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The value of U.S. agricultural trade will dip slightly in fiscal 1997 before rebounding strongly in

POLL: BIOENGINEERED FOODSBETTER THAN PESTICIDESCHICAGO - A nationwide survey of Americans' a

NEW YORK BANKING CHIEFGETS INSURANCE NODALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. George Pataki nominated Neil D.

SAFECO CORP.Jack Stiegler, assistant vice president of the Seattle company's Safeco Insuranc

Thanks in part to a captive market, China's only reinsurance entity is forecasting a 50 percent jump

In a victory for consumer groups, California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has complied w

James E. Trask III, insurance advertising salesman for The Journal of Commerce since 1985, died Satu

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Prudential Insurance Co. last week agreed to pay $15.4 million to California to resolve allegations

At a time when grain companies say the United States should be aggressively expanding its share of t

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. starts paying about half its truck drivers approximately one-third

The China Airlines office at Miami International Airport consists of little more than four bare wall

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Efforts to acquire one of Britain's last remaining independent electric distributors moved closer to

Monday, Feb. 24, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar declined on profit-taking Monday, slipping to 121.64 yen and 1.6686 Deutsche marks b

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

International agribusiness jumped into the controversy over labeling of genetically engineered crops

The European Union Monday said tendering laws by Massachusetts and other states that threaten to blo

The 15-nation European Commission will investigate a U.S. anti-dumping law for possible violations o

U.S. and other foreign exporters to Mexico now have timetables for a program allowing product labeli

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 24, 1997 (a graph)*

S. KOREAN WORKERSRENEW STRIKE THREATSEOUL - South Korean union workers on Monday revived thr

Walt Disney Co. shareholders are expected to vote today at their annual meeting on a resolution aime

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Let's face it, the core of any transportation company is a good management team. These are thepeople

Yangming Marine Transport Corp. is starting Suez Canal service from the U.S. East Coast to hubs in C

Juergen Weber, chairman of Lufthansa German Airlines, will know today whether he has a ''Mcstrike''

American Airlines and China Eastern Airlines plan to enter into a code-sharing agreement.The

STB OFFICE RELOCATIONWILL INTERRUPT SERVICESWASHINGTON - Don't plan to do any business at th

AMERICAN DELAYS PLANTO ACCEPT BOEING JETSDALLAS - American Airlines' dispute with its pilots

Gains in the trucking and container shipping sectors outweighed losses in air and express company st

VIETNAM COFFEE MAYATTRACT MORE BUYERSSINGAPORE - Vietnam coffee may become increasingly attr

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 241.23 off 0.13 wh

As of Feb. 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Feb. 24, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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