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U.S. farmers will reap their worst winter wheat crop in 18 years, only 1.36 billion bushels, the Agr

Hoping to avert a shortage of pasta in grocery stores and to prevent mill shutdowns, the government

Despite optimistic projections that a U.S.-Mexico trucking dispute could be resolved this week, it n

Memorabilia collectors who recently purchased coal carried on the legendary Titanic as memorabilia u

Years of increasingly ill-tempered bickering among China, Britain and Hong Kong over the change in s

House factions are gearing up for a widely anticipated - but ultimately largely symbolic - fight ove

GLOBAL MEETING TO FOCUSON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKSGENEVA - The United Nations Environment Program

EXPEDITORS' REVENUE,PROFIT RISE FOR QUARTERSEATTLE - Expeditors International of Washington

MEXICO POSTS SURPLUSIN FIRST-QUARTER TRADEMEXICO CITY - Mexico's finance ministry Thursday a

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SHIPSEU PROJECT TO STUDYCARGO-HANDLING EFFICIENCYLONDON - The European Commission is

At the King Fahd Airport in Saudi Arabia, the sight is magnificent. Water streaming from a huge, gol

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

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 9, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

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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