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The lack of people willing to sit behind the wheels of the nation's big rigs is driving trucking com

Practical concerns of trade and investment dominated the second day of the U.N. international sympos

Nine environmental groups and a New Jersey congressman filed suit against the U.S. Coast Guard in a

The Argentine Congress is unlikely to approve a patents bill for pharmaceuticals by the end of the y

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An explosion at a refinery south of Los Angeles injured four employees critically and at least 14 ot

Soaring demand for petroleum products in the Asia-Pacific until at least the turn of the century wil

The swollen waters of Cedar Bayou have forced Chevron and Amoco to shut down production at two plast

Growing threats to the tobacco industry hit the wallets of South Carolina farmers this summer, who e

A leading classification society is proposing closer cooperation with the national maritime authorit

Bolstered by demand for new cars, the Standard Products Co., a rubber and plastics parts maker based

"You are the apple of my eye" is not a Japanese expression, but it might as well be. "The Ja

The cost of insurance is increasing for mobile-home owners covered by Allstate Insurance Co., with s

INSURANCE COMMITTEE FOR ARSON CONTROL (Arlington, Va.) - Kenneth M. Goodnight was elected chairman;

Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Historical Museum, which details the company's history and business activities

FRANCE TO NAME MEDIATOR IN MARSEILLES LABOR ROWPARIS - The French government will ap

A former mine superintendent has been convicted of helping steal more than 29,000 tons of coal.<

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Two steamship lines in the United States-to-Central America trade have signed a vessel-sharing arran

Japanese orders for new shipbuildings for the first six months of its fiscal year grew 27 percent ov

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Canada's Westcoast Energy Inc. Thursday announced it has agreed to sell C$150 million (US$111 millio

Duty drawback is a program under which international traders can obtain refunds of dutypaid on impor

Oct. 20, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Robert Uram, director of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining, took a step that he said would begin the

In the recent Tug Bruce A. McAllister case (92 Civ. 5559), tried in the Southern District Court of N

BOMBAY PORT WORKERS THREATEN MAJOR STRIKEBOMBAY, India - Workers of the Bombay Port

On his way to visit his Chinese counterpart in Beijing last October, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture M

BRITTAN URGES CHINA TO END UNFAIR TRADEBRUSSELS - China should join the World Trade

Space shuttle builder Rockwell International Corp. on Thursday announced its intention to acquire Re

Thursday, Oct. 20, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 20, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

ARCO BRITISH TO SELL NORTH SEA GAS STAKELONDON - Arco British Ltd. has agreed to sel

Malaysia's real gross-domestic-product growth slowed in the second quarterbecause of a sharp

The U.S. Export-Import Bank's lending to China will increase in the next few years, especially for p

RUSSIA MAY EXEMPT CERTAIN OIL EXPORTSLONDON - The Russian Ministry of Fuel and Energ

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