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Friday, Sept. 16, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Up to 300 jobs are expected to be created by a start-up company making a unique emergency brake that

The Federal Aviation Administration for the second time has tapped the National Institute for Aviati

Texas Instruments plans to slash the number of transportation providers it deals with directly, a se

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 16, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Wainoco Oil Corp. said last week that it will cease all exploration in the United States and sell it

Forget Ross Perot's warning of "giant sucking sounds" of jobs being pulled into Mexico as the result

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scaling back its subsidy bonuses for U.S. wheat as it heads in

Neither side is about to blink in the standoff between the U.S. Coast Guard and protection and indem

The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it is preparing what it believes will b

The director of the Port Authority of Thailand was forced to quit amid signs of a power struggle in

FARMERS UNIT RECEIVES 'AA3' FROM MOODY'SMoody's Investors Service has assigned an "Aa3" insu

A US$140 million face-lift for the country's main port should increase capacity, ease chronic conges

The United States, in an unprecedented move to challenge Japan's "dango" system on its home ground,

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has thrown up newbarriers to con

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

AZERBAIJANI FIELDS TO GET $7 BILLION FROM WESTMOSCOW - A consortium of Western oil c

An article headlined "EPA Rules Drive Brazil Methanol Producers" on Page 10B Friday misstated the wo

A flurry of American diplomatic and trade missions is sending clear signals that Washington is commi

"The losers (under a system of global free trade) will be those who become unemployed as a result of

China's excessive control over its oil-refining policies are nearing a critical stage not only for t

The financial pressures on the domestic oil and gas industry are causing a re-examination of the way

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The Chinese government is centralizing imports of edible oils under state trader Ceroilfood and has

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As of Sept. 16, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Latin America is scoring further economic gains this year, especially in the fight against inflation

CHINA SEEKS CURRENCY CONVERTIBILITY BY 2000BEIJING - China hopes to make its currenc

The recent merger of the container operations of Deutsche Seereederei Rostock and Senator Lines is n

The sharp contraction in the number of marine underwriters operating in the London market does not a

Any opportunities to expand through acquisition will be considered by P&O Containers Ltd., the U.K.

When the USS Thorn steamed into Newport News Shipbuilding, it marked the yard's re-emergence in the

An Indiana court has delayed the sheriff's auction of an 11.2-mile rail line while negotiations cont

A new 45-day clock is ticking on the Federal Maritime Commission's review of changes that 15 ocean c

Sept. 15, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Many exporters recognize the cost effectiveness of putting on their payroll a salaried salesperson r

Only table.

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach want so desperately to prevent their cities from