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Junk mail that now ends up in trash cans could find its way into fuel tanks if a study by the U.S. P

Russia's major titanium producer, Avisma, is behind a tariff review now under way in Washington that

After sitting idle for months while technicians repaired their faulty electrical system, Evergreen M

It will take weeks for the Clinton administration to hammer out a deal with Congress to give the pre

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., which raised driver pay by an average of one-third during the fir

The government will open bidding for a $1.6 billion, 114-mile passenger and freight track between th

RUSSIAN GROUP SEEKSNO-CONFIDENCE VOTEMOSCOW - The opposition Narodovlastie (People's Power)

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

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

U.S. gasoline inventories increased by 3.6 million barrels in the week ended April 11, compared with

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

The Journal of Commerce index of industrial prices declined to 104.7 Wednesday, its lowest level sin

A list of environmental technologies will soon be allowed to be imported into Mexico free of duties,

OFFERS TO BUY* PORTLAND CEMENT 450. 25,000 metric tons per month for four years c.i.f. Ghana

China Ocean Shipping Co. has been trying to do two things at once: grow aggressively and keep a low

Denmark's Maersk Line expects to have the honor of hosting the first ship to sail directly from Chin

As a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore, U.S. shipping line APL Ltd. will continue supp

The United Transportation Union is trying to block Canadian National Railroad's plan to sell its lin

1392 (April 16, 1997) Previous day - 1411The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

April 16, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

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

American insurance companies have shifted to civil courts in the battle to stop people they say inte

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, often accused of siding with insurers, praised

New Jersey is the site of an undesirable cottage industry: staged car accidents.And Passaic

The Securities and Exchange Commission has once again weighed in on a legal dispute between Lloyd's

The Treasury Department, backed by Republican critics of the U.S. Customs Service, denied Wednesday

A Chinese shipyard, reacting to plunging earnings in the last year, will slash jobs even as it tries

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 243.31 off 1.35 w

April 16, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Mostly positive reactions came Wednesday to an insurer's announcement that it would offer life insur

A group of 440 U.S. companies and business associations launched a new coalition Wednesday to oppose

As of April 16, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Illinois Central Corp. said its rail unit boosted net income by 3 percent, to $33.9 million, or 55 c

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China's largest maker of maritime containers expects sales to rise 10 percent this year, with refrig

PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATIONTimothy Parker, vice president and general manager of Metropolit

Some major corporations are getting fed up with Federal Express Corp.The carrier, concerned

At a time when U.S. trade policy toward China is coming under closer scrutiny, the Clinton administr

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