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ORION SETS LAUNCH OF TELECOM SATELLITEWASHINGTON - Orion Network Systems Inc., will

U.S. failure to ratify the global-trade agreement by the end of the year would both destroy the mult

U.K. provisional, seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.1 percent in October from September, the C

Austria posted a trade deficit of 81.4 billion schillings (US$7.45 billion) in the first nine months

Union Pacific Railroad, battling Burlington Northern Railroad for control of Santa Fe Pacific Corp.,

China will require the services of more overseas law firms to increase trade and revamp its industri

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Russia will resume supplies of crude oil to Cuba in exchange for sugar starting in December, the Rus

A state bankruptcy court said the biggest insurer of small commercial vessels traveling the U.S. coa

When it comes to treasure salvage, what technology gives, the federal government appears intent on t

The Federal Maritime Commission plans to start collecting fees April 1 for filing ocean freight tari

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Washington state will examine the use of short-line railroads instead of trucks as the preferred alt

The United States on Thursday unveiled a 32-page document outlining changes it says would make doing

A century-old rail line on the verge of being abandoned has been leased to a company that will run c

US OIL IMPORTS FORECAST TO RISE IN '95WASHINGTON - Net imports of crude oil and refi

Reports of beatings, torture and persecution have raised doubts about President Clinton's decision l

In what could become one of the most costly shipping-line failures for the container-leasing industr

LUCKY FRIDAY MINE AWAITS 'LUCKY' MONDAYMULLAN, Idaho - Workers are glad the Lucky Fr

EU AMBASSADOR URGES TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE PACTMAASTRICHT, Netherlands - The European

New York's 55-mph speed limit is one of the last vestiges of a 1974 federal law intended to save fue

South Africa's crude oil refiners are being forced to seek international markets for their products

Nov. 17, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A major dredging project on the Columbia River took a crucial step forward this summer when seven po

Nov. 17, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The textile industry, hit by high cotton prices and financial problems, is looking to the government

China's nationwide consumer price index soared 27.7 percent in October compared with October 1993, t

Lumber mills and other railroad users in Oregon are experiencing long delays in shipping goods out o

Russia's foreign economic relations ministry is considering a plan to oblige exporters to convert al

As recently as 1976, forest products giant Weyerhaeuser Co. in Tacoma, Wash., produced zero newsprin

1846 (Nov. 17, 1994) Previous day - 1834 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

While the majority of import entries are subject to "general examination" procedures, whereby the U.

Spurred by strong exports of goods and services, Singapore's vibrant economy grew 10.2 percent durin

Kentucky's insurance commissioner has issued an order that once again requires companies that sell w

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Western German wholesale prices fell 0.3 percent in October from September and were up 2.7 percent f

OPEC ministers expect to set an oil output ceiling aimed at achieving prices of between $16 and $19

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