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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to file a declaration in a California cour

With the protectionists stopped, the Philippines' insurance industry seems set for rapid expansion f

The smell of burning wood wafts through the air. Tall pine trees shade some of the tents and campsit

There is an old saying about short-line railroads: ''We're not as long as the big guys but we're jus

At 47, Barry Williams has 24 years with P&O Containers and carries the undescriptive title of direct

A dramatic rise in the number of alien organisms brought to San Francisco Bay inside ballast tanks i

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The International Intermodal Expo, a springtime rite for the transportation industry, opens an earli

In another cautious step away from its customary avoidance of industry entanglements, China's main s

The Clinton administration has refused to use the existing rights of three U.S. carriers as bargaini

Speculation ran rampant Monday over how U.K. exporters would fulfill their beef contracts as more co

COAST GUARD CONTRACTGOES TO BOLLINGERWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard awarded an $8.9 million co

A construction company has won a concession for the multiple-use terminal at Mexico's important Gulf

The members of the United Nations made a breakthrough this weekend after two years of negotiations,

A few years ago the management of Stemilt Growers Inc., one of the largest apple shippers in Washing

British services and marketing conglomerate Inchcape PLC on Monday reported a 92 percent drop in pro

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 25, '96 (a graph)(2)

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Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Monday, March 25, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 20, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

COMMENTS STILL COMINGON UP-SP MERGERProponents and foes of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacifi

For the week ended March 16, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

You might think the technically illiterate would be the most resistant to technological change, but

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

Canadian trade negotiators are expected back in Washington this week after failing to nail down the

It may cost $15 million to fix, but a tiny, flood-prone Oregon short line is the apple of the shippe

The Port of Tacoma is organizing a special transportation summit that will explore what the port nee

Portland International Airport continued its record-setting cargo and passenger totals in January, w

After six years of effort, prospects are suddenly improving for an international agreement reducing

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Monday, as the results of the Taiwan presidential

LICHT PUTS SUGAR OUTPUTAT 121.2 MILLION TONSBANGKOK - F.O. Licht forecast Monday that world

A triple whammy of weather, economic conditions and a major accident will sharply depress Wisconsin

French definitive consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in February compared with January and increased b

MUBARAK URGES EGYPTIANSNOT TO EAT RED MEATCAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 252.08 up 1.41 whi

Mar. 25, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 25, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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