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On a Friday afternoon just before the start of the Columbus Day weekend, Saddam Hussein was suddenly

Mexico's plan to open its market to foreign bank subsidiaries has attracted applications from 20 int

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Norwegian shipowner Wilship Wilhelmson has joined Knock Tankers and Mosvolds Rederi in saying it wil

ARI Network Services Inc. has reached an agreement to transfer data electronically among the country

In a Page 1A story Wednesday, Oct. 12, about Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) moving cargo over

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Lebanon and the U.S. brokerage concern Merrill Lynch signed a contract here Friday for the issue of

Members of Canada's national exporters' association recently offered 20 recommendations to the crown

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OIL OFFICIAL REPLACES COMOROS' PRIME MINISTERPARIS - Comoros' Prime Minister Mohamed

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus has urged South Korea to reduce infla

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 14, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

U.S. Navy officers are still on board a tanker intercepted in the Persian Gulf with a cargo of suspe

Oliver Transportation Inc. named trucking industry veteran Wayne M. Sampson to replace Tony Meador a

The Cass Logistics index of freight activity hit record levels in September, according to results re

During a very active month, a large number of charter deals were extensions of existing contracts, a

CHINESE OFFICIAL SEEKS COTTON PRICE CONTROLSHONG KONG - Lin Lanqing, China's vice pr

Dutch industrial sales were up 2 percent in July and August compared with the same period in 1993, a

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 227.54 off 0.05

The European Commission said Friday it had adopted rules to end state monopolies over satellite tele

"The point of game theory is that it offers a general toolbox for handling increasingly complex situ

Faced with the elimination of preferential trade treatment, the Caribbean region must adopt a "war f

9-MONTH TRADE SURPLUS AT $1.38 BILLION IN CHINAHONG KONG - Rising exports have helpe

Inland Steel Industries Inc., a top U.S. steel producer, has formed a global trading company to expa

Despite a difficult year for the bottom line at Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, strategic alliance

Oct. 14, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

New York State Electric and Gas Corp. Friday cut its quarterly dividend to 35 cents a share from 55

Strict new and pending labeling and product safety information requirements have importers of finish

Fresh private-sector orders for ships have injected new life into India's biggest shipyard, which is

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Prudential Insurance Co., the nation's largest life and health insurer, is searching fora replacemen

Four of the nation's leading shipyards will abandon the Shipbuilders Council of America on Dec. 31,

After a year of controversy that exposed a sharp division in the U.S. grain industry, the USDA's Fed

U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry will adopt the stance of a hawk during this week's visit to Chi

In the manner of many Western countries, chain stores are eroding the traditional mom-and-pop shops

1994 Engineering Forum. Oct. 19. One-day seminar on "Transferring Technology for Practical Applicati

Canada's Bitech Corp. announced it signed a joint-venture agreement forming a new company that will

American Exploration Co. plans to pay $100 million worth of cash and stock to take control of oil an

Top Bank of England, Department of Employment and trade union officials will meet academic experts h