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A consortium of three major manufacturers of truck trailers is working to develop standards for what

A veteran of the railroad industry said this week that he plans to spend $165 million to build a mil

Members of the International Association of Machinists working for Southern Pacific Lines have ratif

The U.S. Court of International Trade, the nation's arbiter of trade disputes, announced sweeping ch

Favored by good weather and high yields, Brazil's 1992-93 (May-April) raw sugar production will tota

Oct. 20, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A small group of traders in Seoul and Hong Kong say China will likely offer its new-crop corn to Sou

A ship repair company here was fined $9.2 million for dumping toxic waste at the Navy's Hunter's Poi

The big "Plastics USA" conference and industry trade show here last week brought a contingent of uti

Corporate Canada is treading more cautiously in the current campaign for next Monday's national refe

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

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta has affirmed a temporary injunction prohibiting the Internation

American shipbuilders are asking the Federal Maritime Commission to retaliate against Italian constr

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

India said it approved 34 investment proposals by foreign companies in the areas of petrochemicals,

It may have been for all the wrong reasons, but the aviation industry found itself thrust into the m

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Germany's official privatizing agency is threatening to take several western German companies to cou

Oct. 20, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

The Norwegian government ratified the European Economic Area agreement but the plan to link the Euro

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 19, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Taiwan officials are evaluating a number of U.S. companies for participation in the country's six-ye

Environmentalists and international traders are finally moving toward the integration of trade pacts

China's offshore crude oil output is targeted at 21.9 million barrels this year, up from 17.5 millio

The seven-nation European Free Trade Association will merge with the 12- nation European Community a

American President Cos. is continuing to scope out different West Coast ports for the site of a new

2ND EXECUTIVE RESIGNS FROM SKANDIA AMERICASkandia America Reinsurance lost another executive

Attorneys defending defunct Pan American World Airways and its insurers against claims arising out o

A struggle over a proposed U.S.-Canadian double- stack rail system emerged as competitors objected t

Continued debt repayment and other restructuring probably will perpetuate weak U.S. growth for most

An Indonesian plane carrying 31 people crashed into a mountain in the west of the country's main isl

Japan may purchase at least four of a new type of airborne early-warning and control system (AWAC) a

Asea Brown Boveri Inc. said its ABB Traction Inc. unit has received a contract from NJ Transit Corp.

Three Weeks Ended Oct. 10, 1992, vs. Similar 1991 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

It was supposed to be a friendly gathering of freight industry officials to discuss Chicago's role a

The 1990-1992 recession was a strange period for the railroad industry. Carriers made money.

French industrial production, excluding construction and public works, was flat in the July-August p

A plan is afoot "to change the way of life" for companies that seek trade financing, but the small b

China, already a key player in the world demolition arena, is seeking overseas aid and "acceptable"