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Six years after scrapping central planning, Myanmar has started a broad policy of privatization that

Friday Oct. 21, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Why do some independent power projects succeed while others fail? Success can depend on fact

Lloyd's agents said Friday they planned to appeal the decision given on the largest case in English

The most important thing for farmers to know about the crop insurance reform act of 1994 is that the

Toxic-waste sites on the Superfund program's National Priorities List could ultimately cost insurers

1855 (Oct. 21, 1994) Previous day - 1851 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

FRANCE STILL HOLDS OUT ON SHIPBUILDING PACTBRUSSELS - The European Union has failed

ASHLAND COAL REPORTS $10.2 MILLION PROFITHUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Ashland Coal Inc. repor

Credit-starved small and medium-sized businesses may have to wait for the evolution of Mexico's fina

U.S. and North Korean negotiators signed a landmark accord Friday aimed at ending nuclear tensions o

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IRAN SAID TO CONDUCT NO NUCLEAR ACTIVITYMANAMA, Bahrain - For almost two years, there has be

NONPERMANENT MEMBERS ELECTED TO UN COUNCILGermany, Italy, Botswana, Honduras and Indonesia w

Oct. 21, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

As of Oct. 21, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The lame-duck Port Everglades Authority commission is going out with a bang by possibly chasing away

The Port of Houston does not expect to receive any federal disaster-relieffunds despite deva

Dockworkers agreed to halt a work slowdown at the Port of Buenos Aires as they intensify labor negot

The successor plan to the embattled, 2-year-old rate-setting agreement among North Atlantic shipping

China plans to launch two more satellites this year and is setting up a research center for work on

A landmark study on truck driver fatigue, one of the leading causes of highway accidents, should be

U.K. gross domestic product rose by a real, seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in the third quarter of

In an early sign that predictions for a busy apple export season will come true, the Port of Seattle

RUSSIA SAYS DEMAND KEY TO ALUMINUM DEALBONN, Germany - An extension of the 1994 Memo

Spurred by an increase in consumption, international trade in forest products including softwood, ha

As President Clinton responded to Saddam Hussein's placement of troops on the Kuwaiti border in Octo

"Just-in-time" continues to play an increasing role in manufacturing, particularly with inbound tran

The triple whammy of a declining truck-driver labor pool combined with increasing rail competition a

Friday, Oct. 21, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The woman who helped negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement under the Bush administration

Japan told the United States late last week it doesn't intend to negotiate over access to its $50 bi

A major U.S. retailing group said it is "cautiously optimistic" that Mexico's cumbersome import regu

Indonesia's economy will grow 6.9 percent in 1994-95 (April-March) while inflation is seen at 7.5 pe

Big Macs came to the land of the Pyramids last week as two McDonald's restaurants opened in Cairo an

Continuing to expand its international business, First Union Corp. joined a Hong Kong bank to boost

Their currency is too strong. Their cars are too plain.Even their once-mystical marketing sa

The government of the western state of Goa has asked a U.S.-Indian joint venture to suspend work on

Lower prices returned to gasoline-futures markets Friday in spite of confusion following the rupture