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RIGHTS GROUP SAYS CHINA SITUATION WORSEHuman rights in China are deteriorating with politica

OPERATING INCOME FALLS AT GENERAL RE CORP.STAMFORD, Conn. - First-quarter 1994 operating inc

Wednesday May 4, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The range of bulk prices per gallon for self-sevice diesel fuel found nationwide by states as collec

TNT EXPRESS NAMES NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVETNT Express Worldwide has named John Fellows as

MORE CANADIAN RIGS REPORTED AS ACTIVEWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The number of Canadian oil

U.S. inventories of gasoline declined by 1.1 million barrels during the week ended April 29 compared

CHINA EXPECTS OUTPUT OF CANE SUGAR TO FALLBEIJING - China said Wednesday that cane s

World cocoa prices are forecast to rise as demand continues to outstrip supply, but maverick produce

1423 (May 4, 1994) Previous day - 1420 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Any maritime reform package passed by Congress must expand, not diminish, thesize of the U.S

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

Container capacity at the Port of Bombay is likely to be curbed so growth is diverted to nearby Jawa

Five leaders of the maritime industry were scheduled to be inducted into the newly created Internati

Alliances between liner shipping companies to trim ocean transport costs will gradually extend to cl

Wealthy companies may no longer need to foot the whole bill for decades-old pollution caused by firm

Communist Vietnam is sending a high-powered team of economic managers led by a deputy prime minister

Argentina's hospitals are benefiting from the country's economic recovery, and so are U.S. exporters

Orders received by U.S. factories rose strongly in March, and shipments and order backlogs also incr

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Shippers will have to help improve equipment use if carriers are to have sufficient containers for t

The Clinton administration is optimistic that Congress will back its plan to reorganize the U.S. air

Pittston Coal Export Corp., the largest U.S. supplier of metallurgical coking coals to Japanese stee

Averting a potential trade dispute with a key ally, the United States has agreed to nearly double Eg

Nigeria's Labor Congress, which comprises 41 trade associations, Tuesday threatened to take strike a

CZECH POWER GETS S&P CORPORATE RATINGPRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Power Co. (CEZ)

The president of Europe's largest employers federation, Unice, called Tuesday for quick ratification

Chemical and pharmaceuticals group ICI Australia Ltd. is looking to the emerging Southeast Asian mar

COMMERCE OKS DUTY ON AKZO NOBEL FIBERWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce ha

Record cold temperatures in western Kansas on April 27 probably damaged the wheat crop, but the exte

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

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China's vital textile sector is being sandbagged by slow growth and increasing financial losses, bea

Foreign investors whiplashed by recent undulations in the Brazilian stock market should brace themse

The Clinton plan to reform the federal Superfund cleanup program, which last week was on the verge o

Lincoln National Corp. of Fort Wayne, Ind., this week gave notice of its intention to break into Chi

Kemper Corp. named its selling price Tuesday: $65 a share. There was no immediate response f

Pace American Group Inc. says a shareholder group seeking the ouster of its board of directors is gu

Roadway Express and CF Motor Freight have confirmed plans to close 41 terminals in thewake of the Te

United Parcel Service announced Tuesday that it has opened business development officesin China's th