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China and Vietnam, currently engaged in a simmering dispute over territorial claims in the South Chi

Seeking to create Canada's largest investment bank, Bank of Montreal said Monday it will purchase ri

California Gov. Pete Wilson intervened Sunday night to avert a threatened strike on a San Francisco-

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

Monday July 18, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

As of July 18, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

John Labatt Ltd. has been put on a credit watch by a major Canadian ratings agency because of the de

The breakup of the Soviet Union and fragmentation of Eastern Europe may be complicating the life of

Jack Joyce likes a challenge. So when he heard that Oregon had set aside some money to help

A Romanian stowaway escaped earlier this month from a ship docked in Port Elizabeth, N.J., marking t

In just over a decade Finance One PLC has gone from a small family operation to one of Thailand's mo

The number of unemployed people in Sweden fell by 27,000 in June as compared with the same month las

Leaders of the International Longshoremen's Association vowed Monday to resist inroads by nonunion d

A seafarers union has reached a critical stage in its negotiations with U.S.-flag tanker operators s

LYKES BROS. ASKS MARAD FOR BOOST IN DEPPE SHIPSWASHINGTON - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co

In new indications of the financial difficulties inside the Teamsters union, the labor organization

The strike against the Soo Line Railroad Co. enters its sixth day today with no signs of either side

MORE HIGHWAY FUNDS CLEARED FOR SOUTHEASTWASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Federi

COOPERATION SOUGHT IN GLOBAL OIL MARKETLONDON - An Egyptian oil official has called

Prices for low-sulfur residual fuel oil, used to heat commercial buildings and by largeindustrial ma

Warmer temperatures in May resulted in a 24.8 percent decrease in domestic Canadian sales of natural

The plunging dollar will aid lagging U.S. grain export sales, but only to a limited extent, analysts

Bankers Trust New York Corp. Monday announced it has launched a commodity index called the Bankers T

1416 (July 18, 1994) Previous day - 1412 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

COMMON SENSE URGED IN FLOOD-DAMAGED AREASBOCA RATON, Fla. - The National Council on

The article with the headline "TAA Challenger Fails; Third Line to Fade in Two Years," appearing Jul

Industrial production in Ukraine fell nearly 40 percent in the first half of this year as compared w

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European and U.S. shipbuilders support an accord reached this weekend on the elimination of subsidie

British-based bank Standard Chartered said on Monday that sums involved in a scandal surrounding its

Fatigue was one of the most effective tactics used to pry an agreement on subsidies to the shipbuild

Amid signs that Canada's deficit-ridden St. Lawrence Seaway Authority may push its U.S.counterpart f

The Pentagon made the case for the expensive C-17 cargo plane based on flawed cost analysis, accordi

Illinois Central Corp., parent of the Illinois Central Railroad, earned $24.8 million, or 58 cents a

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

SEA-LAND EXPANDS CENTRAL AMERICA SERVICESea-Land Service Inc. is expanding service a

Worldwide in- surance broker Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. completed its agreement to accept a

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER SERVICES INC. (New York) - Elliot S. Cooperstone has been named seniorvice pre