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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

Feb. 24, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Battling troubled economic times, Thailand is trying to forge a stronger currency and high interest

CHICAGO MERC ENDSGLOBEX TRADE PROJECTCHICAGO - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has pulled th

The sodium leakage at Japan's first fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju last December was due to a ch

EVA AIRWAYS POSTSSECOND PROFITABLE YEARTAIPEI - EVA Airways Corp. reported net income of $17

Conrail Inc. is asking the Maritime Administration to support its merger with CSX Corp. as a way of

Feb. 21, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Russia's troubled miner, Norilsk Nickel, one of the world's largest producers of nickel and platinum

Canada is on the verge of an overhaul of its maritime system.The Canada Marine Act, designed

Despite the crisis in trade relations over U.S. sanctions against Cuba, the European Union is reluct

Croatia Line, once a niche feeder service in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, has increased serv

Representatives of Lloyd's of London in the United States braced themselves for a flood of applicati

The Czech government will delay signing government guarantees for loans to the state-run railway net

Immediately following the unexplained crash of TWA 800 last July, the Clinton administration created

KMART AND LIVERPOOLTO SELL MEXICAN UNITTROY, Mich. - Kmart Corp. and El Puerto de Liverpool

A New Jersey trucking company that used to handle maritime containers for Maersk Inc. has filed a fe

Two longtime employees of the Maritime Administration were killed in a traffic accident here last we

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