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The battle between U.S. and Canadian railroads over market access in the Northeast could touch off

GKN TO BUY SINTERFOR $570 MILLIONLONDON - British engineering and agriculture technology gro

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 1, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

When Bill Clinton journeys to Mexico next week for the first visit of a U.S. president since pas

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

The advisory panel to Japan's premier proposed Thursday the government reduce the number of ministri

DOLLAR'S RISE ON YENWORRIES US STEEL GROUPWASHINGTON - The U.S. steel industry's lobbying gr

An amendment to ban U.S. arms sales to non-democracies failed by a two-vote margin in a key committe

Irked by Turkey's reluctance to lift an eight-month ban on livestock importation after an outbreak o

A sponsor of Massachusetts legislation to bar state contracts with companies operating in Indonesia

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ORIOLES OWNER STATESPLANS TO BUY BETHSHIPBALTIMORE - Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos s

A Utah steel company's lawsuit predicated on an 81-year-old law could lead to disaster for importers

Iran is emerging as the world's biggest importer of wheat in the current year, the International Gra

Cargo traffic at the world's airports increased 12.1 percent in January to 4.03 million tons, compar

Singapore's port agency is expanding ties with China, long considered a preserve of Hong Kong compan

Cray Research Thursday denied reports it had reached an out-of-court agreement with NEC of Japan in

''He has to stand by what he's done. As long as he's governor, he's going to be acting as governor,

JAPAN'S PREMIER: CLINTONCLUED IN TO REFORM PLANTOKYO - Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said

April 30, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

Bob Papworth and Thomas Finkbiner both work at ground zero of the consolidation trend now hitting th

The proposed acquisition and division of Conrail Inc. by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. will c

The International Intermodal Expo is supposed to be a celebration of the marriage between different

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 246.68 up 0.44 wh

Wednesday April 30, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

The Clinton administration Wednesday said it will use the World Trade Organization to fight copyrigh

BOING CO. JOINSHUGE SATELLITE VENTURESEATTLE - A $100 million investment from Boeing Co. has

More than 30 percent of Japanese companies surveyed said they plan to shift more of their production

Exports of electronic and electrical items from Hong Kong look brighter this year, fueled by a rebou

UP CONFIRMS ROLEIN MEXICAN CONSORTIUMOMAHA - Union Pacific Corp. has confirmed that its rail

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is willing to finance renovation and modernization of ailing state-owned

Caliber System Inc. has reached agreement on a deal to sell its Central Freight Lines subsidiary to

One of the great reasons to attend the Intermodal Expo is that lawyers do not. The Expo is for the o

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

April 30, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 29, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

'The honest answer is, I don't think there would be a huge amount of change.'

We want them in, but not right now, appears to be the prevalent attitude among major industrialized

The European Union approved a vast overhaul of food inspection procedures Wednesday in the hope of r

Canadian airlines are protesting a Federal Aviation Administration plan to raise $100 million by cha