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U.K. independent oil company Primeline Petroleum has signed a contract with China National Offshore

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil fell by 3.1 million barrels during the week ended Dec. 9, co

Power was restored in most areas of the western United States Wednesday, within about four hours aft

As of Dec. 14, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it has signed an option to buy a 10 percent stake in Chilean toymaker A

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Powerful Taiwan shipping firms called for an end to a ban on direct routes to China Wednesday, one d

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A Japanese textile group said Wednesday it is halting efforts to have cotton thread and other import

A new rail freight service between Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Milan, Italy, is helping to boost con

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China's largest offshore natural-gas field will begin supplying Hong Kong and Hainan Island with fro

As competition heats up in the electricity industry, investor-owned utilities are asking federal reg

The White House could name a new agriculture secretary as early as this week, officials said amid an

U.S. net farm income is forecast at $33 billion to $43 billion in 1995, downfrom an expected

Dec. 14, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Greece's biggest shipyard, run by the state and burdened with more than 100 billion drachmas (US$413

FINAL PLAN IS ISSUED FOR FLA. NAVAL CENTERORLANDO, Fla. - A final re-use plan for Or

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Throwing down the gauntlet, the Republican who will take control of a key House trade panel insists

Japanese trade barriers are crippling that nation's economy, draining 3 percent of its gross nationa

The Canadian government, in a move welcomed by shipper interests, has rejected CP Rail System's US$1

A sharp jump in international operating profit enabled Federal Express Corp. to register a 44 percen

Iran is aiming for a dramatic increase in non-oil exports in a major effort to supplement dwindling

CAMBODIA DRAFTING OIL, MINERALS LAWSINGAPORE - Cambodia is drafting a comprehensive

U.S. exporters to Spain cringed last year as that country's worst recession in three decades led to

2039 (Dec. 14, 1994) Previous day - 2043 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Norway's central bank said Wednesday non-oil gross domestic product growth would be at 2.5 percent i

Newport News Shipbuilding executives this week said they hope to soonannounce a second comme

The Noble Collection: A Work in Progress. Through spring 1995. Staten Island, N.Y. New exhibition at

NIGERIA TO UNVEIL PLAN FOR DEMOCRACY SOONThe Nigerian military government will unveil a prog

The European Union Commission on Wednesday approved a shipbuilding accord with France, paving the wa

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '93 - Nov. 21, '94 (a graph) (2)

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

China said Wednesday it is not optimistic about entering the GATT world trade organization now but i

A direct liner service between Russia and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for both containerized and breakbu

The U.S. government must do more to help ensure that U.S. companies capture a major share of the fas

TURKEY ENDS CURBS IN DARDANELLES STRAITANKARA, Turkey - Turkish maritime authorities