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The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes is attempting to break a five- month stalemate with r

The giant automakers of the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea have gone into high gear fo

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China's fledgling markets are finding that opening for business doesn't automatically bring unimagin

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell 3.9 million barrels during the week ended March 31 compared with t

A federal plan to force competition throughout the nation's power grid is drawing positive reviews f

Just off the coast of southern China, on about the same latitude as Honolulu, lies the country's lar

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday new antitrust guidelines

JAPAN POSTS WIDER CURRENT-ACCOUNT SURPLUSJapan's intractable surplus in its current account

As of Apr. 5, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

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

Apr. 5, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 5, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE CO. (Woodland Hills, Calif.) - Susan Mickelson was named manager of the comp

YPF SA will trim Maxus Energy Corp.'s work force and consider selling Maxus' non-Latin American prod

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 5, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Universal Holding Corp. announced increases in its net income and revenue for the year ended Dec. 31

BRAZIL SOYBEAN HARVEST AHEAD OF LAST YEARSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's 1994-95 (October-Septe

Monday's meeting of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange's World Sugar Committee produced no recomme

The 1984 Shipping Act is in need of an overhaul and the Federal MaritimeCommission should be

Work is scheduled to begin this summer on the construction of a mixed-cargo wharf and terminal at th

Proposed legislation in Kazakhstan that would create a state insurance monopoly will have negative e

A state legislator has recommended a five-state panel be formed to oversee how the National Associat

A.M. Best lowered to "A+" from "A++" the ratings of several life insurance subsidiaries of the Torch

Representatives of New Orleans-based shipbuilder McDermott International Inc. are readying the premi

GLOBAL OCEAN CARRIERS (New York) - Nikolas Tsakos succeeded Michael Joliffe as president after Mr. J

The Alaska Legislature could make some decisions soon about the future of a state pilot board and ho

Shipping lines operating services between the United States and southern Africa are missing out on t

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said Wednesday the United States is disappointed with the pr

Consumer prices declined 0.4 percent in March, the first time this has occurred in Argentina since J

EU COMMISSION OKS SPANISH SHIPYARD AIDThe European Commission approved a state aid package t

Under threat of congressional action, the Clinton administration appeared to be moving quickly Wedne

CHINA TO OPEN INTERNET TO PUBLIC THIS MONTHBEIJING - The Data Telecommunications Bur

CALIF.'S OWEN ELECTED VICE CHAIRMAN OF ICCWASHINGTON - Orange County, Calif., Republ

The U.S. dollar traded sideways Tuesday after setting fresh postwar lows against the yen, firming up

North American rail history will be made this afternoon when CN North America runs the first contain

The Transportation Department is stepping in to examine carrier complaints that landing fees at Los

Tuesday, April 4, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, '94 - April 4, '95 (a graph) (2

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r