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American manufacturing expanded only slightly in January, signaling that overall growth in the econo

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott received an angry protest over subsidized U.S. dairy e

Brazil's big four automakers - Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford - announced that they plan

TRADE BODY CLEARS WAY FOR DUTIES ON STEEL BARSWASHINGTON - The International Trade C

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes union has accused Southern Pacific Lines of skimping

The Port of Oakland, lacking its own funds for large capital investments, will entertain bids from o

One of the peskiest problems in Chile's efforts to unburden itself of state- owned enterprises is it

Indian coffee growers, demanding a complete end to marketing controls, have decided to resist a mand

2 JAPAN CHEMICAL FIRMS TO LAUNCH RESINS UNITTOKYO - Two Japanese chemical companies

The New York Power Authority, the nation's largest supplier of electricity for mass transit, has pro

Coal miners in southern Russia went on strike Wednesday to protest the government's failure to pay o

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 232.78 off 0.94 w

Feb. 1, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Subic Shipyard & Engineering Inc., the biggest repair yard in the Philippines, said it plans to inve

Europe's inland waterway system was at a standstill for a third day Tuesday as the worst floods here

Bangladesh is prepared to handle the inflow of foreign capital and will notallow overseas ca

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

The U.S. dollar and the Mexican peso surged Tuesday in a massive rally set off by President Clinton'

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Once the Interstate Commerce Commission goes, can the Federal MaritimeCommission be far behi

A stony silence from Lloyd's of London Tuesday answered a resurgence in acrimonious demands by inves

QUAKE LIKELY TO DELAY RAILWAYS' STOCK LISTINGTOKYO - Japan's Transport Ministry is l

INDIANA'S COAL OUTPUT DECREASES BY 13 PERCENTCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Indiana coal produc

Workers at Canadian nickel producer Falconbridge Ltd.'s Sudbury, Ontario, division are to vote today

The havoc wrought on central Japan's economic hub by the Jan. 17 earthquake is depressing the nation

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 31, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 31, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Canadian Reynolds Metals Co. will resume full production in March at its aluminum rod mill in Baie C

Once a shipping executive said that to do business in the Port of Philadelphia, you need ascorecard.

The South Jersey Port Corp. is wrestling with its local tax bills. The agency had been makin

As Mexico's economic crisis continues, U.S. firms doing business with Mexico are scaling back or res

IRAQ, EGYPT DISCUSS FOOD TRADE RESUMPTIONCAIRO, Egypt - An Iraqi trade team began ta

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REAL ESTATE EXPOSURE SPURS MONY DOWNGRADENEW YORK - Standard & Poor's lowered its cl

Yellow Corp. reported an 8 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings to $11.2 million, or 40 cents a s

A joint venture of Royal Dutch/Shell and a local firm has been granted a permit to build a US$75 mil

Tuesday Jan. 31, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Japanese construction orders in December were up 6.1 percent from a year earlier at 1.715 trillion y

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