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Farmers are projected to plant more corn this season than in over a decade, the Agriculture Departme

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

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

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

GERMAN BANK POSTS22% RISE IN PROFITFRANKFURT - Dresdner Bank AG, Germany's second-largest co

A suspicious weekend fire that destroyed a northern New Mexico rail trestle minutes before an Amtrak

The Tennessee Valley Authority has long had an interest in bringing electricity to rural areas and e

Barges on the Danube. Sigmund Freud's apartment. The Ferris wheel from the movie 'The Third Man.'

Apr. 1, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures RatePrev.Close High Low

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

Federal Express Corp. said Monday it hopes its pilots will still ratify a tentative contract agreeme

200 FEARED DROWNEDIN SHIPWRECK OFF HAITIPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - About 200 people were feared

European Union agriculture ministers met Monday to hear Britain's plans for eradicating mad cow dise

California's exports surged nearly 19% last year, providing an important boost to the state's econom

SOUTH KOREA TRADE GAPNARROWS TO $304 MILLIONSEOUL - South Korea posted a trade deficit of $3

Policyholders of the state's two largest insurance companies, Allstate and Farmers, are alleging tha

Members of the textile and apparel trade aren't completely happy with Customs' latest efforts to hel

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

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

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

Here are the names and addresses of eight foreign firms against which U.S. Customs has assessed pena

Japan's revised insurance business law came into effect Monday, paving the way for life and nonlife

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. said Monday it will acquire U.S. Healthcare in an $8.9 billion deal that w

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

New tariff cuts in strategic sectors as well as global accords on foreign direct investment and comp

Bangladesh started returning to normal over the weekend following the resignation of Prime Minister

Leucadia National Corp. reported that net income in 1995 increased to $107.5 million, or $1.77 per s

Newfoundland's piece of the action in megaprojects like the Terra Nova oil development could hinge o

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

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

Boris Yeltsin will be re-elected as Russia's president this year, generating a new spate of Russian

S&P AFFIRMS OUTLOOKFOR JAPAN P/C SECTORTOKYO - Standard & Poor's affirmed its stable near-te

FOREIGN EXCHANGERESERVES UP IN JAPAN TOKYO - Japan's foreign exchange reserves increased $4.

Monday Apr. 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

One port's dredging woes can be the key to another port's dreams.Ports in Virginia and Nova