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Full-blown battles will be joined this week after opponents of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific me

The European Union made final preparations Friday to add Eastern European nations after its leaders

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The California state Senate last week passed legislation to create a state-run earthquake insurance

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The U.S. dollar will rise this week on expectations that Japanese life insurance companies, trusts ,

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

In contrast to last year's gripe session about railroad service, truckers on a panel at this year's

Prospects are improving for a new ''strategic'' export control law after a House committee passed le

''You're in the business of picking out the exception and writing about it. It's not fun to say what

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North Korea said late last week it hoped to receive more food aid from the United States and other c

STOLEN VEHICLES FOUNDWAITING FOR OVERSEAS TRIPLONG BEACH, Calif. - A car homing device led p

PRESTON TRUCKING CO.The Preston, Md.-based Midwest and Northeast less-than-truckload carrier

China will probably turn to private investment to get its intermodal infrastructure off the ground,

MASS TRANSIT PROJECTMAY COME TO A HALTBANGKOK - The company building Thailand's first mass t

The United States is headed for a better trade balance this year despite a sharply higher deficit in

Chinese forestry authorities have suspended logging of primeval forest in southwestern Yunnan provin

Most oil companies in Japan have adopted new pricing policies as Japan is set to liberalize imports

Norsi, one of Russia's biggest oil refineries, has agreed with Moscow Narodny bank to borrow $250 mi

Western National Corp. announced a reduced profit for the year and a loss for the fourth quarter.

Two foreign insurance companies are positioning themselves for the opening of China's insurance mark

The paper you are reading is 168 years and 228 days old - and as new as today.We have a new

Albert L. Kraus, editor emeritus of The Journal of Commerce, died Thursday following a short illness

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 28, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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The British government Friday gave conditional authorization to Lloyd's of London's proposals to tra

FEDEX PILOTS URGEDTO REJECT PROPOSALMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. pilots should refuse a c

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A rapidly consolidating tugboat industry on San Francisco Bay has led two independent operators to c

MEXICO RESPONDSTO NAFTA COMPLAINTMEXICO CITY - The Mexican government has formally responded

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HEALTH INSURANCE BILLFACES UNCERTAIN FUTUREWASHINGTON - Americans would be able to keep thei

The legality of new bulk vessel operating subsidies recently awarded by the Maritime Administration

Taking advantage of a just-concluded U.S.-Japan air cargo agreement, United Parcel Service is adding

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

Friday, March 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trade ministers meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, late last month to forge a Free Trade Agreement of t

The conglomerate owning Hong Kong's largest container handler has won the fight to build the colony'

DAEWOO DEVELOPSDEEP-SEA VEHICLESEOUL - South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. said it ha