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ECHO BAY MAY INCLUDE HONDURAS IN ASSET BASEVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Echo Bay Mines Ltd.

Oil talks here ended with 45 producing and consuming countries divided over how to pay the bill for

Moody's Investors Service placed the "A1" rating, its fifth highest, of the Life Insurance Co. of Vi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 29, '94 - Sept. 28, '95 (a graph)

Armed with cottonseed impervious to insects and drought, a handful of biotechnology companies is poi

Trade or die. "It may really be a cliche, but it's very much the truth," said Charles Nevil,

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Sept. 28, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Railroads and the maritime industry escaped any new or extended fees and taxes as the Senate Commerc

A recovery in waste paper shipments over the past few weeks has persuaded container lines operating

The first Western-built cargo plane ever leased by Aeroflot Russian International Airlines will ente

The dollar stood little changed in late trading Thursday against the deutsche mark and the yen, but

Importers, exporters and customs brokers still have many questions about how their cargo will be pro

Highlighting trade liberalization, the 1995 farm bill and the construction equipment market, among o

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Here at the largest shipyard in the world, amid dry docks the size of small valleys and steel carcas

The U.S. dollar fell Wednesday, along with stocks and bonds, as the markets were unsettled by the pr

Pakistan, fishing for billions of dollars in foreign investment, is finding that international compa

With an expanding middle class and a growing industrial base, Thailand is increasingly becoming an e

Sept. 27, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

Sept. 27, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

The surging presence of China in world grain markets has created a double opportunity for U.S. expor

When the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement hung in the balance in late 1993, the Perot

Japan agreed Wednesday to requests from the European Union, the United States and Canada for the est

HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO. (Hartford, Conn.) - William A. Kerr joined the co

The United States opened a new chapter in its relations with Vietnam this week, as U.S. transportati

Congress must determine who will foot the bill for a reformed air traffic control system, and how mu

A 30-month U.S. Customs undercover investigation has led to the arrest of dozens of people and the s

Sept. 27, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., one of Japan's largest insurers, said Wednesday it plans to se

Ryder System Inc. said Wednesday that it will report reduced third-quarter profit, due to re-enginee

At a time when South Korean and Japanese shipbuilders are looking for higher profit margins, a serie

In a bid to prod the Senate to action, proponents of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1995 are likel

As senior Chinese leaders continue thrashing out behind closed doors the broad economic policy until

Deputy Premier Pham Van Kai intervened to resolve a bureaucratic turf dispute that delayed container

A single insurance market in the European Union remains a distant target as cultural, tax and legal

The roller coaster that is Southeast Asia's progress toward a free-trade zone took another dip Wedne