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''It's not worth going to Mexico to get a haircut.''

Door-to-door air freight companies like Federal Express Corp. and United Parcel Service will capture

Feb. 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

For the week ended February 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

With Iran promising to speed up work on a crucial link, the prospect of faster, cheaper freight move

Hong Kong is seeking a larger part of China's potentially rich reinsurance business after it returns

LARRY LARSON TO HEADWASHINGTON PORT AGENCYLONGVIEW, Wash. - Larry Larson will serve as presi

'K' LINE TO LIQUIDATEUS SUBSIDIARY IN MARCHTOKYO - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (''K''

A former United Parcel Service employee is under investigation by federal agents in the theft of sem

HARTFORD'S NET INCOMEJUMPS IN FOURTH QUARTERHARTFORD, Conn. - The Hartford reported a fourth

Feb. 7, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC.This Dallas-based manufacturer announced four promotions in its railc

NATIONS AIR CARRIES ONDESPITE MILITARY SNAFUATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The president of Nations A

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 6, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Feb. 7, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are positioning themselves to become the load center for wat

Trade tensions with Japan are bound to rise later this year, thanks to the dollar's sudden surge aga

U.S. executives and local business leaders are now questioning Turkey's long-term investment outlook

Processing trade was a foundation stone of China's economic boom when the Asian powerhouse reopened

The chiefs of two leading American computer and semiconductor manufacturing corporations have called

The end is near for Tovalop and Cristal. But are shipowners and charterers prepared for the changes

The new president of Crowley American Transport, raised in Neshoba County, Miss., had ancestors in u

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Feb. 7, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Friday, Feb. 7, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

MEXICO FAILS IN CUTTINGMAQUILADORA IMPORTSMEXICO CITY - The some 3,403 maquiladora plants in

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