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South Africa's black workers, feeling ignored by the government they voted for, are turning to strik

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's version of a new network of priority roads and h

AMERICAN AIRLINES (Fort Worth) - Mike Nozaki was named managing director of cargo sales for the West

A. Thomas Young, president and chief operating officer of Martin Marietta, said Monday he plans to r

Dining out, a night at the theater and a bed-and-breakfast in a mountain resort used to be expensive

Monday, Aug. 15, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The German economy is growing at a faster pace than expected, prompting the government to raise its

China's supplies of cotton are expected to fall short of demand by at least 200,000 tons this year d

BILL LIFTING VIETNAM AID BAN GOES TO CLINTONA bill that lifts a ban on U.S. direct aid to Vi

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Aug. 12, 1994.

China says it will gradually open its financial sector wider to foreignfinancial institution

GERMANY RESCHEDULES VIETNAMESE DEBTHANOI, Vietnam - Germany has agreed to reschedule

Cast Group took delivery Monday of the first of four containerships that will replace the line's fle

Two managing agents at Lloyd's of London - the bodies that run the syndicates to handle underwriting

Three of the biggest Connecticut-based insurance companies saw an increase in complaints from auto i

JARDINE INSURANCE BROKERS INC. (San Jose, Calif.) - Joyce Bautovich was promoted to president of the

CUBANS TRY TO FLEE, BUT TANKER IS DETAINEDHAVANA - Several hundred Cubans boarded an

American International Freight plans a dramatic expansion of its overnight all-cargo network next ye

China plans to build or expand dozens of airports this year in an effort to help its overloaded air-

Three Weeks Ended Aug. 6, 1994, vs. Similar 1993 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The party of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, promising to stamp out crime and cor

Nigeria's crippling oil workers' strike in support of detained presidential claimant Moshood Abiola

Sensormatic Electronics Corp. will buy Knogo Corp.'s theft prevention products business outside the

The New York Mercantile Exchange and its newly acquired subsidiary, Commodity ExchangeInc., are tryi

"All of the profession's current problems - the eroding public respect for lawyers, the lackof profe

Russian stocks and Chinese demand hold the key to the short-term outlook for copper prices, accordin

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

South Africa's gross domestic product rose 1.9 percent in the second quarter of this year - mainly b

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 229.70 off 1.90 wh

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Western-style food companies believe they have the recipe for success in Asian markets, where a grow

Eddy Tansil, the main figure in a multimillion-dollar bank scam that implicated senior officials, wa

A Wayne, N.J., publisher of maritime freight rates said Monday it is the first company to provide ac

Barge traffic was returning to normal levels Monday on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterwayafter the tro

A New Jersey state senator Monday called for creating a bi-state commission with one year to find a

A local visit by Pratt & Whitney-Canada executives scheduled for this week will mark the frustrated

The Port of Seattle has started a $3.5 million pilot program to quiet jet noise in some of the regio

Speed limits on the autobahn - an issue that is as emotional to German motorists as gun control is t

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +17.068/9 105.68/10 105.68/11

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