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A battle is brewing between the ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven and the Port of Hamburg over Bremen's pl

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International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 19, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Brent North Sea crude oil prices are likely to fall to fresh five-year lows in the next few weeks, d

Ricardo Perez Velasco and Jose Reme have a problem. First, guerrillas marched through their

The differential between cash and futures prices for West Texas Intermediate crude oil widened Wedne

Jan. 19, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor may travel to Tokyo to help break the current impasse in tal

Mississippi drivers who evade insurance expenses are the target of a bill approved here by the Senat

Despite annual revenue of well over $1 billion, Alexander & Alexander Services Inc.'s 1993 earnings

Insurance industry officials, still assessing the extent of damage from Monday's earthquake, are hop

An alert bridge tender helped avert a potential repetition of the September Amtrak disaster that kil

A proposal to mandate greater use of ethanol in reformulated gasoline threatens to deplete the Highw

Proposed working-level talks between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC

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FRANCE OPENS SALE OF ELF SHARES TODAYPARIS - The French government opens its privati

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit narrowed slightly in November to $10.2 billion, but the U.S. defi

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

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

SHIPPING FIRM OPENS TO SERVE SHENZHENHAIKOU, China - A new company, Libao Shipping C

As Russian reformers abandoned their posts, U.S. economic adviser Jeffrey D. Sachs Wednesday blamed

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday, as the market shrugged off the Federal Reserve's "beige book" r

Kaliningrad, a Baltic Russian enclave within Lithuania that borders with Poland, has been given a fr

Japan took top spot among China's trading partners for the first time last year, customs figures sho

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The state's first full year of dockside gambling brought more than $65 million in taxes, state Tax C

The aggressive and in some instances environmentally destructive timber trade pursued in East Asia,

Ecuador is making moves so that its fate won't be tied to the falling price of oil. The coun

Aeroflot, Russia's largest international airline, plans to begin flying passengers and freight this

This stricken city can rebuild its demolished highways quickly and with substantial help from the fe

Oryx Energy Co. said slumping oil prices have persuaded the independent oil and gas company to reduc

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., the principal pipeline subsidiary of Columbia Gas System Inc., file

CHILEANS EXAMINE PHOSPHATE PROPOSALA Chilean company, responding to the country's su

China expects to produce 1.44 million motor vehicles this year, including 350,000 cars, a 15 percent

Production of aluminum sheets and extruded products by Japan's seven major fabricators totaled 1.32

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Spurred by booming exports and improved manufacturing processes, North American producers of chip-ma

French Senate leader Rene Monory has called for reform of France's welfare system and a possible hik

The United Arab Emirates has decided to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, becoming th

Foreign investors are beginning to tap the potential of the local paper market. Per capita c