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Australia's A$20 billion (US$14 billion) downstream petroleum industry, facing slow future growth an

The trucking industry and highway safety advocates are clashing over the costs and benefits of marki

The Czech government has begun looking for a new partner in Czechoslovak Airlines to replace the ous

FLANAGAN SHIPPING GROUP (Houston) - Jeffrey P. Hakala was named senior vice president of this compan

A New York-based media group, K-III Communications Corp., has acquired, for an undisclosed sum, a mi

The World Bank said on Wednesday it had provided Indonesia, plagued by bank debts, with $300 million

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A spat this week over fruit imports through Mexico's west coast Port of Manzanillo will cost Chilean

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recommended to an interagency trade panel that Brazil and som

In the beginning, it was just a lapse of concentration by a single man. That man, Third Mate Gregory

Singapore's February consumer price index rose 4 percent from a year earlier, according to the Depar

Comprehensive crime legislation under consideration in the House includes a provision that makes it

Travelers Corp. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. are discussing a joint venture that would merge

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (New York) - Clive Langeveldt was named cargo manager for North and South Amer

United Airlines and two of its major unions are working to resolve a dispute that threatens to kill

The official opening of the 1994 Great Lakes shipping season is Friday but the Coast Guard already h

Despite the Russian government's decision to last week introduce sharply higher tariffs on a host of

Sea-Land Service Inc. has chosen the German shipyard Blohm & Voss AG as the contractor to modify thr

A 50-year-old Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes that is scheduled for deactivation this summ

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday against all key currencies except the Japanese yen, as the Britis

Audi AG, the luxury car division of Volkswagen AG, said it will cut working hours and pay scales by

U.S. inventories of crude oil rose by 12.3 million barrels during the week ended March 18 compared w

UNION TEXAS GETS STAKE IN OFFSHORE IRISH BLOCKSNEW YORK - Union Texas Petroleum Hold

Oil state lawmakers agreed to ask President Clinton to support new tax credits for stripper wells an

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JOHN HANCOCK AGREES TO SETTLE MASS. CHARGESBOSTON - John Hancock Mutual Life Insuran

Marine underwriters plan to continue with separate surveys of ships, despite efforts by the world's

Fewer natural disasters allowed U.S. property and casualty insurance companies to post triple-digit

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 23, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

The long-stalled U.S.-Canada negotiations for a new bilateral air-transport agreement will be the to

KAZAKHS DENY RUSSIA EQUITY SHARE IN PROJECTSLONDON - Kazakhstan would not give Russi

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is increasing its volume commitment to an eastbound Pacific carrier group by 50

CLINTON PRESSES JAPAN ON LUMBER TARIFFSWASHINGTON - President Clinton said he will k

The U.S. Agency for International Development said Wednesday it is asking Congress for $250 million

US FIRM SIGNS DEAL TO BUY VIETNAM RICEHOUSTON - A Houston-based company has signed a

1179 (Mar. 23, 1994) Previous day - 1166 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The European Union signed a trade accord with the Ukraine Wednesday designed to bolster pro-reform p

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

Wednesday Mar. 23, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen