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CONTINENTAL SEEKS OKON NONSTOP JAPAN ROUTEHOUSTON - Continental Airlines Inc. said it applie

GENERAL ACCIDENT PLANSTO OPEN SHANGHAI OFFICEHONG KONG - British insurance company General A

NIGERIA ASKS PARTNERSTO CUT OIL COSTSABIKA, Nigeria - Nigeria has asked its major foreign pa

TAIWAN-CHINA TRADEROSE IN JANUARYTAIPEI - Indirect trade between Taiwan and China amounted t

HIGHER URANIUM PRICESSPARK PRODUCTION RISELARAMIE, Wyo. - Uranium prices have more than doub

TAIWAN ACTS TO EASECHINESE IMPORT CURBSTAIPEI - Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has fi

BHP INTERNATIONALADDS 2ND SAILINGOAKLAND, Calif. - Breakbulk liner operator BHP Internationa

UNITED EXECUTIVE SLAMSJAPAN'S SANCTIONS THREATNEW YORK - Gerald Greenwald, chairman and chie

NORTH KOREA DENIESCOUNTERFEITING DOLLARSSEOUL - North Korea denied it was involved in making

NORTON LILLY TO BUYTHEODAVIES MARINESAN FRANCISCO - Norton Lilly International will expand i

BNSF TO SELL TRACKIN WASHINGTON, IDAHOSPOKANE, Wash - Burlington Northern Santa Fe plans to

Tuesday, April 2, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

EQUITABLE COS.NEW YORK - Paul J. Flora was elected senior vice president and auditor of the

1449 (Apr. 2, 1996) Previous day - 1449The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

CHINESE-BUILT VESSELADDED TO LASCO FLEET PORTLAND, Ore. - Lasco Shipping Co. has taken deliv

The boom is finally fading from the U.S. trade with Brazil.Ocean carriers serving the trade

Even by the standards of Midwestern small towns, this is an exceedingly relaxed place. Everyone walk

The first stage of the privatization of Mexico's state-owned railroad Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Me

The Clinton administration has signed the first aviation agreement with South Africa since 1986, whe

ATLAS AIR SEEKS FUNDSTO BUY MORE PLANESGOLDEN, Colo. - Business is so good at Atlas Air that

United Airlines announced its first foray into international freighter service, unveiling on Monday

World cotton production is forecast at 19.77 million metric tons in 1996-97 (August-July), up from 1

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. won another battle late last week, when Tampa bankruptcy court Judge Alexa

Tar balls were scattered across 21 miles of remote beaches on Matagorda Island along the Texas coast

Monday, April 1, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Unable to hammer out an agreement before an April 1 deadline, telephone monopoly Telefonos de Mexico

The Clinton administration released its annual report of 'Foreign Trade Barriers,' a book awaited ea

The words 'labor problems' and 'Australia docks' have become almost synonymous.But executive

The U.S. dollar rose to a new 1996 high of 107.70 yen in early Tokyo trading Monday, initially boost

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A company here is ready to put its laser-technology equipment on the global market after it merges w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 7, '95, - April 1, '96 (a graph)(2

1449 (Apr. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1448The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

ATA APPLAUDS RULINGON DETENTION COSTSWASHINGTON - The Air Transport Association is applaudin

'If the government puts as much effort into enforcement as P.R. gimmicks, they'd be much further alo

Sharp drops in non-marine transportation stock prices put downward pressure on The Journal of Commer

Many exporters view the Pacific Rim as a fertile area, but Charles Lounsbury, a Toro Corp. vice pres