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wBrazil's National Monetary Council, holding its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, approved 100 mil

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. announced Thursday that its Indonesian operating subsidiary PT F

A group of Romanian stowaways in New Jersey has been split up and eight have been shifted back to a

Eight major U.S. railroads Thursday asked the National Mediation Board to intervene in their gridloc

A border-state senator has introduced legislation aimed at persuading Mexico to increase the amount

Mar. 30, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Federal regulators Wednesday offered a plan to increase competition in the electricity industry, whi

CHINA SEES 12.2 PERCENT RISE IN ITS TRADE THIS YEARChina's foreign trade is expected to grow

2217 (Mar. 30, 1995) Previous day - 2234 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Wilfred and Louis Jean-Marie, a young Haitian-American couple with entrepreneurial dreams, sank thei

New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman recently appointed Martin Tuchman, chairman and chief executive of

Japan's latest five-year deregulation plan offers more details than any of its several predecessors

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Three months after entering a free-trade deal with Mexico and Venezuela, Colombian producers are wat

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 231.85 off 1.07

The Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that a reported fraud in Kenya

Evergreen Marine Corp.'s post-tax profits waned over the 1994 calendar year. The company made approx

TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE (Seattle) - Richard Berkowitz was appointed director of Pacific Coast opera

Recent breakthroughs in talks between USAir and its pilots may set off a chain reaction leading to t

US INVESTORS EXPLORE ARMS PLANT CONVERSIONA U.S. investment mission left Thursday to explore

Overnite Transportation Co. defeated another organizing effort by the Teamsters union, this one at i

Private sector companies running Sri Lanka's debt-ridden state plantations are ready to take a stake

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (New Orleans) serves as a reminde

A maritime brief headlined "Draft Is Increased at Seaway Section," which appeared Thursday on Page 1

The six-year secret is out in Groton. Electric Boat began building the Seawolf submarine in

The Labor Department recently appointed 15 labor, industry and government representatives to a new M

With U.S. cotton exports approaching a 70-year high and prices topping $1 a pound, exporters should

Wednesday, March 30, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In a procedural end run around Speaker Newt Gingrich, a freshman-led faction of House Republicans is

Tapping into Taiwan wasn't easy for Nimbus Water Systems Inc. But the San Marcos, Calif.-based firm,

POULTRY CHIEF RESIGNS AT CONAGRAOMAHA, Neb. - The head of ConAgra Inc.'s independent

This month's strike at the Port of Montreal and a weakened U.S. dollar are cramming North Atlantic c

Marine container-leasing companies went on a buying binge last year, potentially undermining the rec

As the battered Russian ruble nears a psychological barrier of 5,000 to thedollar, Internati

Vietnam needs foreign investors to help pay for $7.8 billion in priority improvements to roads, port

In Quotawatch, which appeared Tuesday, March 28, on Page 3A, the textile quotas to watch were inaccu

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Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdul Mohsen Medej al-Medej has said the recent 10-day strike by over 1,000 oil

The president of Belarus has dismissed suggestions that the Chenobyl nuclear- power station in nearb

South Africa's state-owned oil and gas exploration company, Soekor, said Wednesday that its first oi