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UTAH HOUSE STALLS BILLREQUIRING COMP FOR FARMSSALT LAKE CITY - Salt Lake City Democratic Sen

After a close call over funding, Hong Kong's compulsory pension plan is back on track.The ma

Containerized tonnage fell by double digits at the Port of Boston in 1996, dipping below the 1 milli

Prospects are brightening that a workable commercial agreement can be reached between UnionPacific R

Chinese officials are putting heavy emphasis on the development of air cargo routes, facilities and

WESTERN EUROPEREGIONALA rush by European multinationals to put their businesses on t

NORTH AMERICASwimwear Show. Feb. 24-27. Miami. Contact: (305) 261-2900, ext. 124.Florida Sho

TNT Express Worldwide has announced the start of Euro 1, a new two-day premium express service that

As thousands of acres of winter wheat ripen in fields across the Southeast, farmers and grain handle

Chilean President Eduardo Frei arrives in Washington Thursday unable to ask for the thing he wants t

Jamaica and the United States have ratified a bilateral investment treaty aimed at encouraging and p

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

Widespread tax evasion and a shrinking economy caused Russian tax revenue to fall 15 percent below g

Non-vessel-operating common carriers do not have to file tariffs after March 29 for shipments betwee

UN APPROVES 4 MOREOIL-SALE CONTRACTSNEW YORK - The United Nations' Iraq oil-export overseers

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

BDP INTERNATIONAL INC.Vincent Clucas was named sales manager of this Philadelphia internatio

U.S. cargo airlines are gearing up for the paperless age as an important new international agreement

Feb. 24, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Ohio's agriculture director thinks it is crazy - and unconstitutional - that meat from foreign count

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

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

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

''At last Europe has a low-cost back yard just like the U.S. has in Mexico and Japan in its Asian ne

CHILE-EU FREE-TRADETALKS SET FOR 1998SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's free-trade agreement negotiat

Consolidation in the aerospace industry is still going strong as second-tier companies unite in resp

Norfolk Southern Corp. took the first regulatory step toward filing a formal application toacquire C

Avondale Industries, a major U.S. shipyard that has refused to recognize a union chosen by its 4,000

Feb. 24, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

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

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 19, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 24, 1997 BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

Monday Feb. 24, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

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

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

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