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Insurance brokers report that, for the first time, many companies are seriously questioning the viab

Reliance Power, part of India's biggest industrial group, has drawn up plans to generate 10,000 mega

China National Chemicals Import & Export Corp. is requiring many customers to post a deposit on oil-

Bills overhauling Superfund will be among the few allowed to come to a floor vote this year under a

wThe Indian telecommunications sector is poised for a revolution in the wake of a strong response fr

Timber companies in the Northwest need a new plan if they want to build profits in Japan's booming h

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 8, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The efficiency and quickness of intermodal transportation - the movement of cargo by several differe

Trans-Pacific air carriers are adding all-cargo flights to cope with the busy pre-Christmas shipping

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '94 - Sept. 8, '95 (a graph) (

Deregulation and private investment are no longer dirty words in the eastern state of West Bengal, I

Ryder System Inc., the nation's largest car hauler, is also the auto carrier in the best position to

Moving with quiet deliberation, London's Janson Green Ltd. now has operated for nearly three years h

London insurers are under renewed pressure to maintain their share of the energy market as worldwide

For the week ended Sept. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Sept. 8, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

It would have been a long trip. Single-hull tankers, still the dominant type in the world supertanke

Sept. 8, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

An oil salvage job on a barge that sank in Lake Erie in 1942 is nearing completion. The Coas

"Shhhh, don't tell. It's a secret." That admonition is common enough on the playground - and

A House committee advanced a highway funding bill Friday after attaching measures repealing national

Growth in the rail intermodal fleet has piled up a huge surplus of approximately 40,000 trailers and

2048 (Sept. 8, 1995) Previous day - 2055 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 8, '94 - Sept. 7, '95 (a graph) (2

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

As of Sept. 7, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Sept. 7, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Political connections can mean fat profits for companies that sell insurance to state employees - a

When wholesaler Nihon Ryutsu Sangyo said last month it would sell Kodak film at almost 50 percent be

A clear majority of active voters believe President Clinton is keeping his campaign promise to get "

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

TANKERS MAY BE BUILT AT MASSACHUSETTS YARDBOSTON - The Massachusetts Water Resources

House Republicans introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to reform the Federal Aviation Administ

MarkAir has reached an agreement with the Transportation Department that broadens the carrier's tick

Thursday, Sept. 7, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In a victory for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the National Labor Relations Board rule

As China's textile and garment exports continue to forge ahead, overseas- funded companies are accou

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.27 off 1.09

Secretary of State Warren Christopher has pledged to reconsider a plan to close the U.S. consulate i

When it comes to exports, especially agricultural exports, Northwest trade officials are looking for