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They're called ''pup'' trailers, a cute name that comes from their shorter-than-normal 28-foot lengt

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The United Arab Emirates central bank has agreed to reimburse small depositors at the collapsed Bank

Highlights of the individual trade plans, incorporated into the Manila Action Plan for APEC:

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Nov. 25, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Monday Nov. 25, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

EUROPE MAY GET A SINGLE CURRENCYFASTER THAN IT GETS A 'UNIFIED' PLUGEurope may be heading fo

Oil traders reacted with caution Monday to news that Iraq had agreed to all U.N. conditions in an oi

Japan's Finance Ministry said Monday that it had lifted restrictions imposed on Daiwa Bank Ltd. last

West German inflation eased to an annual rate of 1.4 percent in November from 1.5 percent in October

Some anxiety is starting to overtake Massachusetts' always-fractious automobile insurance market as

While most U.S. exporters have become sensitized to the political realities of selling grain oversea

American President Lines is one step closer to committing its fleet to a new U.S.-flag subsidy progr

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A decision by railroad supply companies to stop funding a controversial truck safety organization wi

Monday, Nov. 25, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Mexican commerce officials have imposed new product labeling standards for table grapes, and are see

U.S. and Japanese negotiators on Monday resumed talks aimed at settling a prolonged dispute over for

Olav Rakkenes, the tall Norwegian steamship boss, enters dithering, as one who has misplaced his hym

The next Congress is more than a month away but House transportation leaders already are rallying su

Italy's return to Europe's exchange rate mechanism on Monday has eased trade frictions with France b

As of Nov. 25, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Nov. 25, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

IMF HOLDS UP LOANTO MOSCOW - AGAINMOSCOW - Russia and the International Monetary Fund have f

Western oil companies got a big break from a controversial peace agreement between Russia and Chechn

Most Great Lakes ports and carriers are playing catch-up this year as they struggle to make up for a

Cuba said Monday it increasingly appreciated the role of small or medium-sized businesses in its eco

ZEDILLO: MEXICO SEEKSINCREASED CHINA TIESMEXICO CITY - President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Le

The European Commission has reached an accord with South Korea that Brussels claims will open up the

TEXACO AND GULF FINEDOVER BLAZE AT REFINERYSWANSEA, Wales - A judge fined oil giants Texaco

November 25, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

STATE REINSURANCE BOARDTO DISCUSS FEE INCREASECOLUMBIA, South Carolina - Members of the Sout

The American Club, one of the smaller mutual insurers of shipowners' liabilities, wants to diversify

INSCO/DICO Group has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that one of its companies, Indemnity

Office workers at Evergreen America Corp. in Los Angeles and at a container freight station operated

1442 (Nov. 25, 1996) Previous day - 1447The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Nov. 25, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

When Congress reconvenes in January, Republican leaders are expected to waste no time investigating