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International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 31, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

REFUGEE-AID EQUIPMENT TO GO THROUGH TEXASBEAUMONT, Texas - Trucks, water trailers an

Rescuers on Wednesday abandoned all hope for miners trapped in a gas explosion that killed at least

Columbia Gas System Inc. rejected a Philadelphia investment group's offer to acquire and reorganize

Investors bought 50.1 percent of copper producer Metall Mining Corp. in a sale that should raise $45

Engineer Larry DuBoise keeps his left hand near the emergency brake as he scans the tracks for peopl

Businessman Ernesto Perez Balladares is set to be inaugurated today as president of Panama in an une

The Tennessee Valley Authority has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay 2,600 members

COURT SIDES WITH FUJITSU IN CHIP-PATENT DISPUTETOKYO - In a case that could affect m

The crash of an Airbus A300 in Japan last April led to lower profit at China Airlines in the first h

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

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday in cautious trading ahead of the Bundesbank's council meetin

The ruble dropped by 2 percent against the dollar to a record low Wednesday afterapparently defying

For utility companies, getting people comfortable with the idea of having their bill automatically d

Mono Azul SA has successfully cracked the competitive U.S. food market and sells more than $6 millio

Germany's state postal company, Postdienst, will lose its monopoly on direct mail campaigns on Jan.

Russia will at best produce 2.1 million tons of sugar in 1994, down from 2.5 million in 1993, Sergei

FORMER PAN AM WORKERS SUE DELTA AIR LINESMIAMI - A group representing 1,863 former f

Conoco Inc. said Wednesday that it has begun to export oil from its PolarLights joint ventur

Seven state and 13 local life underwriter associations across the country received the National Asso

A new steamship agency, Nautilus Maritime, is establishing operations in the Gulf of Mexico area.

PIPE MAKER PURCHASES HOUSTON DISTRIBUTORNEW YORK - Consolidated Stainless Inc. has b

Leaders of Nigeria's oil unions, fired by military ruler General Sani Abacha in a crackdown on their

Speaking as presidential candidate during the election campaign, 8/21/94. "I am a man of my

The offer currently being prepared by CP Rail System for the eastern network of state-owned CN North

Delta Air Lines is counting its pennies. The carrier, in the midst of a massive cost-cutting

Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the fastest-growing cargo gateways inthe world, bu

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Westinghouse Electric Corp. and General Electric Corp. said Wednesday that they formed separate join

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

U.S. grain exporters are expanding wheat sales, anticipating increased marketing of thespring crop a

Three veteran labor mediators were named late Tuesday to the presidential fact-finding board that wi

Banks that have emphasized sales of life insurance and annuity products are increasingly turning to

A Philadelphia attorney was charged with bribing an official of a national maritime union who in tur

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

The bulk shipping industry, aided by vessel classification societies, has been making design and equ

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Small and midsized U.S. companies will receive assistance to establish markets in Tanzania from a ne

Successfully spinning off one of its largest remaining shipping assets, Sweden's Bilspedition Group

American reinsurers surveyed by the Reinsurance Association of America earned less money on a larger