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The federal government has formally asked Israel to investigate whether it is importing pistachios f

The Clinton administration announced huge penalties on imports of Japanese supercomputers, which it

Monday, March 311 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

THOMSON CORP.DIVESTITURE OK'DWASHINGTON - The Justice Department and seven state attorneys g

Education and technology will be the main subjects at the annual meeting and exposition of the Natio

1513 (March 27, 1997) Previous day - 1518The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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TURKMENISTAN CUTS OFFNATURAL GAS TO UKRAINEKIEV, Ukraine - Turkmenistan has stopped supplyin

March 31, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has climbed a major rung from bankruptcy reorganization by agreeing to an

GERLING GLOBALREINSURANCE CO.Stephen F. Patterson was named senior managing director of mark

Transamerica Corp., a giant insurance and financial services firm, has settled a class-action lawsui

FORWARDERS SEEK PARITYIN DEREGULATION BILLWASHINGTON - Consolidators represented by the Amer

Wednesday's ''tankan'' report on the Japanese economy will set the tone for yen trading against the

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index has slipped to its lowest point this year, but it sti

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Moves by Russia's new government to change the nation's internal diamond mining and sales monopoly w

TAIWAN REPORTED TAKINGUS FIGHTERS IN APRILTAIPEI - Taiwan will take delivery on April 26 of

OFFERS TO BUY* MINI REFRIGERATORS FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. Contact: Anagnostis Karoulis, IN.TRA.Co

Hong Kong's export credit agency expects to lose money this year - though the figure hasn't yet been

An association representing property/casualty insurers in California has accused the state's trial l

Eli Lilly and Co., facing $30 million in environmental cleanup costs, has filed a lawsuit against 87

CHINESE OIL FIRM SAYSDISPUTED RIG WILL REMAINBEIJING - China's main offshore oil company sai

Instrument Society of America Spring Symposium. April 8-10. New Orleans, La. Contact: John Sablatura

At the beginning of March United Airlines boldly entered a new era. The takeoff of its first DC-10 f

March 27, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

RAILBOARD EXTENDS DEADLINEFOR RAIL OPERATION PLANWASHINGTON - The Surface Tr

Charge the Pacific. Press the Suez. Stand firm in the Atlantic.Those are the marching orders

Diesel fuel prices have been dropping steadily so far this year, which is good news for truckers and

United Parcel Service today begins a corporate-wide on-time initiative to fine-tune its worldwide de

The U.S. subsidiary of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi says an $83 million loss resulted from errors in a c

EVA AIR: CARGO IS UP,CONSOLIDATION COMPLETETAIPEI - EVA Air cargo traffic rose 18 percent to

The European Commission's bid for more power to negotiate trade deals has hit an Anglo-French roadbl

FORD IN CHINA VENTURETO BUILD LIGHT TRUCKSBEIJING - FORD MOTOR (CHINA) LTD. AND A CHINESE AU

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 245.66 up 0.17

The International Chamber of Commerce is taking action against a wave of transit fraud that is costi

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Korean Air took delivery of a Boeing 777, the first of several new planes ordered by the company in

Working under the theory that two heads are better than one, this month's cover piece finds Ted G

Thursday March 27, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent