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City planners on Wednesday mapped out an ambitious two-decade urban renewal and modernization scheme

Natural gas prices are likely to continue to be firm in 1994 because of storage-refill needs and a g

Vietnam has moved closer to the position of Japanese oil firms in negotiations over term contract pr

The president of Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA said this week that about 45 percent of the Colomb

FORD PLANS TO USE ALL-PALLADIUM CATALYSTNEW YORK - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it

ITALIAN GROUP TO BUY E. GERMAN STEEL FIRMHAMBURG, Germany - Italy's RIVA group will

A repeat of late 1980s bull markets in aluminum will not occur for another four years, after surplus

The European Union is aiming to settle membership terms for Norway next week following agreements wi

France's curbing of fresh-fish imports from the United States is the latest in a series of recent ta

Slovak officials are struggling to put down speculation of an imminent currency devaluation.

SHANGHAI STARTS UP BOX ROUTE TO S. KOREASHANGHAI, China - Port officials said Wednes

The United Transportation Union and Union Pacific Railroad will square off this morning in a federal

Russia's state natural gas producer Gazprom has decided to cut gas supplies to Ukraine on March 3, a

Truck cargo-insurance prices have been depressed for five years, said Tina Stephens, anunderwriting

SAUDI ARABIA INCREASES CRUDE PRICES TO EUROPELONDON - Saudi Arabia's state oil compa

An official newspaper has reported Vietnam is to overhaul some areas of its tax code to increase the

The public and private sectors in Latin America have made great strides in improving their telecommu

Two Korean seamen who were trapped in a "landslide of salt" in the deep, steep hold of a ship last w

An export credit program to help China buy U.S. farm goods still could be announced by late this sum

The Dutch are becoming the European experts at dialing for dollars. Several major corporatio

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that cities must get state approval before passing laws requi

Saia Motor Freight Line has launched intrastate trucking service between four metropolitan areas in

The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. announced its support for three private business investme

1115 (Mar. 2, 1994) Previous day - 1115 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Gerald P. Murphy, vice president of Onan Shipping Ltd. and Meston & Brings Inc. of Seattle, has been

A total of 228 non-vessel-operating common carriers and lines in the Asian, Australasian and round-t

RUSSIAN FIRM MAY JOIN GERMAN REFINERY PROJECTHAMBURG, Germany - A decision on how to

Government aides and U.S. fisheries representatives continued to hold out hope that the fish dispute

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Mar. 2, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Between 1,000 and 2,000 gallons of oil spilled at Stone Container Corp. when a heating oil tank over

Ford Motor Co. is on the threshold of signing another joint venture agreement in China, this time in

A candidate for state insurance commissioner says he will introduce legislation to prevent the plann

The government plans to expand port facilities in fiscal 1994-95 beginning next month, especially to

Government agencies are warning local business people of economic and political pitfalls in their ru

Japanese electronics companies went on a fourth-quarter importing binge that could well push up the

Employees at the Florida East Coast Railway have dealt an organizing campaign by two large labor uni

BRIDGE EXPLOSION CUTS ARMENIAN RAIL LINKTBILISI, Georgia - An explosion on a railroa

Transportation Research Forum. March 3. New York chapter. Giovanni's Atrium, New York. Lance R. Gren