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A bill that would wipe out the state's workers compensation law may not be dead, but it doesn't appe

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Strong economic reports for March will lift the U.S. dollar this week, currency traders and analysts

Friday, March 25, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A $1.5 billion International Monetary Fund loan to Russia is likely by early May or possibly sooner,

REGIONAL BLOCS Marketing Your Business in Mexico. March 29-30. Chicago. This program

Two international airline groups agreed last week to cooperate in developing electronic data interch

Shipper demand is increasing for lightweight twin-compartment tank containers operated by Union Paci

ICEBERG AT 12 O'CLOCK: CHINA BOMBS RIVERBEIJING - China's air force scrambled two bo

Murder charges won't be filed against a boat captain accused of smuggling 27 Haitians into Florida w

Although airlines and flight kitchens have been recycling such items as aluminum cans and cardboard

Given the bloody civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, the Balkan peninsula is high on the blacklist

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 230.84 up 0.74 which compares

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

It's an alchemist's dream: turning steel into gold without investing a dime. But a U.S. entr

A year after Boeing Co. launched an effort to halve the time it takes to build a jetliner, several o

4 US FIRMS TO LEAVE TOKYO STOCK MARKETTOKYO - In another sign of waning confidence i

Twenty senators have demanded in a letter that President Clinton make good on his promise to promote

CHINA, ISRAEL INK PACT FOR AIRCRAFT REPAIRSBEIJING - China and Israel signed a US$13

The Union Pacific Railroad plan to spend $300 million for new alternating current (AC) traction loco

Transact International Inc. said it has received a contract to supply equipment and engineering serv

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

A treaty creating the Association of Caribbean States is expected to be ready for signing this July

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 25, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Strike threats in the electrical and private railway industries set for Friday were called off after

Mar. 24, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A six-month investigation into Amtrak's worst disaster found no criminal wrongdoing in the Sunset Li

Consolidated Rail Corp. plans to switch its accounting settlements for interchange of trailers with

The tiny Mediterranean island of Malta is seeking private funds to pay for an ambitious expansion of

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With ocean shipments between Seattle and China now totaling almost $3 billion a year, commissioners

Croatia's fierce conflicts with its neighbors have dealt a severe blow to the nation's famed shipbui

CHINA FARMS WITHHOLD THEIR SOYBEAN CROPSTOKYO - Chinese farmers continued withholdin

U.S. grain producers could see strong export competition for their products in 1994-95, if normal we

The date has finally been set and the financial obstacles cleared for the privatization of Brazilian

The buoyant Cypriot economy could reach new heights in the medium term if the European Union accepts

MONT. ORDERS RETROACTIVE MATERNITY BENEFITS PAIDHELENA, Mont. - Insurance companies

India has burst the bubble of protectionism surrounding its aviation industry and emerged as one of

In 1985, 16-year-old Boyd Clark hatched a $15 ostrich egg with a hair dryer. Today, 150 of these ung

The start of the biggest-ever seismic offshore exploration of the Kazakh part of the Caspian Sea she