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Britain's RJB Mining PLC announced a $626 million stock issue Friday to help clinch the purchase of

Fish will be the main course for a group of Canadian firms at this week's first Chinese aquatic indu

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

Newport News Shipbuilding may be a step closer to an important contract to build ships for a foreign

At London's Barbican Centre, the Royal Shakespeare Company is currently staging "The Merchant of Ven

Using U.S.-flag vessels to carry government cargo has more than doubled the price of transportation,

The U.S. government, in a precedent-setting case, has hit a handful of importers who allegedly overs

Norway's Seamen's Service and United Seamen's Service here recently agreed to work together to distr

European Union finance ministers will this week consider increasing grants totrans-European

Asia's go-go economies may have gone slowly into Latin America up until now, but analysts and busine

JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR RECOMMENDS MEETINGTOKYO - Japan's ambassador to the United States

Sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder now have a third drug option to fight the disease, believ

A fresh salvage attempt will be made to find the fabled treasure of the clipper General Grant, rumor

U.S. ports should prepare for a new Washington political climate that is likely to ease up on enviro

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO. (Princeton, N.J.) - Mahmoud M. Abdallah was named president of internation

A survey of 52 property/casualty reinsurance companies found a 14.1 percent increase in net premiums

In the Hollywood films of the 1930s, South American airports were invariably depicted aslittle more

As the economic and political fortunes of Latin America continue to rise, so do the opportunities fo

Dec. 8, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Venezuelan government approved a plan to open the state-run oil and mining industries to foreign

Six large shipyards that are leaving the Shipbuilders Council of America lobbying groupover policy d

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Concern about the large number of containerships scheduled for delivery next year has depressed frei

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 228.51 up 0.52

GIFTS & STATIONERY Ceramic figurines. Contact: Topfair Industries Ltd., Room 1004, 10/F., Pe

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon's swift move to begin judicial reform should yield s

JAPANESE FIRM JOINS ASIAN PLASTICS VENTUREBEIJING - Officials said Japan's Sowa Resi

The second expert witness called by the defense in the Feltrim Names trial in London was described b

Call it Operation Desert Storm with back rubs, if you will. Some 6,000 journalists are expec

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Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, currently engaged only in the U.S. West Coast-to-Australia-New Ze

SCHENKER OF CANADA LTD. (Toronto) - Gordon Wahn was appointed account executive for import and expor

First American National Bank knows the importance of understanding a foreign market before doing bus

2011 (Dec. 8, 1994) Previous day - 1989 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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The United States and Canada failed to reach an agreement on tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The r

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Europe's culture and languages could face extinction unless safeguards are built into the informatio

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