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

"The renewal of confidence in the multilateral trading system that came with the decision to set up

Legislation to fund Amtrak and highway projects and to ease federal requirements on transporting sal

EU TO PROBE CHARGES OF DISK DUMPINGBRUSSELS - The European Commission said Friday it

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Salomon Brothers Inc. lowered its outlook for Chevron Corp., Mobil Corp. and Texaco Inc. on concerns

You're at a four-star restaurant. You pick your way through the menu. "Sorry, sir, we are out of tha

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER SERVICES INC. (New York) - Kenneth J. Davis was named chairman of the broking

Alan Harper may not want to admit it, but he has a tough job: bringing new life to an old institutio

A.P. Moller, the Danish conglomerate that owns Maersk Line, reported Friday a sharp fall in profit f

An item appearing in the Maritime Calendar on Page 7B April 6 gave the incorrect year. It should hav

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British Petroleum will pay $68 million by today to settle disputes with the state of Alaska over bac

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House Speaker Newt Gingrich, wrapping himself in patriotic themes, stood on the Capitol steps last w

United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest freight carrier, is diversifying its equipment fleet

REGIONAL BLOCS Africa - The Last Great Developing Market. April 23-28, Nairobi, Keny

FLIGHT CREW UNION PLANS STRIKE AT AEROFLOTMOSCOW - The trade union for the flight cr

Apr. 7, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

S&P LOWERS RATING OF STANDARD INSURANCEStandard & Poor's lowered the claims-paying ability r

A ghostly white shaft of light cuts through the darkness from atop the wheelhouse of the Don File, a

The Clinton administration is pressing for international rules to prevent Japan from "unfairly" usin

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Indonesia's commodities sector regulator on Friday launched market operations to lower retail sugar

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

Brazilian March monthly inflation was 1.62 percent, up from the 1.01 percent February rate, with Apr

INDIA TO CONTINUE EXPORTING FOOD GRAINSNEW DELHI, India - India will continue to exp

Trucking stocks skidded into a ditch on Wall Street in the first quarter of the year, as concerns ab

U.S. investment in Russian defense conversion is being slowed by political confusion in the Russia m

The Clinton administration and the American business community "must become the closest of partners"

Prospective merger partners Burlington Northern Railroad and Santa Fe Railway made a complex, last-m

Thai infrastructure development has become the focus of billions of dollars of investment, with mast

A unit of the World Bank signed an agreement Friday to provide up to $49.5 million for building a 36

The United States will press India to open its insurance sector and further reduce import tariffs at

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The 1984 Shipping Act is the "bedrock upon which our maritime strength rests" and plays a vitally im

A locally listed Chinese shipbuilder reported Friday a 64 percent jump in earnings for last year, bu

CONTINENTAL STEVEDORING & TERMINALS INC. (Miami) - Charles J. Arocha was named senior vice president

World demand for beef imports will rise significantly this year, fueled in part by a roughly 35 perc

The Dutch consumer price index rose 0.5 percent in March from February and rose 2.3 percent from Mar