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UKRAINE MARINES SEIZE BLACK SEA FLEET OFFICESMOSCOW - Ukrainian marines armed with s

The Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China on Tuesday denied a newspaper report that five for

U.S. Ports' International Freight in 20-Foot Container Equivalents, or TEUs October 1993 Oct

Met Life said Monday that six executives, who distributed or managed employes responsible for dissem

There are a number of reasons railroad executives are looking forward to 1994, not the least being t

Some railroads and leasing companies are taking the plunge to expand or modernize theirequipment fle

ZURICH AMERICAN INCOME INCREASESSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Operating income at Zurich-Americ

The president of the West Coast dockworkers union, Dave Arian, says he will seek re-election next sp

As of Dec. 28, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 28, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

A new cotton plant that is genetically engineered to kill some of the crop's most destructive pests

Dec. 24, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

South Korea's consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.8 percent in 1993 from a 4.5 percent rise a year ear

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

Insurers of Fibreboard Corp. would pay more than $3 billion to current and future victims under a ne

Dec. 28, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The city of Los Angeles is getting into a dirty business. Faced with huge costs to haul away

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

A Southern California court has cleared the way for the Port of Long Beach topurchase 725 ac

A Saudi Arabian financier and his associate have paid $225 million as part of an agreement with U.S.

1220 (Dec. 24, 1993) Previous day - 1221 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Shareholders of Travelers Corp. and New York-based Primerica Corp. are expected to approve the takeo

I don't know about you but there are some things in life I never tire of: * The smell of bre

Florida Shuttle airline here will suspend its Newark, N.J., operation as of Jan. 6. Suspende

PIPER AIRCRAFT TO SELL MANUFACTURING ASSETSVERO BEACH, Fla. - Piper Aircraft plans t

FIRST STOCK EXCHANGE TO OPEN IN VIETNAMHANOI, Vietnam - Senior banking officials in

The dollar remained stable or firmer against most major currencies in thin post-holiday trading.

Long known for its reservoir of useful commodities, Malaysia has in recent years charged into indust

Dec. 27, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The government has sharply increased its purchases of gasohol for the federal fleet of cars under pr

Buoyed by an increasingly broad economic recovery, most large less-than- truckload carriers posted i

China has identified five companies punished for illegally shipping textiles and garments to the Uni

Monday, Dec. 27, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Producer prices in eastern Germany were up 0.2 percent in November from October, and were 0.6 percen

Three Cincinnati-based investors at Lloyd's of London became the latest American investors at Lloyd'

CHINA DRAFTS LAW TO OPEN INSURANCE MART BEIJING - An insurance law aimed at establishing a

7 HURT IN LONDON BLAST; GAS IS CHIEF SUSPECTLONDON - A suspected gas explosion rocke

A brochure from the Insurance Information Institute offers business owners several tips for mitigati

The U.S. Coast Guard will increase inspections and take other steps to tighten safety rules on small

Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said Monday the reduction in Spain's interest rates in recent months h