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Brazilian import-finance restrictions run contrary to the spirit of the Mercosur customs union and s

RUSSIA CAN'T ADHERETO BUDGET, CHUBAIS SAYSMOSCOW - Russia can't stick to its '97 budget limi

Making people comfortable on a hospital operating table, atop a horse or while riding a bicycle is

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Homeowners would win the right to automatic cancellations of unnecessary private mortgage insurance

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Denmark's Maersk Line expects to have the honor of hosting the first ship to sail directly from Chin

The prospect of making money off the Internet is paying off for Federal Express Corp., while others

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's largest carrier, registered a profit of 80 million Deutsche marks ($48 mil

CANADIAN AIR CARGO RATESRISE; FUEL SURCHARGE ENDSCALGARY - Canadian Air Cargo has announced

As a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore, U.S. shipping line APL Ltd. will continue supp

Mexico will decentralize the operations, finances, administration and upkeep of airports in a bid to

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., which raised driver pay by an average of one-third during the fir

A leading Senate Republican is stepping up pressure on the Clinton administration to investigate the

A $1.8 billion upgrade of Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, the gateway to Canada's a

Illinois Central Corp. said its rail unit boosted net income by 3 percent, to $33.9 million, or 55 c

The government will open bidding for a $1.6 billion, 114-mile passenger and freight track between th

LUFTHANSA SUSPENDSVENEZUELA FLIGHTSCARACAS, Venezuela - Lufthansa German Airlines confirmed

China's largest maker of maritime containers expects sales to rise 10 percent this year, with refrig

A Chinese shipyard, reacting to plunging earnings in the last year, will slash jobs even as it tries

The United Transportation Union is trying to block Canadian National Railroad's plan to sell its lin

1392 (April 16, 1997) Previous day - 1411The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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RUSSIAN GROUP SEEKSNO-CONFIDENCE VOTEMOSCOW - The opposition Narodovlastie (People's Power)

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The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the government to build a facility in Nevada to

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 243.31 off 1.35 w

As of April 16, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

April 16, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Junk mail that now ends up in trash cans could find its way into fuel tanks if a study by the U.S. P

U.S. gasoline inventories increased by 3.6 million barrels in the week ended April 11, compared with