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The national railroad network may be getting smaller, but the locomotives using those routes keep ge

After months of planning, President Clinton is expected to shift export licensing of encrypted softw

ShipsEGYPTIAN STOWAWAYSUFFOCATES IN STEEL TRUNKCAIRO, Egypt - A 36-year-old Egyptian

It was supposed to be ''the rates, stupid'' when the world's maritime community gathered here this w

NORTH KOREA UPBEATAFTER INVESTMENT DEALSRAJIN, North Korea - North Korea won expressions of

A strong week for stocks in most transportation sectors saw a 1.4 percent rise in the Journal of Com

A coalition of taxpayer, environmental and public interest groups Thursday launched a grass-roots ca

U.S. forest products and housing manufacturers may have their best chance ever to open wider the doo

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

''Anything that is simple is good.''

Vietnam's Communist Party daily Monday gave an unusually frank account of economic problems now faci

Even as the North American Free Trade Agreement labors to build institutions, its environmental comm

International development programs designed to raise living standards for the world's poorest people

COLOMBIAN GROUP TAKESSAMPER OFF SPEAKER LISTBOGOTA, Colombia - In a new slap in the face for

The shipping industry must become safer and more environmentally friendly or it will face state-impo

Superior National Insurance Group Inc., a workers compensation insurer in California and Arizona, ha

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1020 (Sept. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1030The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

NO SURVIVORS FOUNDFROM CHILEAN SHIPSANTIAGO, Chile - Navy rescuers Sunday found debris from

With political pressures mounting against the government of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon,

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Sept, 16, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

RUSSIAN JOBLESS RATELITTLE CHANGED FOR AUGUSTMOSCOW - While Russia's jobless rate has crept

An ambitious plan to eliminate tariffs for computers and other high-technology goods is on the rocks

A yearlong effort by public and private sector groups led to the return last week of 16 vehicles tha

Operations at the Port of Richmond, Va., and the Port of Albany, N.Y., have changed hands as part of

Three weeks ended Sept. 7, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

The government Monday awarded a contract potentially worth $1 billion to upgrade the nation's air tr

UP UNVEILS TERMSOF STOCK, CASH EXCHANGEBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Union Pacific Corp. announced the te

Fueled by a return to growth in Mexico's sluggish economy, Texas posted merchandise exports of nearl

ILLINOIS ACCEPTSLLOYD'S-NASAA PACTLONDON - The state of Illinois has agreed to accept the te

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 11, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPHoward I. Smith, executive vice president and comptroller of the

The final piece of the complex jigsaw of payments to victims of the 1994 Estonia ferry disaster has

California's insurance department has ordered the state's third-largest workers compensation insurer

With the clock ticking, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Sen. John McCain have reached an agree

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

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

BIG ENCHILADAS: ADM,GRUMA IN TORTILLA DEALWASHINGTON - A $280 million merger of the two larg

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 16, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)