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Jan. 4, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

An Irish company will start a new weekly banana service next week from Guatemala to Tampa, Fla.<

CHINA AND RUSSIA PLAN TRADE ZONE ON BORDERA Chinese city and a Russian city agreed to build

The U.S. Customs Service, in a victory for U.S. food production unions, has ordered food companies t

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Industrial unrest that disrupted French ports for the past couple of years cooled somewhat toward th

Like many executives of foreign corporations, I know patience is the key for all challenges in Mexic

Two new container freight stations will open soon at the Port of Calcutta. One station built

For air carriers looking for that elusive rate pot of gold in 1994, the word is that shippers will s

Efforts to secure federal funding from the Intermodal Surface Transportation EfficiencyAct are makin

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

In a dramatic challenge to the International Longshoremen's Association's traditionally rock-solid h

The use of corn sweetener in food and beverages is on the rise, exceeding the use of cane and beet s

REYNOLDS METALS TO CUT SHEET OUTPUT, AX JOBSNEW YORK - Reynolds Metals Co. Monday sa

Jan. 3, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A management buyout and an employee profit-sharing plan are helping a regional truck company in Cali

For Royce Laboratories, a company whose problems once appeared virtually intractable, the brighter d

Indonesian coffee exporters are expected to announce by mid-January the financing method for their c

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 226.16 off 0.40 which compares

As 1994 dawned in one of America's most polluted cities, smog became a marketable commodity to be bo

As of Jan. 3, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

China expects crude oil output to rise about 2 percent this year, to 1.028 billion barrels.

Jan. 3, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

OPEC BASKET PRICE DECLINES TO $12.67VIENNA, Austria - The price of OPEC's basket of

Three Weeks Ended Dec. 25, 1993, vs. Similar 1992 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

Spanish financial instruments are likely to enter a period of greater uncertainty in 1994 as markets

Japanese business leaders predict a hard year ahead with the economy in the doldrums and a governmen

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The Polish government wants to keep minority stakes of up to 30 percent in several large state banks

Silver will probably lag behind gold in 1994, after leading precious metals to sharply higher ground

The Port of Baltimore will gain its first direct outbound service to the Far East in over five years

The Yugoslav National Bank, pressed by hyperinflation that renders bank notes worthless within days

The U.S. dollar rose Monday as a bigger-than-expected advance in the December purchasing managers' i

China built ships totaling 1.3 million deadweight tons last year, half of them for export, Wang Rong

Two numbers were reversed in the "Enter the Nafta" graphic on Page 1 in Monday's edition. U.S.-to-Ca

Dec. 31, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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An Argentine stevedore company is investing at least $20 million in the development of a private con

The White House said Monday President Clinton was not planning to announce any major new aid package