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IS THAT THE SOUND of competition coming from the railroad industry? Union Pacific Railroad h

GATT PLAN COULD CUT 1.4 MILLION US JOBSWASHINGTON - A proposal at the Uruguay Round

Vietnam agreed in principle to grant oil exploration concessions to companiesfrom Europe, Ja

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 27, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

OPEC CRUDE BASKET RISES IN PRICENEW YORK - The price of the Organization of Petroleu

OLIN, WITCO, MERCK, UC REPORT EARNINGSOlin Corp., Stamford, Conn., Tuesday reported fourth-q

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it has stopped payments for wheat held in farme

Coal is the largest single commodity carried by the nation's railroads. For years, major pla

The U.S. dollar traded sharply lower against all key currencies except the yen early Tuesday afterno

RoadRailer has made its first dent in Europe. The company, a division of Wabash National Cor

An Islamic court's verdict forbidding the charging or paying of interest threatens to derail Pakista

GOODFELLAS? A familiar face stared up at me from the pages of my newspaper the other morning.

Profit-taking pushed cocoa prices lower late Tuesday, but not before the market enjoyed a strong ral

South Africa's Trans-Natal Corp., part of the Genmin mining group, is considering revamping the Moat

Brazil hopes to join the Association of Tin Producing Countries this year, but membership still depe

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antim

The European Commission Tuesday launched a far-reaching program to revive Europe's troubled maritime

As millions of Americans sought refuge from fiercely cold winter blasts in mid-January, coal industr

Small West Coast ports expect to lose their coal business in the coming years if a new coal terminal

OILS-TO STOCKS RATIO NEAR EIGHT-YEAR LOWLONDON - The ratio of stocks to usage of fou

3 BALTIC STATES WANT A COMMON MARKETMOSCOW - The three Baltic states want to create

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to disturb an appeals court ruling saying the federal government

Walking the fields near this village outside Santiago where he and a partner farm 25 acres of sweet

U.S. shippers of coal and other non-petroleum commodities fear they'll be caught in a ruinous regula

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a state may allow rail workers to sue their e

OSHKOSH TRUCK CORP. TURNS A PROFITOSHKOSH, Wis. - Oshkosh Truck Corp. reported net income of

Hearings called by the government failed to forge the national consensus it sought on a proposal to

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Jan. 27, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Jan. 27, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe e

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

British manufacturing unit labor costs rose 5.0 percent in September-Novemberfrom a year ear

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Alabama may slap a tax of $72 a ton on hazard

The environment, infrastructure, privatization and political and economic transparency will be major

The National Association of Rail Shippers is sporting a new logo and a new alignment. NARS,

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Consolidated Freightways Inc. Monday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $9.9 million on revenue of $1

The economic growth of East Asia has been little short of spectacular in the past generation but muc

American health care is a jumble of contradictions. In a survey last year, nearly half the r