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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '95 - Nov. 27, '96 (a graph)* An

Union Pacific Railroad, in a move designed to improve service and silence critics, is forging ahead

The bright line separating the jurisdictions of intermodal truckers and the International Longshorem

The United States and China are to hold the second round of textile negotiations in Beijing this wee

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The United States should change its regulations governing free trade with the Caribbean to boost fre

Germany is set to clash with France today over rules to enforce budgetary discipline after the launc

CHINA CLOSES PIRATEVIDEODISC PRODUCERBEIJING - Chinese authorities have shut down a pirate v

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi Friday issued a statement reiterating the government is aiming f

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

Dingy, dusty, dark and dangerous, Latin American prisons may well find themselves on government auct

''One of the first things we would like to transfer is a better understanding of capitalism.''

A Volkswagen AG executive accused of stealing industrial secrets when he defected from General Motor

WORLD BANK TO LENDCHINA $2.7 BILLIONBEIJING - The World Bank is expected to lend China $2.7

ITALY'S MOVE TO RE-ENTER THE ERMPUTS PRESSURE ON SWEDEN TO JOINItaly's re-entry into Europe'

The dispute settlement panel in the World Trade Organization that will go into the U.S. complaint ag

Global One, the joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint Corp., said Tuesday it

Investors interested in Mexico's opening of its satellite system to the private sector can give noti

NEW ISSUES POSTPONEWTO COMMERCE TREATYGENEVA - Envoys to the World Trade Organization Friday

Quebec's political leaders have put the thorny issue of sovereignty on the back burner for now. But

Canada's two major railroads are spinning off thousands of miles of unprofitable track following the

Canadian and American shippers have so many common concerns that it would make sense for their leadi

Canada is on the verge of a big decision: whether to continue granting a monopoly over export grain

After retreating in the past two years from much of the railway and air sectors, Canada's federal go

Mexican environmental officials are preparing regulations that will mandate ''safeguard'' zones for

Business interests and environmentalists in Mexico are eagerly awaiting publication of pending refor

For the second holiday shopping season in a row, the U.S. Labor Department has released a controvers

The California Earthquake Authority opened its doors as scheduled today, after two of the state's bi

O.J. COULD SEE INSURANCEIF HE WINS CIVIL CASELOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson could get financial

Though the world appears to be rushing like lemmings toward cyberspace communications, most of us st

U.S. insurer American Home Assurance Co., taking advantage of Japanese deregulation, announced plans

Eurotunnel is awaiting the outcome of insurers' investigations into the costs of the major fire aboa

For several years, the insurance industry stood united in its urgent drive to have Congress pass leg

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 27, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

CALIFORNIA TO REVAMPSTATE FRAUD DIVISIONSACRAMENTO, Calif. - The number of insurance departm

Nov. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

SHIPSDSR SENATOR ANTICIPATESPARTNERSHIP BY YEAR-ENDHAMBURG - DSR Senator Lines Chair

The Port of Amsterdam is pioneering an innovative way of doubling the speed at which the world's lar

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's largest ocean carrier, will carry more than 1 million 20-foot container un

Five hundred tons of textiles and electronic goods was sitting at Seoul/Kimpo International Airport