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Trans World Airlines Inc. is firing some top executives as it alters its marketing strategy in a shi

Many companies hold "focus groups" to pick the brains of their customers. The Journal of Commerce Co

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The European Commission is under fire for failing to stamp out the use of hormones in meat, which ha

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Textile Quotas to Watch as of Oct. 24, 1992* Country Category Description

The U.S. futures industry is eying increased computerization and cooperation in its struggle to main

ALUMINUM USE IN AUTOS RISES 47 PERCENT IN 10 YEARSThe average automobile produced in North A

There's something new at the gasoline pump and it stinks, say motorists, who last weekend began payi

Oct. 27, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Xerox Corp. said its property and casualty insurance unit, Crum & Forster Insurance Cos., will take

The president of a union for shipboard engineers said he will sign a mediator's proposal to settle a

In the latest twist in the already Byzantine legal wrangling over truck freight undercharges, Genera

Federal regulations would not win any popularity contests at the American Trucking Associations conv

A wildcat strike in the Port of Calcutta over the operation of a new container terminal could justif

Union Pacific Corp. won't have to release some types of financial information when it formally appli

The proposed North American free-trade agreement offers a largely overlooked potential benefit - a c

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(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 27, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Oct. 27, 1992 Copper Total, 64,281. Gold Total, .1,777,405.Silver Total, .278

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 200.10 off 0.25 which compares w

Coal producers and utilities in the Midwest and Pennsylvania are digging in their heelsagainst charg

Uncle Sam is fostering development of a new end-market for recycled plastic. Specifically, t

PEMEX SEEKS BIDS ON DRILLING PROJECTPetroleos Mexicanos has issued an international call for

Environmental Protection Agency chief William Reilly said his agency plans to issue five regulations

Proponents of California's Proposition 166 say only one other state has a health plan comparable to

Tuesday Oct. 27, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said Tuesday he's settled a departmental dispute with the auto insur

Winds of change are blowing through Texas' insurance data collection system, and Gov. Ann Richards b

Argentina's government is preparing a new - and, it says, improved - plan to spin off its state-owne

A shipping official urged the European Commission on Tuesday to outlaw an agreement between shipping

A key goal in Mexico's efforts to privatize its ports will be to encourage competition among termina

The chart "US-China Trade" on Page 1A, Monday, which projected data for 1992 and 1993, was adapted f

Norway's central bank Tuesday said it was cutting the rate for banks' current deposits at the centra

Japan's economy is in a "difficult position" but could launch into a full- scale recovery early next

EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX ROSE 0.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERThe U.S. employment cost index, including c

Norfolk Southern Corp. has added another domestic rail service to its operation at the Virginia Inla

Russia's sugar imports are set to decline as the republics of the former Soviet Union struggle to co