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Singapore on Wednesday said it had asked the world trade agency to help settle a dispute with neighb

Political instability and numerous fundamental shortcomings are hindering the flow of needed foreign

A senior energy technologist Tuesday hinted that the proposed deep-sea natural-gas pipeline between

Increased output by companies and individual miners lifted Guyana's gold output to 360,079 ounces in

The president of Newport News Shipbuilding's largest union says he violated a federal labor law in w

The next communications satellite launched by China will be insured for a record $160 million, possi

The U.S. dollar struggled to hold onto small gains here as tamer-than- expected U.S. December inflat

The U.S. merchant marine, once one of the most powerful interest groups in Congress, has lost anothe

Aviation experts meeting here this week for a safety summit have identified 50 key issues they belie

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Jan. 11, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A top Transportation Department official recommended to a House transportation panel Wednesday that

The Virginia Port Authority's gain is Baltimore's loss as a result of a decision by Maersk Line to r

Growing concern over Quebec nationalism and a high federal deficit, as well as turmoil on foreign ex

China's industrial output increased 17.5 percent to 1.6 trillion yuan (US$189.5 billion) in 1994 fro

Finland, signaling its readiness to pump capital into India, asked New Delhi on Tuesday for a pact t

While Mexico and China are among the favored low-cost assembly sites for U.S. companies, many are po

Unum Corp.'s largest division will eliminate 300 jobs in the Portland area in 1995. Unum Lif

Although the accession to the European Union of Sweden, Austria and Finland will be good for trade a

A joke along the U.S.-Mexico border has it that when Mexico sneezes, Texas catches a cold. Port offi

This week's volatility on the Mexican stock market, which has spilled over to other Latin American m

The Interstate Commerce Commission is seeking industry opinion on whether trucking deregulation has

After only four months on the job, the executive director of Air Macao resigned Monday in what compa

The railroad industry entered 1995 on a high note, finishing 1994 with record carload and intermodal

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United Paragon Mining Corp. announced Wednesday a gold discovery in the eastern Philippines in a new

As of Jan. 11, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Jan. 11, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Business at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba, on the decline since the 1990 Gulf crisis, fell 8.7 perc

Thai consumer prices in December were 4.6 percent higher than a year earlier, but 0.2 percent lower

Shipping lines in the trans-Pacific trades are enjoying a boom in cotton exports to the Far East and

JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY (Jacksonville, Fla.) - John D. Clark was named deputy directorof the avi

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Roberto Cantoja started with a handful of fishing boats in the days when his crews had to carry rifl

Indian coffee growers threatened to halt coffee exports unless the government removes the vestiges o

CONGRESS MAY TRIM FAT OFF MEAT INSPECTION PLANST. LOUIS - Congress could pass this y

Vietnam coffee prices have risen the past two weeks mainly because of fast- declining supplies, acco

The city of Independence has sued Amoco Oil Co. to try to force swifter cleanup of hazardous waste a

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.87 up 0.22 wh

President Clinton met with Japan's prime minister Wednesday in an atmosphere of cooperation that is