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Japan's Overseas Petroleum Corp. and Kanematsu Corp. are negotiating to buy a share of the explorati

Go East, young man. That's the advice today to Western coal producers, as coal mined in the

Thailand is offering to assist Cambodia in redevelopment of that country's only deep-sea port at Sih

Chief negotiators from key trading nations were relieved by an eleventh-hour U.S.-European Union dea

A healthy steel industry is gobbling scrap at rates that have created a severe shortageof gondola ca

RAIL BLAST DISRUPTS LONDON RUSH HOURLONDON - British commuters suffered another day

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A majority of U.S. energy companies plan to increase their domestic exploration and production spend

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New Jersey truck insurance agent Thomas Pappas faces up to 10 years' jail time for three schemes tha

URUGUAY ROUND OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION TALKS Sept. '86 Talks launched in Uruguay under the

Nike Inc. executives are expecting to do millions of dollars more business in Spain now that a court

FRANCE TO PRIVATIZE ELF BUT KEEP SOME CONTROLPARIS - France said oil giant Elf Aquit

BULGARIA RANKS SECOND AS US FERTILIZER SOURCEBulgaria's 10th bulk shipment of urea-b

Dec. 14, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1231 (Dec. 14, 1993) Previous day - 1234 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

FEW TANKER LOADINGS REPORTED BY BROKERSLONDON - Tuesday's tally of tanker loadings f

Dec. 14, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

NORTH AMERICA SAE: Ladies' & Children's Wear and Fashion Accessories. Jan. 7-10. Miami. Cont

The Federal Maritime Commission has warned carriers and consolidators serving the Caribbean and Sout

Set up as a temporary watchdog body in the aftermath of World War II, the General Agreement on Tarif

Existing fiber-optic technology could be applied within two years to yield bridge warning systems th

Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Florida is poised to take the initiative in establishing a group of Gulf of Mexico and Mexican state

The U.S. international payments deficit rose in the third quarter to almost $28 billion, the largest

Freightliner Corp. all but clinched the heavy truck industry's title of top manufacturerfor the seco

Dec. 14, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

An Iranian presidential adviser said Tuesday oil-based economies will no longer work as oil loses im

The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved environmental complianceplans to allow tw

The Zebra mussel, that scourge of the Great Lakes, is about to become the scourge of the Midwest.

Waterfront labor leaders in Philadelphia have turned to the National Labor Relations Board in an eff

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. has named three executive vice presidents who analysts say are likely cont

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The trend toward much larger containerships on the main east-west global trade routes theoretically

Monday Dec. 13, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Reluctance to pass savings on to consumers may blunt the favorable impact of plunging oil prices on

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 224.80 up 1.41 which compares wi

Construction of a large Sino-Japanese cement plant began last week, the latest stage of a Chinese dr

Norway posted a 3.639 billion kroner (US$493 million) surplus in November, compared with a 5.568 bil

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