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Six months after Gov. William F. Weld's double-stack rail plan died in the Legislature, officials in

Plenty of attention will be focused on the annual coal pricing negotiations between Australia and Ja

PENA SHOOTS DOWN UK AIRPORT PROPOSALWASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Federico P

China's implementation of export quotas on agricultural products is drawing little praise from U.S.

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Oct. 12, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Motor Wheel Corp., an automotive wheel and brake manufacturer, will form a joint venture in Mexico w

BELLSOUTH, CHINESE FIRM INK TELEPHONE DEALATLANTA - BellSouth Corp. said it reached

FORMER USSR RETAINS BULK OF ALUMINUM STOCKSLONDON - A senior Russian mining official

The Federal Maritime Commission is threatening to cancel the tariffs of 243 companies that still are

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The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday as the market shifted its focus from the Persian Gulf to the upco

REPORT: IRAQ WOULD EXIT OPEC IF UN BAN LIFTEDDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab E

US THREATENS SANCTIONS OVER JAPAN AUTO TRADEDEARBORN, Mich. - U.S. Commerce Undersecretary f

RUSSIA'S LUKOIL TO SELL STOCK ABROADNEW YORK - Lukoil, one of Russia's biggest oil c

In a new row over Indian skirt exports, the government has protested an order by the U.S. Department

A weeklong strike at the Southern Copper smelter and refinery south of here is set to continue after

The labyrinthine process of ceding and assuming reinsurance soon will become less complex. A

Oct. 12, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

SINGAPORE SHIP SYSTEM TO HELP RESCUE EFFORTSSINGAPORE - A newly inaugurated Ship Rep

The European Union Commission cleared a US$2.1 billion French government aid package for Compagnie d

China's Coal Ministry said Wednesday that output in the first three quarters of this year reached 83

A newly formed German-Norwegian company, Netra GmbH, plans to build a natural gas pipeline link to p

On the eve of a second round of talks aimed at cutting world cocoa output, a Brazilian official Wedn

Russia will subsidize transport costs on millions of tons of feed grain exports this year in a move

The main maritime carrier of Malaysia intends to be operating 19 dry-bulk carriers by next year, up

The French-American Chamber of Commerce "Person of the Year" award will be presented jointly Wednesd

Britain's most important gauge of inflation hit a record low in August and unemployment fell to its

After a long-running battle, the United Transportation Union is about to find out how much support i

In a major policy shift, the United States announced Wednesday that it would no longer pursue its co

It was another month, another record for heavy truck manufacturers as sales soared to their highest

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +16.5610/5 107.910/6 108.010

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

South Africa's producer prices shot to a near three-year high of 9.9 percent for the year through Au

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 12, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Getty Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday it will cut its work force by 6 percent as part of an internal

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 227.88 off 0.05 w

MID OCEAN REINSURANCE CO. LTD. (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Steve Adams was named vice president with respo