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The growth of regional trade blocs in this hemisphere is helping to accelerate the flow of internati

A new computerized remote fuel management system allows Southern Pacific Lines to monitor fuel consu

Genta Inc., the California-based biotechnology firm, reported a first-quarter net loss of $4.6 milli

Twenty-two bidders want to buy $214 million worth of real estate and mortgage loans from Kentucky Ce

Direct deal customers are considering how to reply to last week's notification from Oman's Ministry

A top U.S. Commerce Department official said he was optimistic Russia will scale back proposed highe

Vietnam's air cargo infrastructure is sorely in need of facilities, planning, money, training, staff

Vietnam's express package business has been dominated by one company, which got its start early and

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 232.43 up 1.45 w

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +13.155/16 100.95/17 100.85/18

Friday, May 20, 1994(Percentage Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

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Foreign thirst for Australian wines and solid local consumption is leading winemakers to the equity

China "is willing to cooperate with foreign countries in protecting intellectual property," but conc

VANCOUVER PORT TO ISSUE $10.25 MILLION IN BONDSThe Port of Vancouver, Wash., will issue $10.

The percentage of registered Dutch unemployed stood at 7.8 percent in April compared with 7.5 percen

Increased maritime activity has Port of Oakland officials expecting a 6 percent jump in operating re

Forces are at work seeking to change the business of insurance, frequently with little or no input f

A Friday strike by 3,500 members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes disrupted freight

Mercosur, the four-nation South American trade bloc, will propose a region- to-region trade accord w

Officials from a 17-member Asia-Pacific grouping representing about 40 percent of the world's popula

Russia might have about 12 million unemployed by the end of this year, Interfax news agency quoted a

Trade between Iran and Britain has slumped this year and is expected to sink even lower amid a deepe

Chancellor Helmut Kohl's choice for German president, supreme court justice Roman Herzog, is likely

East European farmers are frustrated that trade concessions offered by the European Union have faile

United Parcel Service announced that it has entered into two licensing agreements that will enable i

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 20, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

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PENNZOIL LOOKS ABROAD TO EXPAND OPERATIONSHOUSTON - Pennzoil Co. is negotiating oil

A key witness in the Gooda Walker case at London's Royal Courts of Justice broke down last week as h

Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, the only Western institution with a Russian securities license, has

The rush is on. Ever since President Clinton lifted the trade embargo againstVietnam on Feb.

Natural rubber producing and consuming nations have agreed to hold a second round of talks in Geneva

Efforts to speed up the introduction of maritime safety regulations continued to be thwarted by the

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Continuing a long-standing family tradition, 27-year-old Thomas B. Crowley Jr. has been named presid

With the threat of federal insurance solvency legislation still looming, state regulators continue t

Recent efforts to change the insurance industry's antitrust exemptions under the federal McCarran-Fe

Riverboat or dockside casino gambling, which evokes images of 19th century Mississippi River paddle-