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In a move that could provide more than $1 million per year for trade missions, lobbying and other fo

Union Pacific Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have agreed on terms to implement

FLATTENED RAIL HEADLED TO AMTRAK CRASHWASHINGTON - A little-understood track defect that cou

Thailand's recent economic growth of around 8 percent a year is impressive, but perhaps understated.

Workers at South Korea's largest shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries, went on a two-hour strike Monda

July 15, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

JAPANESE TO PROPOSEMICROCHIP SURVEYSCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Japan will propose market sh

1112 (July 15, 1996) Previous day - 1116The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

An agreement with Russia over controlling high-tech exports and conventional weapons has left severa

The Federal Aviation Administration announced an initiative Monday that will lead to more inspection

SHIPS2 SEA-LAND EXECUTIVESSWAP RESPONSIBILITIESCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Sea-Land Service In

Monday, July 15, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar fell Monday amid concern that foreign investors will abandon American stocks if the

The $2.5 billion plane order that General Electric Co.'s aircraft leasing unit completed with the Eu

Veteran maritime lawyer and World War II hero Richard W. Kurrus was remembered Friday by family and

The European Union drew up plans Monday to retaliate against the United States in an escalating row

The powerful economies of Japan and East Asia must become ''the new frontier'' of the U.S. labor and

The House is expected to easily approve today legislation giving the president new authority to cont

The country's largest container terminal operator and one of Hong Kong's oldest diversified firms ar

CONSORTIUM WILL EXPLOREOIL, GAS IN SIBERIABUDAPEST - Hungary's oil and gas company Magyar Ol

The Agriculture Department raised its forecast for 1996 U.S. wheat production from its report a mont

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

As of July 15, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 251.56 up 0.83 whi

July 15, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 15, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 15, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

July 15, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

July 15, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Rail union officials charged Monday that management negotiators will persuade Congress to forestall

The United States withdrew, effective Monday, all the duty hikes against a variety of European Union

The Teamsters union kicked off a near-riotous convention with members and candidates hurling charges

Tuesday night and Fred Getsinger has Bertha on his mind.Like anyone who has anything to do w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 21, '95 - July 15, '96 (a graph)* A

Air express, trucking and container equipment stocks suffered hard hits last week, forcing a 2.7 per

A 10-month strike on the British waterfront erupted briefly on the docks of Montreal Monday when str

Russia's economy failed to pull out of recession in the first half of this year, according to figure

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