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President Clinton's decision to help the nation's cattle farmers recover from sagging prices helped

In a move designed to lower the cost of electricity to its large customers, Detroit Edison Co. said

A psychologist once hired for some controversial training sessions at the Federal Aviation Administr

Insurers who hoped for product liability legislation after 15 years of congressional stalemate blast

Six months after U.S. barge operators formed a new partnership program with the Coast Guard, a numbe

Better aircraft data recorders head a national ''most wanted'' list of safety improvements for 1996,

Faced with sluggish car traffic and declining perishable goods shipments, Transportacion Maritima Me

The European Union, seeking to build on the improvement in trade relations with Tokyo, has rejected

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 256.09 off 3.46 w

India said Wednesday it planned to fulfill its commitments on intellectual property rights after Was

A senior Japanese trade official said Wednesday his ministry was unhappy about a U.S. decision to ke

Wednesday May 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Westinghouse Electric Corp. on Wednesday said it reached ''an amicable settlement'' with Portland Ge

TENNESSEE COURT ORDERISSUED AGAINST LLOYD'SNASHVILLE - Just days after a general agreement w

CIGNA REPORTSOPERATING INCOME UPPHILADELPHIA - Cigna Corp. reported that its first-quarter 1

The U.S. dollar rose to a two-year high against the British pound Wednesday, but was unchanged again

MAYS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime tragedi

State prosecutors arrested the heads of South Korea's largest commercial bank and a construction fir

The Danish shipping and shipbuilding giant A.P. Moller is putting its weight behind the Organization

JAPANESE RUBBER FIRMPLANS CHINESE PLANTTIANJIN, China - Japan Synthetic Rubber Co. Ltd. said

May 1, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

In a bold, unorthodox move to fit the insurance company to the agency, rather than vise versa, Firem

The United States and Japan have settled a trio of air disputes that threatened to lead to mutual av

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FMC CALL FOR DATAFROM SHIP CONFERENCESWASHINGTON - All ocean shipping conferences must provi

When the giant airship Hindenburg burst into flames while landing at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 1, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The foundering Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG ran aground Wednesday as a Bremen court began bankruptcy pro

Property financier Credit Foncier de France said this week it was open to French and foreign suitors

Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Le Mai dismissed talk of persistent differences between his countr

The promise that liberalized petroleum import laws might actually lead to lower prices in Japan has

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

VANCOUVER UNVEILSNEW TERMINAL TODAYVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Vancouver will open a new C

Transoceanic Shipping Co.ARVAL HEADRICK was named vice chairman and chief operating officer

The European Union fired the first salvo Tuesday in a looming war with the United States over legisl

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines hopes its yen problems are falling behind it.The recent rise in the doll

Independent truckers have threatened to shut down some 80 highways in Mexico this week to protest pr

OLYMPIC AIRWAYSSUBSIDY DELAYEDBRUSSELS - The European Commission delayed a $95 million subsi

KOHL SAYS BRITAINMUST REMAIN IN EULONDON - German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said earlier this w