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A 28-day blockade of a remote Wisconsin Central Ltd. branch line by a faction of Chippewa protesting

Border truckers in the Texas frontier city of Laredo are reacting angrily to pending changes by the

For many Western Canadian natural-gas producers, reaching the huge U.S. energy market has turned int

The U.S. dollar declined against the Deutsche mark Monday and rose slightly against the Japanese yen

Monday, Aug. 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 19, '96 (a graph)* A

Port salesman Steve Wright's voice echoes through an empty warehouse.''We're trying to bring

Last year, when westbound ocean carriers negotiated a volume contract with forest products giant Wey

A British coroner ruled Monday that a 20-year-old vegetarian who died of the brain-wasting Creutzfel

DRAGON AIR EXPANDSSERVICE TO CHINAHONG KONG - Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. said it began s

A dispute over environmentally friendly product labels is emerging as a major issue in the first Wor

Mexico's stronger than expected second-quarter economic growth bodes well for continuing recovery, b

Buoyed by strong performance among railroad stocks, last week The Journal of Commerce transportation

The managers of Kingston's containerport expect a recently completed expansion to the facility to al

In the minds of many Americans, Brazil and Argentina are synonymous with hyperinflation, bad debt, r

German authorities said Monday that they had arrested two men and were hunting a third on suspicion

KOREAN JOINT VENTUREBEGINS OPERATINGSEOUL - The first joint venture between North Korea and

''On his employment application, he answered 'No' on the question that asked if he had any convictio

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

In the blaze of publicity over Russia's new cabinet last week, a small item in the official governme

US SAYS EU WELCOMETO JOIN FILM ACCESS TALKSGENEVA - The United States said Monday that the E

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AT&T'S MANDL LEAVINGTO HEAD VENTURE FIRMNEW YORK - Alex J. Mandl, president and chief operat

Japanese companies are boosting investment abroad despite the recent weakening of the yen against th

China said Monday that about 76,000 officials had turned over a total of $5.18 million worth of gift

There's a new kid on the docks in Philadelphia.David Wechsler, president of Maritime Interna

MACHINERY MAKERS SEE4.6 PERCENT GROWTH IN SALESARLINGTON, Va. - The Packaging Machinery Manu

Losing the two-horse race with Thailand for a General Motors Corp. plant was a bitter pill for the P

A team from the International Monetary Fund is ''reassured'' by the Russian government's revenue col

1108 (Aug. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1101The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUSSHRANK 38 PERCENT IN JULYTOKYO - Japan's trade surplus slimmed dramatic

Aug. 19, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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The Japanese government has drafted stricter guidelines to limit the number of positions offered to

The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. said on Monday that one of its executives kidnappe

It only took 169 years, but The Journal of Commerce is now officially online. One of the most amazin

A new commuter rail service, a rarity in the rail industry, begins operating today between Chicago a

TENNESSEE COURT REJECTSBID TO BAN LLOYD'S OFFERLONDON - Lloyd's of London announced Sunday t

Aug. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent