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Amoco Production Co. has laid off workers in Wyoming to meet goals to reduce the oil company's size

CHINA'S GOLD OUTPUT AT 44.6 PERCENT OF '94 GOALHONG KONG - China met 44.6 percent of

Russia's biggest confectionery company, Krasny Oktyabr (Red October), plans to auction a stake to ne

U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by a provisional 0.3 percent in June from May, a

Heating oil dealers and wholesalers attending the Petroleum Marketers Association of America's 12th

An additional 3,000 Chinese seafarers will be permitted to work abroad each year over the next sever

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Japanese shipbuilder Nippon Kisen Kaisha has received a second ship orderfrom a joint ventur

HYUNDAI PLANS TO BUILD TERMINAL IN TAIWANGARDENA, Calif. - Hyundai Merchant Marine L

Ole Skaarup, chairman of the U.S. Shipbuilding Corp., has confirmed that Washington lobbyist John St

These Television and telecommunications equipment movements were the largest recorded from port docu

(During June 1994) Ship's Type of Flag Owners/Operators/* ClassificationName Vessel Ch

For the week ended July 30, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

GE Capital Corp. is seeking to set up an agency composed of its customers that could leverage lower

Doubts are starting to surface over whether Congress will enact a new export control law this year.<

Chevron Corp.'s joint venture in Kazakhstan will more than double crude oil exports to the West this

STUDY FORESEES BALANCE IN 1994 CRUDE ARENAHAMBURG, Germany - The supply-demand situa

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

The partnership of Phillips Petroleum Co. and a unit of a Tokyo-based chemical company will build a

As of Aug. 5, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Association of American Railroads expects to move a step closer this week to launching several t

By the turn of the century, most of the increases in oil demand will comefrom the developing

With the threat looming ever larger that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy to bring e

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 5, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

A senior Japanese official insisted that no significant trade problems exist between China and Japan

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Having struggled, and frequently failed, for millennia to feed its own burgeoning population, China

New York state and New York City offered $125 million in combined aid to the New York Mercantile Exc

Friday Aug. 5, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Maritime interests in Southern California scored a major victory last week by convincing state regul

Lending by Japan's major banks - city banks, trust banks and long-term credit banks - totaled 292.22

Aug. 5, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The former No. 2 man at Fluor Corp. is taking early retirement as the engineering and mining company

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A Cypriot-registered general cargo ship with an 8-meter (26.4-foot) hole in the hull was one of 17 f

Industry observers tout the proposed merger of Consolidated Rail Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. as

Other Gulf of Mexico shipyards will have a chance to get a piece of a 30-ship export order announced

All 14 free-trade zones approved along China's coast are now in full operation, officials say, and p