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Calbag Metals Co., a large nonferrous scrap metal processor based in Portland, Ore., will purchase t

Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the parent company of Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, does not expec

GAS DEMAND EXPECTED TO HIT 22-YEAR HIGHU.S. natural-gas demand is forecast to grow 2.6 perce

July 21, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

For an economy that's supposedly maturing and facing growing pains, South Korea shows no sign of let

The Munich Reinsurance Co., the largest reinsurance firm in the world, put its underwriting results

Business is up significantly at the Alabama State Docks Authority, and the reason is improved workin

For the week ended July 15, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The Textiles Monitoring Body delivered a final ruling by consensus here Friday that imports of under

The federal government told northern Idaho's surviving mining companies that it intends to sue them

General Dynamics reported Wednesday that second-quarter earnings increased 15 percent, aided in part

The architects of the future at this third-biggest port in the world dream big. "Surpassing

The sparks fly in dramatic arcs like the trail from a magic wand as sheets of metal are slammed toge

U.S. exports of steel through the St. Lawrence Seaway - traditionally a tiny portion of Seaway volum

A merger between ocean carriers Sea-Land Service Inc. and Maersk Line is possible, but not now, said

The nation's retailers are revolutionizing the trucking industry as their penchant for smaller and m

KHSL Industries Ltd., a Calcutta firm that makes refractory (heat resistant) raw material, will impo

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Shippers welcomed the agreement between Japan and the United States to settle their heated aviation

VIETNAM STUDYING NUCLEAR POWER OPTIONSHANOI, Vietnam - The Vietnamese government is

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Rival factions within the shipbuilding industry faced off against each other last week before a Hous

Mexico's commerce ministry announced an accord to open up three border states for the import of used

Two of the largest owners of oil product tankers sailing in U.S. coastal waters are waging a campaig

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Strains in the European Monetary System don't bode well for the U.S. dollar, currency traders and an

Price incentives initiated by the Chinese government to boost cotton output have encouraged increase

Siberian regions asked the government for control over half the shares held by the state in Russia's

Despite calls by Japanese politicians late last week to boycott French products until the European n

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Kyoko Kaube, an "O.L." or office lady working in downtown Tokyo, opposes French nuclear testing. But

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT INSURERS (Des Plaines, Ill.) - June Holmes was promoted to senio

Japanese shipping companies should restructure, reduce costs and improve service, or they risk falli

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 230.99 off 0.45

South Korean companies are focusing on the Indian subcontinent as their own costs continue to rise a

SEOUL SEES CHIP EXPORTS TOPPING $19 BILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - The trade ministry f