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China on Tuesday vowed to abolish poverty by the year 2000 by lifting the living standards of the 80

A company mentioned in a story on Page 8B Feb. 24, "Charter Company Sets Course for RouteNorth of Ru

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A key Japanese business group is urging Tokyo to adopt "effort targets" to help resolve trade tensio

Mexican Commerce Secretary Jaime Serra Puche, contradicting published reports, denied his nation wan

Beijing will bar some Chinese buyers from directly importing refined oil products after May 1 in a b

Greater-than-anticipated buying by German oil consumers late last year generally reflected a tax ris

National Nigerian Petroleum Corp. has lowered the term contract price formula for all its crude grac

BN CLEANS UP 2ND ND DERAILMENTKARLSRUHE, N.D. - Burlington Northern crews cleaned up

Two U.S. engineering firms are contenders in an international search for consultants to study an 1,8

Sri Lanka's tea industry expects a bumper crop this year, but global overproduction may further hit

Allstate Insurance Co. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., two of New York's largest aut

PENN CENTRAL TO CHANGE ITS NAME ON MARCH 25CINCINNATI - Penn Central Corp. said it w

The Coast Guard is slowly continuing a limited investigation into concerns about a significant lack

The United States and Britain will support moving forward the starting date for implementation of th

If the Port of Antwerp were a football team, Mazda and Lykes Lines would be its all-stars. T

U.S. officials indicated Tuesday that the French government may be easing inspection procedures for

The United Transportation Union struck the Union Pacific Railroad in a work- rule dispute Tuesday af

Two weeks in Africa are a sobering reminder of the enormous challenges the continent faces and just

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

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

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The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday on a bigger-than-expected upward revision of the U.S. gross domestic pr

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 227.55 up 0.10 which compares wi

Stanford Parris, the top U.S. Seaway official, Tuesday made his strongest pitch to datefor Canada to

North American shippers are turning their backs on longtime trucking partners and opting for non-uni

The U.S. banking industry has recovered its financial health to such an extent that major U.S. compa

A quick international mail-order delivery system is helping Recreational Equipment Inc.(REI) of Seat

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Mar. 1, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

The No. 6 generator at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima nuclear power plant was shut down Mo

GDP GROWTH Percent Change 1993-4QPersonal spending +4.6 percentDurab

TNT Express Worldwide, the giant joint-venture, international express company, is on course to break

Tom DuBose is one ardent suitor. Mr. DuBose, international president of the United Transport

The growing use of steel and aluminum containers that carry ocean freight between Latin America and

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

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a rebuke to both President Clinton and its own advisory board, has

Prices for directors and officers liability insurance will increase only marginally this year for mo

JET WING CATCHES FIRE WHILE LANDING IN TOKYOThe wing of a Northwest Airlines jumbo jet caugh

Leaders of four major U.S. Great Lakes ports have approved a plan to sharplycut lockage toll