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A group of U.S. lawmakers returned to the United States from meetings in Mexico this week to report

Major carriers and the United Transportation Union reached the first national agreement in the curre

The divided Air Line Pilots Association leadership at Federal Express Corp. Wednesday narrowly urged

Little has been done to allow insurance companies based in one European Union nation to do business

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Congressional Republican leaders want to use a variety of tax increases, including renewal of the ex

New York state may become the next friendly domicile for ''captive'' insurers, if legislation propos

Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany's national rail line, managed to deliver its cargo of nuclear waste to a c

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

The U.S. dollar was dragged down by the Japanese yen Thursday but was little changed against the Deu

SHELL PHILIPPINES HITSLNG IMPORT PLANSLONDON - Shell Philippines Exploration has protested t

A judge refused to pull the plug on Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s attempt to reorganize and force the

''If we can't work it out, I suspect we'll have to do our own thing and the Chinese can arrive with

Key trucking groups want the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the newly formed driver leasing

A U.S-Mexican environmental accord signed here creates a new bilateral approach to fighting border p

May 9, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

HONG KONG OFFICIAL SEESNO PENDING TRADE SLUMPHONG KONG - Hong Kong is not showing signs of a

Senior negotiators here think that talks to establish an international trade deal on maritime servic

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Recent studies show that human error contributes to most ship casualties. Seeking to address this pr

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 260.51 up 1.17

GASUNIE WANTS TO TIE INTO BRITISH-BELGIAN LINEBRUSSELS - Dutch gas marketing and distributio

1447 (May 9, 1996) Previous day - 1452The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Today, two years to the day after Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first black presid

COMMUNISTS PLEDGEFREEDOMS IN RUSSIAMOSCOW - If the Communist Party of Russia (KPRF) wins the

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

Two powerful House committees are at loggerheads over new sanctions against Iran and Libya, as anger

An official at the Norwegian union that has been staging an offshore oil workers' strike since Satur

Sri Lanka's government, already battling power shortages, is now embroiled in a fight with workers o

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 12, '95, - May 9, '96 (a graph)(2)DA

Philadelphians by the hundreds are ratting on their neighbors and former spouses who have given phon

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In an attempt to get past recent setbacks and underscore the importance of the China market, Boeing

HOUSE GOP REJECTSNTSB FUNDING RAISEWASHINGTON - House Republicans rejected a bid Thursday by

Negotiations toward an international telecommunications services trade pact should resume in July, D

May 9, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Precisely 127 years ago today at 12:47 p.m. local time the tracks of Union Pacific Railroad were joi