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You've sold the ice cream shop in Topeka you ran for 29 years and pocketed the $40,000, and now you

U.S. containership companies are scrambling for a new strategy and perhaps for foreign homes in the

In a bid to beef up its railcar fleet, prepare for a merger with a big regional carrier and take adv

Work on the first phase of the Maghreb-Europe pipeline, which eventually will link Algeria's gas fie

Italian industrial production fell at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in March and dropped 5.7 percent

The large size of West African crude cargoes is making sales to Asian buyers difficult to arrange, s

The explosion of interest by Singapore in China is both more and less sudden than it seems, and aris

Following is a list of President Clinton's top trade advisers. * Mickey Kantor, U.S. Trade R

Nickel prices should not be expected to make more than a modest improvement until late 1994 or 1995,

Polydex Pharmaceuticals estimates it will cost $60 million to bring its new anti-AIDS drug to the ph

NET INCOME INCREASES AT FRONTIER INSURANCEROCK HILL, N.Y. - First-quarter net income

With the bang of an auctioneer's gavel, three downtown buildings that were once part of Tibor Hollo'

Iraq has set up a private investment bank to develop the industry, tourism, housing, agriculture and

A U.S. decision to revoke or attach conditions to most-favored-nation tariff status for China would

Lennart Nilsson, a prominent Swedish businessman, was elected chairman of Bilspedition AB, the Swedi

VACCINE TO ERASE AIDS CONSIDERED LESS LIKELYWASHINGTON - Further dimming hopes for a

The U.S. cotton industry is awaiting the Commodity Futures TradingCommission's decision on a

After years of ignoring U.S. demands that it cooperate in ferreting out textile fraud, China is comi

A lack of cooperation between U.S. railroads and coal producers, as well as protectionist moves agai

Sea-Land Service Inc. is starting to use airline-style asset management systems to help establish ra

Six months after it started, Boeing Co. has finished what's believed to be the biggest on-the-job re

Union Pacific Corp. has completed its long-expected buy-out of Skyway Freight System Inc. for an und

In an effort to squelch plans for the transfer of surplus funds at Los Angeles International Airport

1581 (May 13, 1993) Previous day - 1576 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Germany's leading industrial organizations have condemned the government's proposal to finance an in

Like elephants learning to dance, the largest U.S. insurance companies are putting their health-care

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Polio vaccine shortages in Asia and the former Soviet Union could hamper a campaign to eradicate the

Canadian National Railways, entering the U.S. long-term debt market for the first time in more than

Expansion of the American President Lines terminal in the Pacific Northwest is scheduled to get unde

General Electric Co. has flown to the rescue of debt-stricken GPA Group with a billion-dollar-plus d

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. (Schaumburg, Ill.) - Ken Rowland was named general directo

CONSUMER PRICES Change (adjusted) Apr. Mar.Food +0.4% +0.1%Ho

GATT REPORT WARNS OF TOTAL TRADE WARThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade's annual repo

Norway posted a preliminary 5.991 billion kroner ($896 million) trade surplus in April, compared wit

American Society of Marine Artists. Kings Point, N.Y. May 15-June 20. Exhibit of nautical workat Ame

ANR Storage Co. said its level of working natural gas in storage at the end of April was 20 billion

New York Mercantile Exchange May 13, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

What appears to be a more aggressive Mexican foreign trade policy is stirring new problems for U.S.

A tug-of-war between big oil companies and independent companies has intensified amid stiffer compet