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Monday, Sept. 30, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

''The Tongue River Railroad is the most harebrained idea I've ever heard of.''

Relations between China and Taiwan remain uncertain more than six months after Chinese military exer

India said Monday it intends to expand the consensus it has cobbled together and prevent new issues

MAJOR URGES UK TO STAYIN CURRENCY TALKSLONDON - The United Kingdom must remain part of the n

The ship demolition market is in freefall.So many elderly bulk carriers are heading for the

Sept. 27, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transnational electronic commerce, electronic mail, online sales, intranet are some of the new - and

The North American Free Trade Agreement has changed the way Japanese-affiliated companies do busines

Smaller airports, left to struggle in the shadow of the nation's giant aviation complexes, are winni

NO CAPACITY CAPIN EUROPE-ASIA TRADESLONDON - Despite the difficult market conditions that pe

A tanker struck a bridge in Portland, Maine, and was spilling oil into the harbor Friday afternoon,

Three weeks ended Sept. 21, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

As of Sept. 27, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

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

Sept. 27, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

A renewed attempt to sell Mexico's state-owned petrochemical plants could come soon, with opposition

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

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

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

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

During the traditionally quiet summer season on the European air cargo front, freighter operators in

RAYMOND VEECI, a former president and chief executive of Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group, has j

A small red warning flag is up on the Panama Canal.Subtle shifts there suggest higher transi

Sept, 27, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

The U.S. territorial sea has been clearly defined by long tradition, if not by statute. In recent ti

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 246.49 off 0.63

Friday Sept. 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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

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