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European shippers are being urged by one of their representative bodies to continue the legal fight

FOURTH QUARTER GOODFOR BA CARGO REVENUELONDON - British Airways World Cargo reported revenue

Morocco's power chief said the government could sell stakes in power plants to private investors.

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

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

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

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

By most measures, Germany is in an economic morass. Unemployment has hit a postwar high of 4.7 milli

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

A Chinese corn farmer in Jilin province opens his bag of fertilizer as much of it evaporates. He the

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Pric

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

1463 (Feb. 24, 1997) Previous day - 1465The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

February 24, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

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

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

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

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

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

CONCORDIA MARITIMETURNED A PROFIT IN '96LONDON - Concordia Maritime, the Swedish operator of

Russia's state railways turned in another dismal year in 1996.Total losses reached 6 trillio

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

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

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

POLISH UNEMPLOYMENTCONTINUES TO DECLINEWARSAW - Poland's January unemployment rate was 13.5

Re-exports continue to power Hong Kong's overall trade, and China is consolidating its position as t

TRUCKSDEPUTY FHWA CHIEFNAMED HEAD OF AGENCYWASHINGTON - Jane E. Garvey was n

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

Soyland Power Cooperative has agreed to repay the U.S. Treasury $410,000 for bonuses Soyland awarded

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

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

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

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

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

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