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Russia's trade regulators have started a preliminary investigation into color television imports, si

With the election over and Mexico's debt paid back early, it's good politics for President Clinton

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana and Kansas City Southern Industries, winners of Mexico's first rail

WESTINGHOUSE TO SELLNUCLEAR WASTE UNITPITTSBURGH - Westinghouse Electric Corp. has agreed to

Oil giant Chevron Corp. is boosting its Asian profile by embarking on a $1.2 billion plan to build i

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 2, '96 - Jan. 30, '97 (a graph)* An

EX-KOREA BANK CHIEFDETAINED OVER SCANDALSEOUL - Former Korea First Bank president Lee Chul-S

LLOYD'S COULD REPEAT1980S DOWNWARD SPIRALLONDON - Things are not moving as smoothly at Lloyd

SHIPSSHIP SCRAPPING WORKREACHES RECORD LEVELSLONDON - The number of ships sc

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Cargo at the Port of Richmond, Va., rose 12.5 percent in 1996, stretching the port's streak of annua

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Thursday in quiet trading.The dollar came under some pressure

William Daley, the brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, was sworn in Thursday at the White House

The pace of Japan's economic recovery is way too slow and is hampered by an inefficient and protecti

With the decision made to open the U.S. border to Mexican motor carriers, U.S. and Mexican officials

1361 (Jan. 30, 1997) Previous day - 1370The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Jan. 30, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Five years after the opening of Munich's new airport, its chief Thursday proposed building a second

Moving goods between Hong Kong and the adjacent Shenzhen special economic zone in southern China sho

KLM Cargo Thursday announced it was increasing scheduled European air freight service next month and

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 29, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Colombia's Empresa Colombiana De Vias Ferreos, or Ferrovias, this month began accepting bids for its

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

FRANCE TO BOOST AIDTO LATIN AMERICAPARIS - French Finance Minister Jean Arthuis signed two a

USF&G's fourth-quarter net income rose to $102 million in 1996 from $65 million for the 1995 period.

A barge that capsized with 12,500 tons of chemical fertilizer aboard may still hold much of its carg

The speech - make that speeches - were classic Conrad.Conrad Everhard, chairman of Cho Yang

Monsanto Co. has entered into a three-year research project with an Australian university to learn w

64 DOMINICANS RESCUEDFROM SINKING SAILBOATSAN JUAN - The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 64 Dominic

''The trade community should judge the relative efficiency of any port, not an academician.''

South Korean authorities Wednesday opened a special probe into main creditor banks of the debt-stric

The man preparing to lead Hong Kong into the next century says his government will revive the falter

Insurance companies have a ''sinister desire'' for the state to create a permanent hurricane fund to

DOOMED PLANE CARRIEDNO MISSILES, EL AL SAYSJERUSALEM - Israel's El Al airlines denied a news

CONRAIL INC.The Philadelphia railroad restructured its senior management by giving six execu

CELADON ANNOUNCESIMPROVED RESULTSINDIANAPOLIS - Celadon Group Inc., a trucking company that

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U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 2.9 million barr

A rising dollar against the yen and other foreign currencies is a strong factor in loweringU.S. grai

U.S. coal companies are undertaking new marketing campaigns to boost sales.The campaigns, bo