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The adage that one man's trash is another's treasure is living truth for a Hong Kong scientist who m

Further expansion of world trade and a pickup in consumer demand should help Hong Kong's export perf

Monday Dec. 19, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

MEXICO WILL RETAIN PEMEX, OFFICIAL SAYSThe Mexican oil industry will remain under state cont

Dec. 19, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

THE MANHATTAN GROUP, INC. (New York) - Robert W. Stephens has joined the investment banking firm and

A dramatic illustration of the rapid changes in Japan's food market is seen by the response from one

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

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

Towboats are staging their annual December abandonment of the upper Mississippi River as parts of th

COAST GUARD STREAMLINES CIVIL PENALTY PROCESSWASHINGTON - In an effort to streamline

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

Federal Express Corp., in a bid to grab a bigger share of the international express market, is offer

A long-delayed and controversial law on waste recycling and packaging will take effect in the 15-nat

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena has appointed 15 new members and reappointed nine other peopl

The incoming chairman of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee wants to abolish the In

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A genetics researcher and another man head to court in Boston on charges of conspiring to sell the $

UNION CARBIDE (Danbury, Conn.) - Walter G. Lindley, a British-born and -educated chemical engineer,

India, which has been exporting surplus aluminum metal for the past few years, will become a net imp

Sweden's gross domestic product rose a preliminary 0.6 percent in the third quarter from the year-ea

Dec. 16, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in October from September and climbed a

China's economy is continuing to boom during the fourth quarter of 1994, according to figures from t

In the face of fierce competition from integrated carriers, it appears the freight forwarders with t

The U.S. steel industry, which last year posted its first profit in three years, is expected to do e

A large number of trading powers, including the United States, have raised concerns that Sweden's ac

BOSTON COMPANY BUYS GERMAN RAILCAR MAKERBERLIN - A Boston-based private venture comp

Lukewarm economies and a surprise mild spell have dulled Christmas shopping fervor across Europe, so

NIGERIA HOPES TO BOOST SOLID-MINERAL EXPORTSLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria will place more

Friday Dec. 16, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Nigerian refining and product distribution sector suffered another blow last week when an oil de

Colorado and a dozen private companies must move a large pile of radioactive soil from the Colorado

As of Dec. 16, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

MASS. APPROVES CUT OF 7.2 PERCENT IN AUTO RATESBOSTON - Massachusetts Insurance Comm

To meet the demands of major shippers, air freight forwarders must continue to improve their ability

A year after adopting some of the most sweeping insurance reform legislation in state history, Calif

A lock of British naval hero Adm. Horatio Nelson's hair, encased in a gold compass, and a splinter o

An obscure 1951 law has emerged like a fog-shrouded rock in front of Indiana's plans to allow floati

HAMBURG-SUD (Berlin) - Horst Schomburg, 65, is retiring from Hamburg Sud after 40 years with the shi