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Thursday, Aug. 18, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Aug. 18, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

U.S. wheat industry officials remain optimistic about sales to Russia in 1994-95 (July-June) despite

Even in a country with 900 million people, robots are starting to take over jobs on the production l

CAMBODIA PHONE DEAL EXPECTED NEXT WEEKPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A lucrative contract award for

In a tactical shift by House leaders, the House Ways and Means Committee sought to reach a decision

Aug. 18, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The number of airlines in Russia is likely to shrink dramatically from the current 300 to about 10 a

The Ozark Mountain Railroad, a planned 75-mile line from Arkansas to the country-music mecca of Bran

NEW CESSNA FACTORY WON'T BE IN WICHITAWICHITA, Kan. - Cessna Aircraft Co. officials

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

A combination of more pressure from the U.S. government and less from the South Korean government ap

Lloyd's of London faces yet another legal assault, beyond the more than 30 individual actions alread

The Panama Canal turned 80 this week, faced with bright short-term prospects but a more uncertain ov

Environmentalists will do the unthinkable - spill oil into the North Sea - to help test whether the

A miniature Singapore is taking shape in the rice paddy fields of Suzhou, part of Deng Xiaoping's vi

When voters in Mexico go to the polls for Sunday's closely watched national elections, the day of re

A big company's crumbs can be a small company's feast. Computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc.,

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 18, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

More than four years after enactment of the Oil Pollution Act, the Coast Guard is finalizing rules r

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND DIRECT LINE (Cranford, N.J.). - Mark Watson joined the East Coast sales force

A story that appeared in the early edition on Page 2B on Thursday, Aug. 18, regarding the United Tra

A House of Lords select committee has issued a report calling on the British government to raise the

Although Southeast crops were spared from damage by tropical storm Beryl, Florida and other agricult

American Cyanamid Co. agreed to merge with American Home Products Corp. in a sweetened $9.7 billion

Fundamental flaws in using and transporting toxic chemicals cause more than 19 spills, explosions an

A leading international trade organization is worried California's powerful congressional delegation

CHINA PLANS NEW RULES ON WAGES, INSURANCENew regulations setting guidelines on personnel man

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

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

Aug. 18, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

INDIA SEEKING PRIVATE COAL-WASHING PLANTSIndia's state-run Coal India Ltd. has invited forei

The great oil rush in Southeast Asia, which began some 30 years ago, is waning with no big discoveri

CONTINENTAL ELIMINATES COMMON-STOCK DIVIDENDNEW YORK - The Continental Corp. board o

Thursday Aug. 18, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Black's Law Dictionary describes the word "commercial" as relating to or connected withtrade . . . o

Adjustments to Mexico's intellectual-property law streamline enforcement procedures and help harmoni

The U.S. dollar fell sharply against the Japanese yen Thursday on news the U.S. trade gap with Japan

Taiwan's gross national product grew 5.75 percent in April-June, compared with 6.15 percent in the y

The German government will make the deregulation of state post and telecommunications monopolies one