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Edwin L. Harper was elected president by the board of directors of the Association of American Railr

A lawsuit filed by Local 719 of the United Auto Workers has put a hold on a $379 million contract aw

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Japanese petroleum companies are not expected to commit to many term contracts for naphtha this year

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Container Terminal 9 will be built as planned on Tsing Yi Island, a government panel said, despite e

As memories fade of summer vacations spent lazing on the beach and the nip in the air inspires thoug

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

The number of passengers taking cruises each year is forecast to grow to 10 million by the end of th

Fri., Jan. 31, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

SPACE WORKERS PROTEST IN FORMER SOVIET UNIONMOSCOW - Space controllers, once among t

Delays are looming for a Federal Maritime Commission project to automate the filing of ocean industr

Olivetti: 3.,2% Compaq Computer: 6%NEC: 7.2%Apple: 10.7%ABM: 14.8%Ot

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Wanda Mary Jablonski, an oil industry expert who began her career as a reporter for The Journal of C

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is due to officially release its study on four m

Waste Management Inc. filed suit to force 150 insurers to share the cleanup costs at various Superfu

The final chapter in Eastern Airlines' 65-year history will begin to be written today with a public

Toyota Motor Co., in the midst of an $800 million expansion of its Georgetown, Ky., engine plant, wi

German and U.S. negotiators failed to agree on several key issues last week during the second round

China is entering a period of tremendous growth in domestic demand for petroleum and plastics, and f

The U.S. dollar will rise in the next few weeks, but central banks will keep the rally under tight c

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Taipei-based Evergreen Marine Corp., the world's largest container shipping line, said operating rev

Oklahoma state legislators are likely to approve a new bill that would cut the state's natural gas o

The Bush administration will open talks on import barriers with China late this month and wants to c

The police forces of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia last week initiated discussions on trilateral

Microsoft Corp., which last Tuesday organized a raid on a major ring of computer software pirates in

Colombia is planning to substantially increase its imports this year. Awash in dollars becau

Russia's economic reform program came under attack from two sides Friday after the central bank chie

In what has been described as the greatest change in radio-at-sea communications in over 90 years, a

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Jan. 31, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

After a record 1991, Chicago Board of Trade wheat options volume has continued to explode in 1992 be

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, still strong in the miscellaneous sector on higher p

Jan. 31, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The strike set by German steelworkers on Friday could cripple the automobile industry here and certa

The San Diego chapter of the Propeller Club of the United States picked a Navy training officer and

Exporters and importers say they're close to agreeing with the U.S. Customs Service on the details o