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International and express inter-city trains were idle Monday as rail workers began a scheduled five-

A shake-up that has brought down several senior executives at Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. over the las

Making amends for their negligence in the past, Long Beach business interests have formulated a mark

Nippon Cargo Airlines will take over cargo sales and marketing for All Nippon Airways' flights from

AKRON BARBERTON CLUSTER RAILWAY (Akron, Ohio) - William E. Frey was named president of this new term

A year ago, the prognosis was dire for Northwest Airlines. The carrier had lost $2.1 billion

The strike by 1,100 members of the United Transportation Union against the Soo Line Railroad unit of

The fish processing factory ship All Alaskan was a smoky fireworks display - exploding oil drums, pr

Australia is experiencing a hidden investment boom that is not showing up in gloomy gross domestic p

The 3-week-old strike on the Soo Line is causing massive delays from Canada to Mexico, leading to ex

Vietnam Railways plans to upgrade its services to attract more foreign tourists and is negotiating w

LA AGENCY, BUS UNION FORGE TENTATIVE DEALLOS ANGELES - Commuters in the Los Angeles

Members of Frontier Insurance Group, financial backers for a planned 25th anniversary Woodstock conc

The credit quality of many European banks is likely to come under stress in the next few years and s

Britain's surging export performance in recent years is largely the result of the sharp fall of the

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 1, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

BP EXPECTED TO REPORT 2ND-QUARTER PROFITLONDON - The British Petroleum Co. is expect

Aug. 1, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 1, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Aug. 1, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +16.187/26 104.97/27 104.57/28

Monday, Aug. 1, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Four years after Iraqi tanks invaded Kuwait and sent oil prices soaring, Asian economies are more de

The United Arab Emirates and Chase Manhattan Bank signed a deal on offset business that will involve

The U.S. dollar moved lower again vs. major currencies midday Monday on continuing negative sentimen

France's unemployment rate in June stood at a seasonally adjusted 12.6 percent, compared to a unrevi

Western and Asian oil prospectors in the rough seas off southeastern Vietnam are again hopeful.<

Canadian business circles are taking aim at what they say are "restrictive" elements in a draft of t

Aug. 1, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Clinton administration Monday announced a "preliminary" deal settling a long-running wheat trade

A syndicate of 11 Japanese and European banks will extend a $193 million loan to China to help finan

A Hong Kong consortium plans to work with three Southern Chinese provincial governments to build Sou

Aug. 1, 1994 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

SHELL UNIT TO EXPLORE FOR OIL IN TRANSYLVANIABUCHAREST, Romania - A unit of Royal Du

The Clinton administration rejected a House compromise on renewing President Clinton's special trade

Textile Quotas to Watch as of July 29, 1994* Country Category Description

"Piracy has undermined the authority of the law and tarnished the country's international image."

HAITI'S DE FACTO LEADER DECLARES STATE OF SIEGEPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's milit

The early stages of Quebec's crucial election campaign have been marked by a rather astonishing cont