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Union Pacific Railroad has gone to great lengths - 725 pages worth - to debunk opponents' claims tha

When the Flensburg shipyard in Germany launched the containership John Lykes two months ago, it look

Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, has only one big item to sell: cheap clothes. Now,

President Fidel Castro has decried the emerging class of "new rich" self- employed people in Cuba, s

The Maritime Administration has approved a request from Brookville Shipping Inc. to extend an operat

PORT OF GALVESTON (Galveston, Texas) - Charles L. Regini Jr. was named manager of Elevator B, the ex

Hyundai Merchant Marine, one of the Port of Seattle's top carriers, is close to renewing its lease a

Cuban President Fidel Castro blamed sugar workers in part for recent poor cane harvests, saying this

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

Straining to find a shred of bullish news, the U.S. dollar managed to rise slightly against most maj

The Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger plan presents a textbook case of the importance of rail ro

Taiwan's economy slumped in 1995, but officials said Taiwanese can look forward to a brighter pictur

International reserve levels are seen ending the year at $9.538 billion, according to figures releas

If you can't expand in your property/casualty market without blowing your loss and expense ratio sky

The Life Insurance Association of Japan will create a mechanism under which member companies would j

Beginning Jan. 1, 92,000 poor people will begin receiving their health insurance through health main

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 27, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it was examining a complaint raised by some New York M

Wednesday Dec. 27, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

The United States may still dominate production of semiconductors - the microchips that turn up ever

Ukraine, once the breadbasket of Europe, must introduce tough farm reforms to overcome bad harvests

Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<

Dec. 27, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

It's official: Singapore becomes Southeast Asia's first "developed" economy Jan. 1, 1996. Th

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

The Czech Republic is becoming the very model of how to turn a socialist regime into a market-orient

Yang Hainan, 35, is spending $10,000 sprucing up his new apartment, plans to travel to Europe and ha

The ongoing economic crisis in Mexico is affecting the insurance industry, but not the health insura

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM. Ongoing. New York. Exhibits and programs. Contact: (212) 748-8600.<

CHO YANG LINE SHIP LIFTS HOLIDAY SPIRITSNORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - The Hong Kong Senat

An Indiana company is trying to carve out a niche in the rail industry with a new freight shipping d

ICC FORMALLY ACCEPTS UP-SP APPLICATIONWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commissio

Dec. 27, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Plans for free trade in the Americas are top-heavy with seminars and long- winded reports, but low o

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Dec. 27, '95 (a graph) (2

The Hong Kong government beginning Friday will require money changers in the territory to display ex

Cuba's economy, slowly emerging from crisis, should grow by 5 percent in 1996, although that will de

WORKERS COMP RATES TO FALL IN MISSISSIPPIJACKSON, Miss. - Workers compensation rates

The delay in opening the U.S.-Mexican border to each country's truckers and equipment is forcing anx