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For Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the

Forty-seven alleged insurance fraudsters were arraigned Thursday afternoon in New York on charges re

Corporate America is fed up and won't take it any more. The American Trucking Associations a

After several years as odd-man out, Contract Freighters Inc. will make the switch to 53-foot trailer

The historic merger of Burlington Northern Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. is

Time-consuming government bureaucracy, complicated insurance claims and high cleanup and legal costs

The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad, a small terminal railroad surrounding Chicago on the west and

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The health of the hull insurance market ultimately may come down to three short words, said experts

NEW JERSEY BILLS SEEK TO BLOCK AUTO PLANTRENTON, N.J. - Lawmakers from both politica

This year's meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance in Tokyo came as the industry is

The House Ways and Means Committee, as expected, on Thursday approved a Republican bill authorizing

Hong Kong's annual inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (A), was 8.3 percent in A

Canadian wholesale merchant sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in July from June but rose

You know it is time for lobbying reform when California poultry producers get the Senate to spend tw

Shipping lines that carry frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United States are gettin

Even though it looks likely that the European Union may lift its ban on hormone-fed U.S. beef, perha

Where's the beef? Well, much of it is heading to overseas markets. Exports of frozen beef are rising

A record level of 750,000 metric tons of U.S. manufactured iron and steel products is projected to b

The U.S. cattle industry is betting more than $30 million that lower beef prices combined with a med

It travels in a small container about the size of a shoe box, requires refrigeration and is worth ab

The California state commission overseeing marine pilotage on San Francisco Bay issued a report this

Paralleling the traditional rivalry between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the Ports of Long Beach a

Even Stevedoring Services of America, the United States' largest marine terminal operator, is gettin

A cow is a cow is a cow used to be the way cattlemen viewed their product. No longer. ''All

Sept. 21, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

House Republican leaders have reached an agreement in principle on a sweeping reorganization of the

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '94 - Sept. 21, '95 (a graph)

The U.S. dollar plunged through several support levels, both against the deutsche mark and the yen T

Thursday, Sept. 21, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

A succession of costly natural disasters in the United States since 1989 is changing the way homeown

Two U.S. shipping companies have struck a deal that will allow a cargo ship to go against the tide -

LUFTHANSA TO SPEND $1.15 BILLION FOR PLANESFRANKFURT, Germany - Lufthansa German Air

A split between Ryder Automotive Operations Inc., which is being struck, and other members of its in

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

China put more than 200 coal-related projects on the table for possible foreign involvement at a rec

As of Sept. 21, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 243.09 off 0.31