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Hong Kong shippers are demanding action over ''a ridiculous situation'' in which charges are spirali

The apparent end of the war between railroad giants CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. for Conrail

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Mexico's Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development (Secofi) has rejected calls to increase

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Trade unions expect 10,000 people to demonstrate at Renault headquarters today to press the carmaker

Freight forwarders remain divided over a Customs program to automate the filing of export documentat

March 10, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

IRAQ SEES 'REMARKABLE'INCREASE IN OIL RESERVESLONDON - Iraq, which has the second largest oi

GROUNDBREAKING HELDFOR QUINCY SHIPYARDQUINCY, Mass. - After years of politicking and broken

The AFL-CIO will launch a national campaign to pressure Avondale Industries, the New Orleans naval s

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It's budget time and you've faithfully entered every financial crumb into the spreadsheet on your PC

Brazil needs to invest some $6 billion a year in electric power generation over the next three years

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.37 up 0.32 whi

TEAMSTERS SAY YELLOWCAN EXPAND RAIL USAGEOVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Freight System Inc., t

AMERICAN GENERAL CORP.Joe Kelley, president, was named to the additional post of chief execu

Singing O Canada and waving the flag, a group of about 30 Winnipeg residents took a stand at the Gra

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 7, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Short-line railroads are expected to head for the auction blocks earlier than planned and solicitati

The government will give automatic approval to foreign ventures with investment of up to 74 percent

''These are stateless companies. If any industry is global, it's the auto industry.''

A congressional panel has requested all Commerce Department memorandums and e-mail messagesrelated t

South Korea's Parliament passed a new labor bill Monday, replacing a law that sparked almost a month

March 10, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Some major life insurance companies have suspended stock trading through Nomura Securities Co. due t

VENEZUELA MULLS'COUNTERCERTIFYING'CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela last week proposed ''counte

March 10, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Long-troubled Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and 19 independent power producers have agreed to remake or

On the eve of the deregulation that will redefine the U.S. utility industry, consumers, producers an

At least 86 passengers were injured Monday, most slightly, when a Gulf Air plane slid off the runway

MEXICO PUBLISHESMONEY LAUNDERING RULESMEXICO CITY - Mexico Monday published new regulations

The long effort by General Motors Corp. to build a midsize passenger car in China appearsto be movin

Saudi Arabia's bid to join the World Trade Organization could be seriously jeopardized if it decides

The United States-Hong Kong dispute over illegal shipments of textiles from the Asian territory rema

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A fight has erupted in Europe between air freight shippers and carriers concerning alleged collusion

1438 (March 10, 1997) Previous day - 1430The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

ENRON, PORTLAND GENERALMERGER OK'D BY NRCSEATTLE - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ha

As of March 10, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s