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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 230.87 off 3.42

Global insurance broker Willis Corroon PLC is searching for a new chief executive. Richard M

Al Benki, president of OOCL (USA) Inc. since 1991 and an 18-year veteran with the company, is leavin

OIL WORKERS POISED TO STRIKE IN NORWAYOSLO, Norway - The National Association of Oil

June 23, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A federal district court judge says a law enacted last year to resolve truck rate undercharge lawsui

A series of U.S.-Russian agreements were signed here this week, promoting cooperation between the tw

Durable Goods Percent change in orders for goods expected to last three or more years, seaso

THREE WEEKS ENDED JUNE 18, 1994, VS. SIMILAR 1993 PERIOD Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Booming Asian economies are facing an aluminum supply pinch amid worldwide output cutbacks and surgi

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

Thursday June 23, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

ACTIVISTS URGE BOYCOTT OF UK FERRY FIRMSLONDON - British animal rights activists, fi

The nearly monthlong German postal strike has boosted business for U.S. courier companies but massiv

Greg Cridlin knows that commercial work is very different from defense work, but he believesthe same

Argentinian President Carlos Andres Menem met with business leaders in Quebec City Thursday at the c

South Korean rail workers went on strike Thursday in a show of force that brought much of the nation

Fears and rumors of central bank intervention to support the U.S. dollar held the U.S. currency stea

A bitter diplomatic dispute between the European Union and Latin American nations is likely to deter

June 23, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

TOLEDO DROPS PROPOSAL FOR POWER SYSTEMTOLEDO, Ohio - The city has abandoned plans to

June 23, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Ukraine President Leonid Kravchuk has sent a proposal to President Boris Yeltsin to form a Russian-U

The keenly contested fourth nuclear power plant proposed by Taiwan's state electric utility passed i

A group of carriers shuttling between Asia and North America have opted to double their fuel-adjustm

The volume of ship tonnage lost through accidents last year fell sharply while the rate of ship demo

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

Petroleum-industry executives at an oil-tanker conference here this week issued a battle call to fig

Facing the specter of possible layoffs - and diminished room for financial error - Oakland port comm

The United States is now willing to treat Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. differently from othe

CHUNNEL OPERATOR FINDS BUYERS FOR SHARESLONDON - French Channel Tunnel operator Euro

As of June 23, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

JAPAN INSURERS WON'T RUSH INTO 3RD SECTORTOKYO - Local non-life insurers will not im

European Union transport ministers support proposals for more rigorous inspections of foreign ships

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Clinton administration officials Wednesday defended a controversial arrangement involving Venezuela

June 23, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre