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In recognition of her superior powers of observation and non-commercial view of life, I asked my wif

The European Union wants to bring India into future Asia-Europe summit meetings, the first of which

Back in 1989, before the near collapse of the Cuban economy, the wonderfully compact and sheltered P

Le Havre, Marseilles and other French ports are expected to by shut down today because of a 24-hour

After years of vigorously fighting environmentalist proposals, New York area government officials no

The long decline in the size of the barge fleet on the inland waterways may be reversing - albeit sl

BANKS AGREE TO HELPAILING BREMER VULKANBREMEN, Germany - Some 40 banks have agreed to lend f

Two prominent Scandinavian tanker operators, both reporting bleak financial results this week, disag

Competition is heating up to supply the enormous cranes that lift containers on and off ships, said

A gap in trucking regulations on the Mexican border may be letting drug traffickers slip into the Un

The White House hinted it will certify Mexico as a partner in the war on drugs Friday, but Bob Dole

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. will close three of its locomotive shops as a part of a cost-cutt

The Canadian government is fighting off a U.S. attempt to open Canada's centrally managed markets fo

U.S. equipment manufacturers are establishing a foothold in what could be a lucrative market in Russ

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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Florida East Coast Railway has been put on the auction block by its parent company, Florida East Coa

China, already the world's largest producer of intermodal marine containers, plans to concentrate on

The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday waded reluctantly into a debate begun last year over a new in

China not only welcomes overseas-funded ventures, it also helps to finance them.By the end o

NORTH AMERICACatalog and Video Exhibition. Feb. 28-29, Monterrey, Mexico; March 20-21, Beiji

Feb. 27, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

Feb. 27, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

COMPLAINTS LEAD JAPANTO EXTEND COPYRIGHTSTOKYO - Following complaints from the Unite

If the state Legislature votes to reinstitute a tax on out-of-state insurance companies doing busine

The threat to California's agriculture exports from a ban on methyl bromide set to take effect in Ma

OIL OUTPUT CAPACITYHAS RISEN, IRAN SAYSNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqa

Tuesday Feb. 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

A shortage of prompt cocoa is continuing to underpin prices for cocoa for nearby shipment from the C

Environmental and recreational fishing groups said they will not take up their rods this spring in p

In an apparent gesture to beleaguered Florida tomato farmers, growers in the Mexican region of Sinal

Iraq plans to send a senior delegation to New York late next week to smooth the way for a second rou

House Agriculture Committee chairman Rep. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and other House agriculture leaders i

SABOTAGE SUSPECTEDIN NIGERIAN EXPLOSIONLAGOS, Nigeria - An oil products pipeline in western

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Feb. 27, '96 (a graph)(2)

European Union ministers are defying the United States by endorsing the retention of the bloc's ban

The Air Line Pilots Association is telling its members at Federal Express Corp. that it has reached

I was impressed. The maritime industry has been known to resist change and new technology as well as

Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry is voicing concern over escalating tension between the United Stat

The Feel-Good Index says the so-called ''feel-good factor'' is going to remain elusive in 1996, desp