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The European Commission approved subsidies of nearly $12 billion to coal mines in Germany, France an

Recent price swings have made home heating oil more affordable than natural gas in the Northeast but

Anglo-American conglomerate Hanson sold its stake in Britain's National Grid for 405 million British

The lead broker for the proposed California Earthquake Authority said Tuesday it will not ask reinsu

WORKERS PROTEST BILLSTO WEAKEN OSHAAUGUSTA, Maine - Several dozen union activists and their

SAFECO POSTS GAINSIN REVENUE, EARNINGSSEATTLE - Safeco Corp. posted healthy revenue and prof

While California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush Monday handed out earthquake emergency kit

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The United Transportation Union has launched an administrative and legislative campaign to block pla

GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSDirection de la Naviation Aerienne (DNA)(A

Despite the promise of a presidential veto, Republican congressional leaders Tuesday sent President

Fewer than one in 20,000 mainland Chinese citizens have managed to leap the great wall onto the info

Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service reacted cautiously to Provident Cos.' purchase of Pa

OVERVIEWAirport equipment budgets in France, not including air navigation systems, reached a

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADAMALAYSIA. May 20. Malaysian Prime Minister will lead a trade mi

OFFERS TO BUYBlankets and mattressRef No.: 040945 Filed: 04-15-96Nutrition/health fo

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Entertaining an important client and eager to offer him something other than the usual night of kara

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - April 29, '96 (a graph)(2)

U.S. Export-Import Bank _http://www.exim.gov.Investment Promotion Agency Network - h

With A.P. Moller's Regina Maersk ushering in a new era of giant containerships that hold in excess o

NUCLEAR-WASTE SHIPRETURNS TO TAIWANTAIPEI - A nuclear-waste ship barred by aboriginal protes

Major importers such as Wal-Mart Corp. and J.C. Penney Co. say they will divert thousands of contain

Rino Malinari, vice president of sales for Maher Terminals, died Saturday of cancer. He was 57.<

Washington's prolonged bickering over the 1996 federal budget managed to rack up casualties as far a

In a move that could send trucking rates in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor skyrocketing, more tha

The chances that domestic shipping laws will get an overhaul this year are fading.With no Jo

The world's container-carrying fleet could expand by almost a quarter over the next few years if the

Manufacturers of containers will have to crank up their annual production rates significantly over t

Global talks to liberalize telecommunications services ran into an eleventh-hour crisis Monday, as t

The U.S. dollar slumped against the Japanese yen Monday, with no sign of Bank of Japan intervention

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Friday, April 26, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Conrail Inc. plans to change its commercial ties with 17 small railroads to make the relationship re

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - April 29, '96 (a graph)(2)

Merger partners Union Pacific Corp. and Southern Pacific Transportation Co. Monday submitted an exte

What's the first thing a trucking executive does when adding to his fleet? He checks under the hood.

BOEING SALES, EARNINGSSLUMPED IN FIRST QUARTERSEATTLE - Lingering effects of last year's 69-

The story headlined ''Rail merger controversy rages on,'' which appeared Monday on Page 4B, should h