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BANGLADESH, CHINA FIRMS ENTER COAL VENTUREDACCA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh has entered

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Hundreds of dockworkers here staged a wildcat strike Thursday to protest the hiring of an outside te

China is on its way to becoming the largest market for MasterCard International Inc., president Alex

Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. here said Thursday that as a result of laboratory studies on its proprie

A bankruptcy judge has approved a $550,000 loan and $2 million letter of credit to American Ship Bui

Rescue officials Wednesday called off a search for 36 Greek and Filipino crewmembers of a freighter

The DIW economic research institute said the west German economy was heading for a double-dip recess

Railcar builder Gunderson Inc. of Portland, Ore., reported this week booking $130 million in new ord

Underwriters Smith Barney Shearson, Lehman Brothers and Goldman, Sachs & Co. exercised their option

The U.S. brewing industry has called on Washington to close the border to Canadian beer because of a

India said Thursday that it agreed to guarantee payments for electricity to be generated by seven ma

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

Jan. 6, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

An oil tanker that suffered a crushed submerged bow section when it apparently struck an iceberg nea

The United States will block imports of $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion a year of textiles and clothing

Exxon Corp., Mobil Corp. and Texaco Inc. have won the "Sakhalin-3" tender for the right to survey an

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 6, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

International trade requires banks to perform a balancing act. They need to wield international clou

Despite a downturn in major industrial economies, international seaborne trade rose by 2.2 percent i

VIETNAM TO BUY COFFEE TO PAY FOREIGN DEBTSLONDON - The Vietnamese government should

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 227.31 up 0.57 which compares

As of Jan. 6, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The German economy is likely to stay in the doldrums because of continued weak export markets in Eur

The Clinton administration Thursday called for deregulation of the global air cargo marketplace and

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL CORP. (San Francisco) - Lynn K. Ducken was named treasurer, and Robert E. Noor

Southern Guangdong province will approve 10 more foreign bank branches this year, bringing the numbe

KEMPER SELLS STAKE IN CENTRE REINSURANCELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. sold its min

ITT Hartford Insurance Group, in a pitch to become one of the top crop insurers in the nation, Thurs

Golden Age of Toy Boats. Through March 5. New York. Sampling from Forbes Magazine fleet includes an

Vietnam is committed to opening a securities exchange in the country, but it's not likely before 199

Profits of Indian private-sector companies are expected to rise by 25 percent to 30 percent in 1993-

Republican Sen. Lawrence Borst has introduced a bill that would allow a dockside casino in Marion Co

U.S. semiconductor makers made more money in Japan last year than they did in 1992, with U.S. chip s

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

PARAGUAY JOINS GATT AS 115TH MEMBERGENEVA - Paraguay became the 115th member of the

A generic drug company is recalling millions of vials of a widely used asthma medication because the

The low price of subsidized U.S. wheat to China in a sale Wednesday may crimp Australia's exports to

Prices in the electricity trading pool in England and Wales fell Wednesday by about UK250,000 ($372,

General Electric Co., Procter & Gamble Co., Xerox Corp. and other members of a pioneering shippers a