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Airborne Express plans to implement a 2 percent fuel surcharge, effective Feb. 17, the company said

Conrail Inc., CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. tangle today in a Philadelphia court, where U.S.

Greenbrier Cos. Wednesday reported improved revenue but decreased earnings in its most recent quarte

Japanese government workers teamed up with local volunteers Wednesday to begin cleaning up 60 miles

Taiwan is making further attempts to break the long impasse over direct maritime ties with China, bu

Taiwanese airlines may receive a slew of new all-cargo and passenger services from the U.S. governme

CALIFORNIA FOOD SHOWSTOP $33 MILLION IN SALESSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Agricultural exporters who

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 242.38 up 0.29 wh

The controversy over the huge Busang gold deposit involving two Canadian mining companies will have

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

Jan. 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 8, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. inventories of crude petroleum fell by 9.5 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 3, compared w

Jan. 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Jan. 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34.

Jan. 8, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Wednesday Jan. 8, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Canadian gold giant Placer Dome Inc. on Tuesday agreed to a deal with Papua New Guinean miner Highla

The state Bureau of Employment is suing six more coal company owners as part of an effort to recoup

UK'S ENTERPRISE OILQUITS CAMBODIAN SITEPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - British oil exploration firm E

The U.S. Helms-Burton law frustrated plans to complete construction of the island's first nuclear po

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant got a good performance rating during its first year of operation, but the Te

Osaka oil wholesaler Junichi Izui was served with a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday on suspicion of i

U.S. farm exporters say their market position is threatened in several Latin American nations as cou

CHUBB TAKES 100 PERCENT STAKEIN MEXICAN COMPANYWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. and various of its

Importers and exporters have long resented the harbor maintenance tax, but at this point only export

U.S. cotton exports to the crucial Asian market have slowed considerably in what should be the busie

Making good on last year's promise, the American Council of Life Insurance has filed suit against th

A new phase soon will begin in the long-running battle between Golden Eagle Insurance Co. and Insura

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Some 26,000 policyholders of Executive Life, the country's largest life insurance company failure, w

ARGONAUT ANNOUNCESDROP IN NET INCOMEArgonaut Group Inc. has announced consolidated net incom

A federal judge here had a simple message for importers upset over a federal harbor fee: Call your c

In a gold and crystal chandeliered hall of the Iranian Foreign Ministry hangs a rare portrait of the

The cavalry is on the way for U.S. investors in Lloyd's of London in need of help with paying their

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

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Wednesday on reports that Russian President Boris Yeltsin canceled enga

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

California's leading homeowner insurer State Farm is drawing criticism for creating a separate compa

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 12, '96 - Jan. 8, '97 (a graph)* An