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WILL RAILROADS EVER HIRE AGAIN, asked a discouraged labor leader after looking at the latest estimat

A new crew size agreement between the United Transportation Union and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

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

Bankers from around the world and officials from the Commonwealth of Independent States are due to m

1534 (Jan. 21, 1992) Previous day - 1534 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Private crews were working to raise a barge carrying contaminated dredge material from the bottom of

The world's first sea craft powered by a superconductive, electromagnetic thruster is due to be laun

UK, AUSTRALIAN LINES AGREE TO COOPERATELONDON - P&O Containers Ltd. of Britain and A

DOW EXPECTS TO TAKE $370 MILLION CHARGENEW YORK - Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it e

A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco ruled that the trustee of bankrupt Transcon Lines Inc. cannot

Italian industrial production, adjusted for seasonal variations and differences in the number of wor

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York, has picked up the annuities and life insurance contrac

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

France this week unveiled a three-year plan to boost exports to Japan. The announcement, aimed to

U.S. auto parts executives are wary of Japanese plans to buy more U.S. components, noting that U.S.

Nelson Mandela's African National Congress denounced European banks Tuesday for arranging a major ne

JAPAN '91 TRADE SURPLUS UP 50 PERCENT OVER 1990Japan's surplus in world trade surged by 50 p

SOYBEAN FUTURES, having edged lower for several months, strengthened last week, with an activeexport

A long-term relationship between a U.S. company and a Japanese firm is paying off with a new technol

Federal Express Corp. is shipping sophisticated military hardware to the Middle East out of a region

West Coast dockworkers will consider sporadic stop-work meetings in order to preserve their jurisdic

The European Community's tax commissioner, Christine Scrivener, said motorists may get tax breaks to

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, said Tuesday it was cutting its oil production by 10

Brazil's first auction of the year in an accelerating national privatization program promises to imp

The Allstate Insurance Co. Tuesday submitted the last of the paperwork requested by the New Jersey C

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Saudi Arabia has shown interest in buying a stake in state oil and possibly petrochemical assets Arg

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 21, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Jan. 21, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Inland Steel Industries Inc. and other U.S. steelmakers already are preparing to file unfair trade c

Jan. 21, 1992 JAPANFinancial Futures*Japanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

Jan. 21, 1992 Copper Total, 35,309. Gold Total, .1,435,992.Silver Tot

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 210.92 off 0.84 which compares w

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago1/21 1/17 Change % Change: 12/27

Martin L. Brown was named corporate vice president of manufacturing standards and quality. P

Despite its increasing unpopularity in many places, the tobacco industry remains powerful - at least

Donald J. McLachlan, chairman and a founder of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp., died Sunday a

As the national recession chills business activity and pressures state budgets throughout the Northe

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS DIPPED IN DECEMBERJapan recorded a seasonally adjusted trade surplus o