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Tuesday June 28, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Orders for western German plant and machinery rose a real 18 percent in Mayfrom a year earli

With the Brazilian auto industry on a roll, efficient port services are becoming more and more criti

Latin America's major economies are working to streamline the way international trade information is

Sea-Land Service Inc. is developing a computer system it says will significantly improve terminal op

LYKES ANNOUNCES DEALS WITH FOUR UNIONSWASHINGTON - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of New

Colombia and Venezuela, two of the lowest-cost producers of steam and coking coal in the world, are

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 28, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Belarus plans to open the first toll road in the former Soviet Union next year, part of a plan to fi

An agreement between Burlington Northern Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad earlier this month has

The Clinton administration today is likely to designate China as a copyright pirate, after abruptly

The World Bank is expected to approve today a $500 million loan for Russia's oil industry, amid indi

US NET FOREIGN DEBT UP $47.8 BILLION IN '93WASHINGTON - The net foreign debt of the

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Hundreds of illegally copied computer programs were seized in the first known raids on Chinese retai

A scrubber that will help a Harrison County power plant meet Clean Air Act regulations will cost 24

There were times, during the darkest days of the Great Flood of 1993, when Gateway Western Railway P

Russia's official nickel exports this year are expected to rise by 13 percentfrom 83,000 ton

Two insurance rating firms put Kemper Corp.'s ratings under review immediately following its announc

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

There are several problems connected with ending the retroactive liability system embedded in the fe

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Rick Barbaria was appointed president ofthree APL

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey expects to reopen the shuttered Howland Hook marine term

Spurred by Nafta and burgeoning Latin American privatization, U.S. railroads are playing a growing r

1991 1992 1993 Mexico 33,277 40

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(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +12.136/22 102.76/23 102.36/24

The United States and Chile appear to be heading for a bilateral free-trade agreement, a step short

Britain's gross domestic product in 1994 will show the strongest growth in six years, according to t

With the North American Free Trade Agreement in force, chemical makers say they are upbeat about the

Three of the nation's major coal-hauling railroads oppose the $1 billion maritime subsidy legislatio

FAA NAMES ARCHILLA TO AIR FACILITIES POSTWASHINGTON - Federal Aviation Administrator

The country's biggest coal company is looking for technical collaboration and joint ventures with fo

Privatization of much of Armenia's economy would be carried out in stages and completed by 1997, acc

The accelerating "green" movement of the '90s may yield uniform global environmental trade rules as

The sentencing of Roy William Harris, founder and former head of Arochem, a now-defunct U.S. oil tra

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

The U.S. government, faced with dwindling cleanup funds after an oil spill last winter off the coast

Legislation under consideration in Raleigh, N.C., would bring the North Carolina State Ports Authori