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U.S. railroads probably could double their profits using airline-style booking techniques to manage

A group of shipping lines sailing from the United States to the Middle East will increase freight ra

Britain's Ministry of Defence has a number of ships still on charter that were deployed during the m

Virginia's exports hit record levels last year, largely on the strength of a nearly $900 million su

For the week ended Feb. 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailroads equaled 11

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 28, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Mar. 1, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Despite 20 years of cleanup efforts, the Great Lakes are far from healthy, a team of U.S. and Canadi

PURCHASERS' INDEX UP BUT GAIN ONLY SLIGHTTEMPE, Ariz. - The nation's purchasing managers sai

A subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp. lost its latest bid to overturn a $42 million antitrust judg

THE KABUKI DANCE between rail labor and management continues. The allusion to the very ritua

KUWAIT LOSES 20 PERCENT OF REFINING CAPACITYLONDON - About 20 percent of Kuwait's oil refini

CARICOM CHIEFS DISCUSS TRADE, ECONOMIC ISSUESPORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean officials g

The London Futures and Options Exchange is preparing a draft proposal for a new international futur

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The dollar will rise in the weeks ahead on hopes that the end of the Persian Gulf war will bring an

A shrewd and feisty 90-year-old celebrated 50 years at the helm of Mexican trade unionism Thursday,

SAUDIS, KUWAITIS SELLING US NOTES TO RAISE CASHWith the gulf war at an end, war-torn Kuwait

Growth in corporate capital spending is expected to slow dramatically in fiscal 1991 compared with t

IT MAY BE ONE SMALL STEP for congress, but it has been a giant leap for the futures industry.

AUSTRALIA SOON TO BEGIN MEAT SALES TO KUWAITSYDNEY, Australia - Australian mutton and beef e

The Soviet Union offers the poorest investment potential of any former East bloc country, according

Mar. 1, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Burlington Northern Railroad Co. expects its shipments of Western low-sulfur coal to grow by about 5

Consolidated Freightways Inc. is uncovering a new subsidiary to provide comprehensivedistribution se

AIR NEW ZEALAND ORDERS 5 BOEING JETSAUCKLAND, New Zealand - Air New Zealand has ordered five

IMM TO HELP RESTORE KUWAITI PHONE SYSTEMKING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - International Mobile Machines

Pension under-funding is just one of the headaches of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The

1707 (Mar. 1, 1991) Previous day - 1704 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The island's already successful Hsinchu science park will be transformed into a science city by incr

Shipment of about 900,000 bales of cotton to China, purchased in Octoberfrom Memphis-based D

Naphtha supplies are likely to remain tight in Asia, despite the end of the gulf war, as Kuwaiti sup

European Community agriculture ministers today start negotiations on this year's farm prices against

Ethylene Vinyl Chloride Emulsions Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will increase the price of

The Soviet Union plans to dismantle the powerful state trading organizations that control the countr

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 215.55 up 2.54 which compares

The "framework" for an approximately $1.2 billion settlement reached between Alaska and Exxon Corp.

Big U.S., British and French contractors are likely to pick off the plum jobs in the rebuilding of s

A confrontation between the Port of San Francisco and anti-apartheid activists here is getting the a

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