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CHINA EXPECTED TO RELAXTIGHT CREDIT POLICY SOONHONG KONG - China is likely to relax its tigh

Drought-stricken farmers are better off with the new national farm policy, even without emergency re

A meeting between European Union External Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan and high level representat

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Transportation stocks performed generally well last week, with The Journal of Commerce transportatio

The coal unit train is a familiar railroad workhorse but seems an unlikely candidate for high-tech i

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

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

It's one thing to get the ball rolling, and another to keep it rolling. Although the transportation

U.S. consumers who have indirectly funded the infrastructure development of Mexican monopoly Telefon

Apr. 29, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 29, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeApr. 29, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

North Korea opened a tourism office in Taipei on Monday that can issue visas, in a bid to attract ca

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

Two Swiss banks are to resume talks with Philippine authorities, the family of former ruler Ferdinan

Apr. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

''A layman doesn't know what GDP means and probably couldn't care less.''

As of Apr. 29, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Apr. 29, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Robots were once the domain of assembly lines, replacing human workers who had numbed their minds an

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

KOHL LOWERS FORECASTFOR GERMAN GDP RISEBONN - Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the German governm

While truckers nationwide struggle with rising diesel prices, the California Trucking Association ar

1465 (Apr. 26, 1996) Previous day - 1462The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Apr. 26, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Some of the nation's top bankers will be gathering in Tucson this week for the annual meeting of the

Chase Manhattan Corp.'s merger with Chemical Banking Corp. created the largest bank in the United St

It was billed as the clash of the titans - the country's fourth-largest airline against one of the b

Apr. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The European Commission blocked a planned merger last week of the platinum operations of Gencor, a S

LEACH READIES REVISIONOF BANK-INSURANCE BILLWASHINGTON - House Banking Chairman James Leach,

For the week ended April 20, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

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

Higher values for crude oil, low inventories and summer stock building have conspired to drive U.S.

There has not been this much hoopla in American railroading since a couple of spikes were put down a

As trucking companies attempt to offset recent fuel increases through surcharges, shippers are casti

BNSF TO UPGRADE LINETHROUGH STAMPEDE PASSFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ann