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Shippers are already looking past the planned CSX Corp.- Conrail Inc. announcement and trying to fig

With total insurance premiums in 11 Asian countries forecast to increase by more than 10 percent ann

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

Oct. 16, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 16, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

Consumer prices rose more rapidly in September, but not enough to set off analysts' alarms over a po

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 16, '96 (a graph)* A

E. SCHILZ DIES AT 76; LEDBEVERAGE IMPORT GROUPWESTBURY, N.Y. - Edward J. Schilz, founder of

A policy group that advocates flexible approaches to transportation issues lashed out at the highway

Air France has signed cooperation agreements with Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines, filling

''I think it stinks.''That's how John Czuczman, director of the railroad division of the Tra

Labor reform measures, possibly including eased restrictions on hiring and firing workers, may soon

More than 250,000 bags of sugar worth about $10 million have been impounded at the port of Mombasa b

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 700,000 barre

Oct. 16, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Wednesday Oct. 16, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

As China starts running out of room to grow food, scientists are suggesting a new answer - outer spa

Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission has published a request for bids from companies interested in

Thailand is taking steps necessary to gain certification from the United States that will end a part

Worldwide semiconductor revenues are expected to decline more than 9 percent this year to $137 billi

The U.S. dollar rose to the highest level since January 1994 against the Japanese yen Tuesday, and t

''That encouraged us to add county jails and penal institutions to our address verification system.'

As trade gets tougher and overseas investors have more options to choose from, Taiwan's government i

Last week in the New York and European money markets, Russia's President Boris Yeltsin died for two

A new approach to improving maritime safety by the U.S. Coast Guard is already paying dividends.

U.S. importers are spending millions of dollars a year on insurance for their cargo shipments, somet

JAPAN TO EASEPAPERWORK FOR 8 PORTSTOKYO - The Transport Ministry said it will simplify appli

Despite big sales declines, '96 may not be such a bad year for heavy-truck makers.Although S

A leading marine underwriter has called for classification societies to be given sole responsibility

Oct. 15, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Despite current uncertainties in the Greek economy, the total market for medical equipment and suppl

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HUNGARY DISMISSESHEAD OF PRIVATIZATIONLONDON - The Hungarian minister in charge of privatiza

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday stressed the urgency of establishing a comprehensive tax

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Trade executives from the western United States met their counterparts in the Far Eastern city of Kh

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg-Sud, Germany's top two liner shipping companies, are to investigate cooperat

BOEING WILL DOUBLE737 TWIN-JET PRODUCTIONSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s Commercial Airplane Group wi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.49 off 0.21 wh