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Heavy-truck makers opened 1997 with surprisingly strong sales in January despite analysts' forecasts

Feb. 12, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

If you're buying flowers this Valentine's Day, you'll be paying a lot more than you used to for Sout

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A White House commission outlined sweeping new aviation safety and security measures that will cost

The chairman of a House international relations panel said Wednesday Congress is unlikely to renew t

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Imagine having your packages come to a standstill in Louisville, Ky., because of a labor dispute in

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

A court has ruled that top Clinton administration officials will be forced to testify about their ha

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 19, 1996, - Feb. 11, 1997, (a graph)

The U.S. dollar continued to rise Wednesday, testing the resolve of the Group of 7 to back up its ta

CANADA'S NEW AUTO SALESUP 5.1 PERCENT FROM NOVEMBEROTTAWA - New motor vehicle sales rose 5.1

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl defended his policies Wednesday and rejected suggestions of poor healt

The United States and South Africa will sign a bilateral tax treaty Monday while renewing talks on a

The Clinton administration reported major progress in its trade negotiations with China, but some of

Senior executives at Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. are learning a new language.It's the language

''We wonder in which dynasty we'll be able to make money and repatriate it.''

U.S. companies in global competition are under a ''dark cloud'' of legal uncertainty until Congress

Although optimism rules at the global talks on telecommunications trade, there is concern that a dis

EU ACTS TO ENHANCEITS FOOD-SAFETY ROLEBRUSSELS - The European Commission announced Wednesday

What do Japan, Germany and the United States have in common? Apparently, it's the mark of quality.

The EU's Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan moved Wednesday to defuse an escalating dispute with Washin

The attack on the Export-Import Bank as a subsidy to business will lead to less money or a worse fat

SHIPSTUGBOAT DISPUTEDISRUPTS ANTWERP PORTLONDON - Directors of the Port of A

The Internet has Robert Garfield walking a tightrope.On the one hand, the marketing manager

Merchants Fast Motor Lines Inc., an old-line Abilene, Texas, trucking company, is going outof busine

The pollution insurance market is fast becoming a buyer's paradise, with prices half what they were

Even before it launches its first Atlantic service, one newcomer is already building on it with serv

SPAIN TRANSPORT STRIKEAFFECTS SEVERAL PORTSMADRID - The continuing truckers strike called by

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 5, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

House Republicans, once optimistic about changing the Superfund cleanup program, are moving cautious

The cargo holds and hatch coamings of any ship that carried U.S. grain should be disinfected to avoi

In the article ''UPS sues TNT over ads' service claims,'' which appeared on Page 1B Wednesday, the c

Trucking companies that haul import and export containers in Southern California are looking to tech

Latvia wants to get its Ventspils port, the largest on the Baltic Sea, included as part of a Europea

Fifi and Bowser, the bones are on the way.Bossie, moo merrily among the tulips. Your ship ha

TANK CONTAINERTRANSPORTERS JOIN FORCESLONDON - Four companies that specialize in the transpo

Encompass, one of the leading providers of logistics information systems, Tuesday said it would shut

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATIONSERVICESCon-Way recently promoted six employees to the position of ser