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Plans by the Mexican government to sell dozens of bonded warehouse facilities have caught the attent

1104 (April 8, 1997) Previous day - 1102The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

CHINA TO ENDORSESOCIAL RIGHTS PACTBEIJING - China said it would sign one United Nations decl

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who heads the Commerce Committee, is expected to hold hearings in May on

With Germany threatening to impose sanctions on the U.S. chemical trade, Sen. Jesse Helms, accused t

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Imports and exports were paralyzed Monday as a nationwide truckers strike entered its seventh day.

The stock slide that took the Dow Jones Industrial average down 3.2 percent last week also hit The J

Paul W. Cronin, who went from being an Andover selectman at the age of 24 to a congressman, is dead

RUSSIAN MINISTEROFFERS TO RESIGNMOSCOW - Russia's Fuel and Energy Minister Pyotr Rodionov ha

A class-action lawsuit alleging that Norfolk Southern Corp. systematically discriminated against bla

Gasoline prices for this summer's driving season will be a few pennies cheaper than last summer, but

HUNGARY INVITES BIDSFOR COPPER, ZINC MINEBUDAPEST - Four mining interests have been invited

Monday April 7, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate reports that

''Nafta has had a huge impact, and the duty breaks are a big reason for that. I think the trend will

Prospects look good for the United States and 33 other Western Hemisphere nations to agree in May to

U.S. Customs is giving the trade community two more months to learn to comply with export documentat

A hepatitis outbreak traced to frozen Mexican strawberries is leading some consumers to forgo purcha

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 12, 1996 - April 7, 1997 (a graph)

Great White Fleet Ltd., trying to focus more on customer needs, says it is leaving the Central Ameri

April 7, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

SHELL UNIT AND BASFTO BUILD DUTCH PLANTLONDON - Shell Chemicals signed a joint venture agree

As massive numbers of Chinese move from the farms to the cities, they change from producers to consu

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STUDY: TEXAS INSURERSBIASED AGAINST MINORITIESAUSTIN, TEXAS - A NEW STUDY SAYS INSURANCE COM

Cigna Corp. said last week it and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department would appeal last month's Co

The United States and Singapore were set to sign the first ''open skies'' aviation agreement in Asia

Stavros Soumakis, Greece's minister of merchant marine, appears unfazed by threats from influential

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

With the Mississippi River's swift currents showing no sign of letting up from a stormy winter, the

AIR TRANSPORT TREATYIN ITS 50TH YEARMONTREAL - Civil aviation officials Friday marked the 50

Air France increased its worldwide cargo capacity by about 14 percent with a summer schedule that st

Frustrated that U.S. paper companies have made little headway in Japanese markets, the Clinton admin

Modems, modems everywhere, but those of us who are thirsty for high-speed access to our Internet p

Students looking to ''find'' themselves in college should navigate away from the nation's six state

Zim Israel Navigation Co. is looking at cost-cutting measures, including layoffs at its U.S. divisio

SHIPSARMY CORPS TO REMOVESUNKEN BARGESCOLUMBIA, La. - Plans were being made Monday t

Airport executives say an independent estimate of airport development needs over the next five years

Sixteen members of Congress told the Federal Aviation Administration they want the agency to establi