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Senate transportation leaders will try this week to save a truck safety bill by modifying two contro

Some general freight trucking companies are considering a possible price hike to take effect in Janu

NEW YORK CITY SYSTEM WINS TRANSIT AWARDSNEW YORK - New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $13.5 million contract for the sub-surfa

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS HUMMING THESE DAYS, as its newest commissioner, Karen D. Phill

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Francis J. Coyne, vice president, human resources

After a year of operations, Japan's eight companies that evolved following the privatization of the

Workers in Malaysia's electronics sector are happy without having a union, but will be allowed to fo

Employees at ABF Freight System Inc. rejected a profit-sharing and wage reduction plan proposed by t

For the week ended Sept. 24, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Individual subscribers of Blue Cross-Blue Shield face a 22.2 percent increase in insurance rates tha

Major Japanese life insurance companies are moving rapidly to establish footholds within the Europea

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold a workshop on hiring, training and managing agen

The insurance industry is advocating the end of mandatory insurance laws as a way to reduce the high

STATE FARM CUSTOMERS TO RECEIVE REFUNDSBLOOMINGTON, Ill. - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insu

International traders could save millions of dollars if the Commerce Department's Foreign Trade Zone

The kidnappings of two wealthy Mexican businessmen in the past three months have raised anxieties of

It's highly likely that the world's top 10 semiconductor makers by the year 2000 will all be Japanes

Nine sealed shipping containers filled with elephant tusks stand in the dusty courtyard of the centr

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

MERCEDES-BENZ TO TEST USED-CAR WARRANTIESMONTVALE, N.J. - Mercedes-Benz of North America sai

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Union workers at Deere & Co. reportedly would get their first general pay increases since 1981, as w

Jefferson City, Mo., will become the first U.S. city to adopt a city-wide trial program using degrad

A U.S. economist thinks it's time to channel the nation's innovative spirit toward manufacturing, in

The New York unit of Standard Chartered PLC, a London-based bank with strong ties in Asia, aims to h

The U.S. jobless rate fell to 5.4 percent in September from 5.6 percent in August even though employ

Consolidated Gold Fields PLC asked Britain's Office of Fair Trading to refer the hostile takeover bi

U.S. consumers took on $5.438 billion more in consumer installment credit than they paid off in Augu

Consumers turned sharply less confident in September, and their buying plans softened, especially fo

The nation's top business leaders Friday offered an optimistic view of economic prospects, predictin

* JofC Industrial Price Index Rebounds Somewhat 4A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 5A* H

Two companies are trying to add some glitter to the drab copper and iron-ore mining scene of far nor

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TOP STORIES: Fuel oil dealers are jumping on the natural gas bandwagon, as deregulation take

Digital Glasnost is going into high gear. The Soviet transport industry should be doing busi

Traffic manager Richard D. Frick believes large shippers should get a break on rates for helping to

Truck sales in Western Europe are not expected to grow as fast as the freight moved by trucks in the

The Chinese government is holding up a Chrysler Corp. venture as a shining example to help motivate