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The Swedish central bank on Friday cut its key marginal lending rate 4 percentage points to 20 perce

Russia's state airline Aeroflot will have to continue using obsolete aircraft for up to 10 more year

For the week ended Sept. 26, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

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

OPEC's oil output rose sharply in September to 24.696 million barrels a day, above the level the org

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 2, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Oct. 2, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Adam Doeringer is a man hard pressed to stay in business. His company, ACD Knitting Mill, Qu

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT IS STRIPPED OF POWERBRASILIA, Brazil - President Fernando Collor de Mello

POLISH COPPER WORKERS SAID TO SIGN WAGE PACTUnions at Poland's state-owned copper combine, K

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 2, 1992Bid AskedCopper_G

The business relationship between insurance companies and independent agents and brokers has changed

Frank Lamb used to export alfalfa pellets to Japan, but not anymore. "We got shut down by Ca

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Uniroyal Technology Corp. last week announced the acquisition of four businesses from Polycast Techn

Nothing is ever easy in the railroad business. A proposal by Canadian National Railways' U.S

European Community coal producers claim proposed changes to state aid subsidy rules will decimate th

ITALIAN POLICE, MILITANTS CLASH AS STRIKERS MARCHROME - Italian police charged demon

Negotiations to establish a free-trade agreement between Hungary and the seven European Free Trade A

The Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy said industry has succeeded in reducing emissions of ozone-d

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The U.S. Coast Guard is testing three types of lights to see if a laser or other strong beam should

FACTORY ORDERS Percent change Aug.Durable goods -0.1%Non-dur

1035 (Oct. 2, 1992) Previous day - 1034 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

In the wake of unprecedented European Monetary System turbulence, which has ejected the Italian lira

A U.S. Court of Appeals here on Friday upheld a 1991 U.S. District Court ruling affirming four major

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 2, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Oct. 2, 1992 Copper Total, 51,718. Gold Total, .1,943,020.Silver Total, .278,

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index trimmed nearly 3 percentage points from its 1992 high

China lost a further share of Japan's corn market by clinging to too-high prices, and feed wheat is

EX-IM BANK OKS LOAN FOR CHINESE PLANTThe Export-Import Bank has approved a $26.1 million loa

The Norwegian shipping group Kvaerner AS acquired an eastern German shipyard late last week after la

Britain's government insurance regulator knew that Municipal Mutual Insurance (MMI) - the U.K. insur

Emery Worldwide is so pleased with its 50 new containers specifically designed to carry garments on

Hoping to get a jump on toughened California air quality regulations, GTE Corp. has joined the growi

Friday, Oct. 2, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American manufacturers of construction equipment have found a lifeline in China, which is enjoying d

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.2 percent in August, unchanged from July, the Ma

The nation's largest shippers and top executives of the transportation industry are giving a ringing