U.S. bulk tanker has the shipowner accusing Pakistani port officials

Change is painful for any company, especially when it comes to administrative matters. So it's no g

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