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Once deemed the most endangered Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Max Baucus is cruising toward victory i

U.S. grain prices are expected to decline this week as newly harvested corn and soybeans begin to fi

EURO COULD COSTEU RETAILERSLONDON - Retail businesses in the European Union could face set-u

ABB TAPPED TO BUILDINDIAN OIL REFINERYZURICH - Swedish-Swiss engineering group ABB Asea Brow

Ecuador on Friday suspended the operator of a U.S. cargo plane that crashed in its territory. U.S. c

''Mary'' has a family history of breast cancer. Both her mother and her aunt have been diagnosed wit

Richard Branson may love to play, but he doesn't fool around.At a recent gathering of the In

Madrigal-Wan Hai Lines will move its Northern California operations from Oakland to San Francisco in

Significant government involvement in the economy and institutional deficiencies in the Dominican Re

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

A long-simmering battle between the federal government and nuclear power plant owners is set to erup

Peter Watson will resign Nov. 1 from the International Trade Commission, the group announced Friday.

AIRREPLACING TWA CHIEFMAY TAKE A FEW MONTHSST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines said it

Whether the public is buying the U.S. Postal Service television commercials heralding its Priority M

Cargo is the future king of the airline industry, with the Boeing Co. prepared to fashion the crown.

Federal Express said it would start giving away software to help shippers use the Internet's World W

Alexei Litverkov, a senior negotiator at Russia's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, has reject

Dominique Ardente travels to Istanbul once a year to buy inexpensive leather jackets and designer cl

LOUISIANA REJECTSSTATE FARM RATE BIDBATON ROUGE, La. - A state insurance panel voted down a

Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world, is counting on foreign investment to boost gr

''We're going to sit on the porch and watch the big dogs fight it out.''

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 244.11 off 0.81

Oct. 24, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

President Clinton has made U.S. trade policy more responsive than ever to environmental concerns, so

A push by Japanese business and the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party to lift a ban on holding compani

The U.S. dollar fell slightly Thursday as the Bundesbank declined to lower its interest rates.

The European Parliament, angered by Turkey's human rights record, voted Thursday to block hundreds o

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 24, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A month before 18 of the world's primary economic powers meet to move into the next century, an unre

The Port of Olympia, Wash., Commission awarded IT Corp. a contract worth almost $1.2 million for the

David A. O'Neil was elected president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

The Clinton administration Thursday warned of an ''amazing implosion of the railroad industry'' from

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 27, '95 - Oct. 24, '96 (a graph)* A

Thursday Oct. 24, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Conditions for foreign investment in China's power industries may be improving, thanks to a growing

Mexico must do a better job of publicizing its economic successes or risk having them overshadowed b

Jim Dartez understands the difficulties in selling U.S. manufactures to companies with a ''Buy Germa

ILLINOIS INSURANCE EXCHANGEJames E. Tait has been elected by the Illinois Insurance Exchange

FEDEX PILOTS' VOTESFOR UNION TO BE TALLIEDWASHINGTON - Some 3,000 Federal Express pilots' vo