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Russian gross domestic product and industrial output were higher in January than a year earlier, the

A U.S. Department of Labor official paused during her discussion last week about sweatshops to ackno

ALLIED HOLDINGS' PROFITFALLS AS REVENUE RISESDECATUR, Ga. - Allied Holdings, North America's

Baseball star Wee Willie Keeler used to say the key to successful hitting was to ''hit them where th

An eerie quiet has settled over the Eastern rail merger battlefield, with random rumors replacing re

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 5, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Federal prosecutors targeting former FBI informant Mark Whitacre have unsealed an indictment against

U.S.-Russian trade ties are improving, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, as Russian Prime Minist

''I don't think you can find any fourth-grade math teacher or any Ph.D. in math that can make these

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is taking a Canadian computer company to court in a copyright infring

The best-kept secrets of the diamond world - the size of Russia's stockpile and its sales on the ope

Russia's chief steel negotiator in the current round with the European Union has warned European ste

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. and its Mexican partner are on the fast track toward beginning

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is already starting to see some of the benefits of its driver pay

1406 (Feb. 6, 1997) Previous day - 1387The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

ARGENTINA SENDS CHILEBEEF GRADING PROPOSALBUENOS AIRES - In an effort to avoid a possible ba

Importers along the U.S.-Mexico border have access to a confusing menu of options for clearing their

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 6, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

CARIBBEAN RICE EXPORTERSSEEK TO END EU QUOTASPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - Caribbean

Goodyear's move to write down $755 million and seek a buyer for its Southwestern pipeline venture un

Transportation Minister David Anderson described as ''too high'' the $100 million figure being menti

A tunnel to the future? Or one to nowhere? Supporters say a proposed rail freight tunnel under New Y

The head of General Motors Corp.'s North American operations blasted Japan's government and central

Ecuador's militant trade unions, which launched a 48-hour general strike Wednesday, said Thursday th

Legislators, emboldened by a critical audit of South Carolina's auto insurance system, are talking a

CHINA XINJIANG AIREXPANDING BOEING FLEETSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s Commercial Airplane Group con

A rail freight tunnel beneath New York harbor has long been the dream of many.And with good

The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth's final tally for the 1996 shipping season ended up about 8 perc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 239.31 up 0.65

Bangladesh hopes to make its currency fully convertible in fiscal 1998, beginning next June, a senio

Feb. 6, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

After years of preparation, Canada's costly Hibernia oil project faces a new challenge as it nears p

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NORTHWEST AIRLINESFormer Vice President Walter Mondale rejoined the airline's board of direc

President Clinton on Thursday proposed slapping more than $2.2 billion a year in additional taxes on

An important decision due this month on drug enforcement and economic relations with Colombia could

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

NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE CO.Ikuo Uno will assume the presidency of Japan's largest life insurer

AETNA REORGANIZING COSTSLED TO LOSS IN QUARTERHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Inc. reported a loss o