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Legislators inside Washington's Beltway are sowing the seeds for a fight over national agricultural

The U.S. dollar fell Thursday in nervous trading ahead of Saturday's possible announcement of trade

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

A deal to develop Kazakhstan's giant Karachaganak gas field hinges on an agreement being reached wit

DISASTER RELIEF ACT STAYS ALIVE IN CONGRESSWASHINGTON - The National Disaster Relief

A congressional investigating agency Thursday recommended changing cargo preference programs to cut

From coast to coast, meat is an important commodity for U.S ports. At the Port of Philadelph

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Wednesday authorized the sale of $200 million in revenue bonds

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In the canyons of New York's financial district they would say he's got "the power," on Chicago's Mi

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Alleghany Corp., which has had a long history of railroad investments, has made several recent purch

The Teamsters union's latest financial report reveals an 88 percent decline in net worth from Jan. 1

A strike by Bombay customs officials that is sapping Indian garment exports has spread to Calcutta a

Australia's Western Mining Corp. and Cuba's state-owned Commercial Caribbean Nickel plan to build a

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 230.88 off 0.77

As overseas candidates sweated over China's certified public accountancy examination for the first t

International Business Machines Corp. has wooed Toshiba Corp. into the group of supporters of its Po

Privatization of Britain's coal industry moved into top gear this month as interested parties are te

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 29, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

With the licenses of almost half of U.S. nuclear power plants expiring by 2015 and a plethora of hur

After a decade of legal wrangling, bankrupt Seawinds Ltd. has been given another chance to lodge an

The board of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. voted this week to increase the regu

A "new and improved" mining technique that has been around for half a century is increasing producti

Meat shippers are no longer faced with a tough decision on how to transport their beef.Trucks are re

A YEAR'S WORTH OF MEAT Americans consumed 68.5 billion pounds of meat in 1993. Here's what t

HONG KONG BOX VOLUME RISES IN FIRST 5 MONTHSHONG KONG - Container volume through Hon

Fokker, the regional aircraft manufacturer, said the European Commission has accepted a 1 billion-gu

Thursday, Sept. 29, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

South Africa's gold output for 1994 is expected to fall by 1.4 percent compared with the previous ye

Three local companies involved in Russian Far East business ventures are poised to receive about $74

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1640 (Sept. 29, 1994) Previous day - 1626 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

RUSSIA HOPES TO GET $500 MILLION COAL LOANMOSCOW - Russia, the former Soviet Union's

OPEC will probably roll over its current 24.52 million barrel a day oil production ceiling at its Ba

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 29, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Evaluation, communication and training are important keys for property and casualty insurers to stre

Rating agency A.M. Best Co. placed the "A+" (superior) rating of the Southern California Physicians

The Czech government has put the country's coal mines up for sale, but according to government and p