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Monday, April 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

''I believe that this country was born with smaller enterprise. Everyone has the right to live . . .

U.S. mail-order companies have found a niche here and they have been attracting more Japanese custom

The Commerce Department plans to open new trade offices in India this year to help U.S. companies ca

Airlines and freight forwarders use too many duplicative processes and need to streamline, a study b

Even before all the rules have been settled, banks and insurers are already planning how to take adv

Plans for oil development on part of a huge federal reserve on Alaska's North Slope may be moving to

Malaysia said Monday its use of coal will double by 2000 as part of a fuel diversification policy bu

US, AUSTRALIA AGREEON ANTITRUST PACTWASHINGTON - The United States and Australia have reache

The company's farm equipment can be found in the wheat fields of Argentina and the cornfields of Kan

Shippers and carriers have become comfortable with Southern California.And their relentless drive fo

A story appearing on Page 1A of the April 15 edition, headlined ''NOL-APL: What now?'' should have c

The Commerce Department will more closely monitor how other countries carry out their trade agreemen

Attempts by the United States to unilaterally change the international system of accounting for tele

Mergers between ocean carriers are not a sign that liner shipping alliances are failing to achieve t

After a two-month search, the Intermodal Association of North America, of Greenbelt, Md., selected J

A bipartisan group of senators, backed by an array of reform groups, is proposing auto insurance leg

During hundreds of learning sessions, workshops and at spirited demonstrations on the vast exhibitio

The sporadic negotiations between railroad and trucking officials over possible changes to truck siz

Over the Clinton administration's objection, a House panel approved legislation Thursday to allow fa

Two former national security advisers are urging the Clinton administration to allow limited busines

BOARD OKS STATESRAIL'SPURCHASE OF KYLE ASSETSWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board c

Over the next six weeks, Reebok International Ltd. will begin shipping to the U.S. market the first

Japan has called for a World Trade Organization dispute panel to examine its complaint that Indonesi

2 BRITISH EXPLOSIONSUNLIKELY TO SPARK CLAIMSLONDON - Two explosions and a series of suspecte

A number of insurance associations urged the Florida Supreme Court last week to block a proposed ame

TRAINSCN PRESSES FOR RAILNETWORK IN NORTHEASTCHICAGO - Canadian National off

Frederick Smith, Federal Express chairman, is said to be worried that some of the shipping giant's p

Legislation to privatize the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada passed a critical stage last week.

The European Union is fast losing patience with South Korea as a series of disputes risk escalating

A controversial dispute over sovereign seas and how far the U.S. Coast Guard can go in chasing suspe

HUB CITY NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY LPColin Brodie was named regional marketing manager at this sub

Three weeks ended April 12, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

When Robert J. Ratliff started at International Harvester in 1957, his first job was dipping clutche

As of April 18, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

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

Opening the U.S. coastal trade to foreign-owned shipping lines would make domestic shippers more com

U.S. trade statistics for as many as 15 months may be revised as a result of the incorrect reporting

''I'm not sure what they've been smoking, but they clearly aren't reading the rule book.''