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Tucked away in the basement of the main library at Northwestern University is a group of students, r

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Nigeria, one of the world's top oil producers and a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exportin

In the wake of last week's chaotic devaluation of the peso, Mexico must concentrate on keeping infla

NORTH AMERICA International Fashion Boutique Show. Jan. 7-10. Javits Convention Center, New

Crew missteps contributed to the explosion that rocked a gasoline tanker last year, claiming three l

ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Stephen H. Mileski was appointed assistant vice pr

The Cuban government will form its first joint ventures in sugar refining in January, Octavio Castil

Dec. 27, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE (New York, N.Y.) - Thomas J. Greene was appointed senior vice president, in

As a handful of foreign correspondents waited in the office of Mexican Finance Minister Jaime Serra

Services may be sexy, but manufacturing still matters to overseas investors, especially those from J

It isn't quite New York's Times Square, but the new scrolling billboard outside Hanoi's central rail

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Dec. 23, 1994.

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

Japanese construction orders in November were up 20.8 percent from the same month last year at 1.585

Twenty-four years after Japan officially opened its apple market, Washington state apple growers las

Russia, in a move to combat rampant smuggling, will tighten tax rules on imported cigarettes and spi

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Bimodal RoadRailer units ordered by a German firm will begin operating next year between Munich and

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 15, '93 - Nov. 29, '94 (a graph) (2

Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Corporations have been decentralizing for at least a decade to be closer to their customers. However

"We have to be very selective in protecting our firms since this raises costs for downstream users,

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Dec. 23, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

A jury's decision last week to award $38.5 million to a fired Farmers Insurance district manager has

After languishing for nearly a year in various legislative committees, a bill to reform the Paraguay

The long-feared disruption to U.S. oil imports from a Coast Guard rule coming into effect today appe

If you're a senior-level maritime executive and feel your employer isn't paying you enough, go ask a

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Boston) - Margot N. DeNoie, a former assistant vice president at USTru

For the week ended Dec. 17, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

CHINA PLANS TO RAISE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTBEIJING - China's capital investment in

Taiwan's China Trust group said on Tuesday it had bought a California bank for $30 million, becoming

Richard Trumka, United Mine Workers president, is worried the new Republican Congress will set back

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The dollar was trading higher against the yen but a bit softer against the deutsche mark on Tuesday

The challenge for China's top planners a year ago was how to cool an overheated economy without trig

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