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South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said Monday it reserved the right to call for a nationw

The U.S. Navy has commissioned its first double-hulled oiler, the USNS Patuxent. The craft w

Japan's socialist-led coalition government has decided 1 to restrain growth in defense and some oper

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA JAPAN. Sept. 1-9. The U.S. Department of Commerce is leading t

For three weeks, the tire industry has been rolling along like steel-beltedradials on a fres

SHELL UNIT TO EXPLORE FOR OIL IN TRANSYLVANIABUCHAREST, Romania - A unit of Royal Du

The credit quality of many European banks is likely to come under stress in the next few years and s

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +16.187/26 104.97/27 104.57/28

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Western and Asian oil prospectors in the rough seas off southeastern Vietnam are again hopeful.<

A syndicate of 11 Japanese and European banks will extend a $193 million loan to China to help finan

Aug. 1, 1994 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

The largest wholesaler of fresh produce on the world, the Rungis market located just south of Paris,

Keeping the United Nations forces armed, fed and supplied with relief and humanitarian aid for the c

India's official wholesale price index for all commodities for the week of July 10-16 rose 10.34 per

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 233.65 up 1.45 whi

The U.K.'s Abbey National Bank announced Monday the formation of a joint venture with major insurer

CIGNA SEES INCREASE IN OPERATING INCOMEPHILADELPHIA - Cigna Corp. Monday reported se

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

SUEZ CANAL AGENCY PLANS TOLL REDUCTIONSISMAILIA, Egypt - The Suez Canal Authority pl

These log and lumber movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the two weeks e

Environmentalists got a first look Monday at a proposal to dump dioxin- contaminated harbor muck int

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Northwest Airlines should have no problem filling belly space on its 747-200s when thecarrier starts

A shake-up that has brought down several senior executives at Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. over the las

Australia is experiencing a hidden investment boom that is not showing up in gloomy gross domestic p

The United Arab Emirates and Chase Manhattan Bank signed a deal on offset business that will involve

Reliance Industries Ltd., India's biggest private company, said Monday it would shift from its core

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

U.S. exports of natural gas to Mexico, once a bright spot for U.S. gas producers, have fallen sharpl

Seven South Asian nations expect to complete negotiations for a preferential trade tariff arrangemen

Canada, which has long adopted a low-key approach to dealings with China, is strengthening its ties

Lloyd's of London - the troubled insurance market - will announce measures to recover unpaid monies

Shipping lines could not have coped with the current boom in European exports to Asia if they had fo

INTERMODAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (Riverdale, Md.) - Michael J. Arendes was appointed director

International and express inter-city trains were idle Monday as rail workers began a scheduled five-

Aug. 1, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The government is tightening up on the kinds of foreign enterprises it licenses, even though it earn

Austria's Creditanstalt Bankverein and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will pro

China's brewers, trying to keep pace with the growing thirst of the country's beer drinkers, are pay