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INDIANA AGENCY SEEKS$60,000 FINE IN FATAL BLASTPORTAGE, Ind. - Beta Steel Corp. will ask for

The state Commission on Environmental Quality has voted to accept bids that could lead to opening po

China's efforts to get more but better energy from its vast coal fields are boosted by new technolog

Hong Kong's first commercial network to use computer technology for trade documentation is now the f

U.S. soybean farmers risk seeing European consumers shun their 1996 harvest unless they separate gen

LUKOIL REPLACES GAZPROMIN KAZAKH GAS PROJECTOSCOW - The Russian government has given the go-

Just over two years ago, Lasmo PLC of London was fighting for its life in an aggressive takeover bid

The year is turning out to be far better for the personal computer industry than many had anticipate

U.S. oil companies have proposed an exchange of Azerbaijani oil for Iranian crude in a plan to ship

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Friday, Sept. 27, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

SEA CONTAINERS TO BUILDFACTORY IN CHARLESTONWASHINGTON - Sea Containers will build a contain

The U.S. dollar surprised the naysayers last week by holding key levels and then powering higher des

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

KANSAS MOTORCARRIERS ASSOCIATIONMary Turkington has retired as executive director.Wh

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. has proposed a rate increase for the pilots in all three

U.S.-Chinese trade relations seem to be improving after high-level trade talks here late last week a

Nico Colchester, deputy editor of The Economist from 1989 to 1993, died Wednesday of a heart attack

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 6, '95 - Sept. 27, '96 (a graph)* A

Two brothers who ran an Ontario freight forwarding firm are under arrest for allegedly selling donat

More than 250 people engaged in trading and transporting breakbulk commodities are meeting in New Or

Switzerland and the United States Friday signed a framework bilateral accord to improve and coordina

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is getting a jump on the recently merged Union Pacific-Southern P

Ed DeFrancesco is a builder. As the president of a steamship agency that helps ship gas turbines to

Coastwide strikes and contract negotiations over container cargo produce the big headlines, but the

With six new heavy-lift ships on order, Germany's SAL GmbH & Co. is taking aim at the U.S. heavy-lif

Some things are just hard to describe. Ask a friend to describe a Vandyke beard without the help of

Trouble is brewing for coffee handlers in New York and New Orleans, traditionally the two major entr

CONSECO TO BUYTRANSPORT HOLDINGSCARMEL, Ind. - Conseco Inc. has said it will acquire Transpo

The Florida Residential Property & Casualty Joint Underwriting Association has a new plan to get sma

In a warning to the insurance industry, Florida's insurance department rejected Nationwide Insurance

Competition among leading coal exporting nations is expected to increase during the next two years,

The majority of New York state's 29,700 doctors will see decreases in their medical malpractice insu

Two state senators want to lower auto insurance rates in New Jersey by making legislative changes to

Cool summer weather, tough competition between coal and natural gas, clean air rules and deregulatio

Europe's coal industry has been forced onto the sidelines as the spotlight falls on liberalization o

As container carriers increasingly look to cut the number of ports they serve, some East Coast ports

Brazil on Friday blocked a request by Canada for an international dispute panel to consider expediti

September has always been a month of change. Perhaps it is the weather, the month trading the end of

Global markets for U.S. coal are expected to grow for the fourth straight year in 1997, with export