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Pakistan's 1.5 million cotton farmers might have avoided their second disastrous crop in two years i

CONRAIL OFFERS WORKERS EARLY RETIREMENT PLANPHILADELPHIA - Consolidated Rail Corp. a

For the entire jet age, the cost of acquiring a new commercial jetliner has moved one direction - up

The European Union is urging East European and Mediterranean nations to adopt unified maritime safet

Dr. David B. Nash, a Thomas Jefferson University Hospital expert on the effectiveness of medical tre

As the Port of San Francisco's container volumes steadily fall, suggestions are surfacing that the p

Nov. 30. My birthday. Under normal circumstances this is a day to spend with family and friends.

A last minute appeal from trucking companies that hire owner/operators headed off a strike Friday th

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

The beleaguered Port of San Francisco is getting a needed boost in businessfrom two ship lin

As the nation's largest truckload carrier, Schneider National Inc.'s plans to buy large numbers of i

Friday, Dec. 17, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Thin markets are dangerous. And there are few, if any, weeks during the year when foreign cu

Accusations of shoddy maintenance of Southern Pacific Lines' rail system and lax safety enforcement

U.S. wheat exports in the 1993-94 marketing year probably will be "slightly better" than the governm

The Indian government should cut bank rates to generate demand for consumer goods and help revive re

The Greenbrier resort subsidiary of CSX Corp. has licensed the use of its name for an extensive Amer

Construction starts on new homes increased for a fourth straight month in November as cheap interest

Canada's consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, and 0.5 percent una

A high-tech version of the ubiquitous, usually beat-up, gondola car is gaining in popularity as rail

Seeking to boost utilization of the cargo space on its Boeing 767 aircraft, American Airlines has or

A railway line connecting east and west Berlin that was abandoned during the Cold War has been reope

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -5.5012/13 94.112/14 94.012/15

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, considered an accurate leading indicator of inflatio

As the government develops new rules to control carbon dioxide and other gas emissions, the Global C

European Union foreign ministers are expected today to slap punitive duties on EU imports from the A

A Colorado company and the government of Guyana are on a collision course following an official refu

A Mexican construction giant and Canadian industrial conglomerate Bombardier Inc. have been selected

ALITALIA JOINS CARGO COMMUNICATION SERVICEAlitalia Airlines said it has joined the C

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry said Friday it was imposing a one-month ban on

Russia's coalition government Friday approved a draft privatization program for 1994 that will give

Introduction to Networking. Jan. 10-11. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Contact: Georgia T

Polish investors placed orders worth eight trillion zlotys ($400 million) to buy shares in the priva

EX-IM BANK BACKS SALE OF AIRCRAFT TO INDONESIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has sig

Friday Dec. 17, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

RULES/REGULATIONS Intro to ATFI. Jan. 11, Atlanta; Jan. 12, Houston; Jan. 18, Chicago; Jan.

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

Azerbaijan is seeking to change some of the terms of a multibillion-dollar project with Western oil

As of Dec. 17, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

CANCER DRUG FOUND TO INDUCE ABORTIONSAN JOSE, Calif. - A cancer drug already on the