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British Gas and U.S.-based Natural Gas Clearinghouse have formed a joint- venture energy trading com

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 234.22 up 0.72 whi

South Africa produced 13.45 tons of platinum group metals in February, downfrom the 14.48 to

Rubber prices could bounce to their highest levels in nearly seven years following the failure of In

The European Union has delayed voting on last weekend's global accord outlawing shipyard subsidies.<

Imagine being Pee-Wee Herman's agent. Or Bob Barker's publicist. Or the reservations clerk at the Ta

Maritime industry officials and labor leaders urged dockworkers on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts to t

Ask Victor Lichtinger Wiseman if he can be independent from the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governmen

A Georgetown man who was made to wash courthouse windows because his religion excused him from jury

TAIWAN LAWMAKERS OK HEALTH INSURANCE BILLTAIPEI, Taiwan - Legislators approved a bil

When Alvin M. Chester decided to install hurricane shutters on his rebuilt home in South Dade, he wa

Senate Republicans on Tuesday continued their attacks on key aspects of a Clinton administration bil

Sidestepping the row between Moscow and Tokyo over the Kurile Islands, local officials on Sakhalin a

A judge has denied the United Steelworkers union's request to block USAirfrom farming out wo

With thoughts of that steaming cup of cocoa taking the edge off winter's wrath far away, current dem

Two Indiana insurance companies announced they will form a strategic alliance to pool their sales fo

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

Two U.S. maritime officers unions have agreed to form an affiliate that would organize and represent

DANZAS CORP. (Bellevue, Wash.) — Patrick St. Laurent was named director of business development in Asia for the United States and Canada.

The European Union Commission is expected to approve shortly France's cash injection of 20 billion F

Twenty-one Texas counties have agreed on an agenda for a new coalition seeking more federal highway

A nearly 2-year-old law banning operation of triple trailers on Wyoming's highways has changed the w

China, which Tuesday approved construction of another nuclear power plant, is looking for more overs

BP FORGES VENTURE IN CZECH REPUBLICLONDON - British Petroleum Co. PLC has formed a j

Tuesday July 19, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Reports from Nigeria Tuesday that a general strike aimed at crippling the nation's economy had faile

The House Ways and Means Committee is likely to scale down a proposed increase in tonnage taxes, a m

RUSSIAN YARD WORKERS JOIN PROTEST, MAY STRIKEVLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Thousands of mari

"Three days of peace and music" is how Woodstock was billed in 1969. Twenty-five years later

Environmentalists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are upbeat about the appointment of Mexica

First came no-load mutual funds. Then, no-haggle auto prices. Now, for the increasingly informed and

With promises of investment incentives, cheap labor and unhampered access to markets, U.S. companies

Tuesday, July 19, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCan

As China welcomed one senior U.S. official and awaited another, it launched a blistering attack Tues

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +17.257/13 103.57/14 103.77/15

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

The U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in Osaka - Japan's second largest city - has published a new

South Korea's minister of trade and industry made a strong plea for an effective multilateral trade