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Three Weeks Ended Aug. 6, 1994, vs. Similar 1993 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The party of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, promising to stamp out crime and cor

Nigeria's crippling oil workers' strike in support of detained presidential claimant Moshood Abiola

Sensormatic Electronics Corp. will buy Knogo Corp.'s theft prevention products business outside the

The New York Mercantile Exchange and its newly acquired subsidiary, Commodity ExchangeInc., are tryi

"All of the profession's current problems - the eroding public respect for lawyers, the lackof profe

Russian stocks and Chinese demand hold the key to the short-term outlook for copper prices, accordin

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

South Africa's gross domestic product rose 1.9 percent in the second quarter of this year - mainly b

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 229.70 off 1.90 wh

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Western-style food companies believe they have the recipe for success in Asian markets, where a grow

Eddy Tansil, the main figure in a multimillion-dollar bank scam that implicated senior officials, wa

A Wayne, N.J., publisher of maritime freight rates said Monday it is the first company to provide ac

Barge traffic was returning to normal levels Monday on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterwayafter the tro

A New Jersey state senator Monday called for creating a bi-state commission with one year to find a

A local visit by Pratt & Whitney-Canada executives scheduled for this week will mark the frustrated

The Port of Seattle has started a $3.5 million pilot program to quiet jet noise in some of the regio

Speed limits on the autobahn - an issue that is as emotional to German motorists as gun control is t

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +17.068/9 105.68/10 105.68/11

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

CHINA BANS RICE EXPORTS, CITES DROP IN PRODUCTIONHONG KONG - China's central governm

1501 (Aug. 15, 1994) Previous day - 1499 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A "huge potential" exists for television programs in coming years as Thailand rushes to deregulate b

The country's decaying ports are getting a massive face lift, and new ones are scheduled to be built

Major international oil companies operating in China include Exxon Corp., Texaco Inc., Chevron Corp.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 15, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

YELLOW FREIGHT LAYS OFF 500 NONUNION WORKERSOVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Freight Sys

Rural Oklahomans will pay more for their goods if President Clinton signs a trucking-deregulation bi

More than $30 billion of imports and exports in and out of this country will be tracked by year's en

A report titled "Freightliner Leads Heavy-Truck Makers in Drive Toward Possible Sales Record," on Pa

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

The House is scheduled to consider several transportation bills today, including one to put the brak

Labor troubles intensified Monday against the Soo Line Railroad Co. as a second union threw up picke

There's a battle for control of Saigon, but this tussle has nothing to do with communist ideology.

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 15, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Fueled by a healthy surge in imports, the apparel industry is expecting a strong "back-to-school" fa

Aug. 15, 1994 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

COFFEE UP AFTER USDA ESTIMATES BRAZIL LOSSESNEW YORK - Fears that a smaller Brazilia

After denying that garment factories employ child labor, Bangladesh manufacturers are now cracking d