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COLOMBIA'S ECOPETROL SELLS STAKE IN DISTRIBUTORBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's state o

The Superfund cleanup of the old Reichhold Chemical Co. plant in Marion County is almost complete.

Prudential Re, the second-largest American market for reinsurance brokers, is restructuring its oper

A work stoppage by independent truckers continues to disrupt the flow of commerce in Southern Califo

NIGERIANS STAY HOME ON 2ND DAY OF STRIKELAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerians stayed away from work in

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 16, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The captain of the freighter Mt. Ymitos told a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing Tuesday that h

Maruzen Petrochemical Co. will open an ethylene plant in Chiba Prefecture by May 1994. A com

Coffee futures got a shot in the arm from Monday's Green Coffee Association monthly stock report.

Argentine government analysts and private traders said Brazil's 1993-94 (December-November) marketin

France announced a 1.5 billion French franc ($254 million) aid package for farmers that includes fis

Another deadline in the world trade talks came and went without resolution Monday when negotiators f

The Public Securities Association warned that the model investment act proposed by the National Asso

Roasted and green coffee suppliers, who see a mature market in Western Europe with little growth pot

GATX Logistics and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Monday signed a joint service agreement to prov

The Trans-Atlantic Agreement is prepared to make rate concessions that go well beyond those original

Nov. 15, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Jamaica and the United States reached a new textile and apparel agreement covering exports from Jama

Indonesia indicated for the first time it will give higher production splits for oil contractors sea

Nov. 15, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

COLUMBIA GAS SEEKS TO EXTEND DEADLINEColumbia Gas System Inc. said its subsidiary, Columbia

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 15, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Family-run Fiat SpA promised Monday to allow more direction from outside the clan in the first signi

Ambassadors from 19 Caribbean countries made a formal request to U.S. lawmakers and administration o

A bill to create a uniform national product liability system is picking up support rapidly, said Sen

Illinois Central Railroad, calling two recent derailments the result of sabotage, has posted a $20,0

One Friday in October, Derek Keys, minister of finance and of trade and industry in South Africa's c

Germany's latest trade mission to China, which landed Monday, already seems assured of going home ha

MATSON SEEKS TO RAISE GENERAL RATES BY 3.5 PERCENTSAN FRANCISCO - Matson Navigation

A sustained recovery in nickel prices remains some way off, with further weakness expected in the ab

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 221.64 off 0.65 which compares w

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

Several U.S. multinational companies that supply the Mexican market from factories outside of the Un

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Does the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board end at U.S. borders, or can the agency r

North Korea's urban factory workers are bartering toothpaste and soap for rice and corn to alleviate

Geon Co., the Independence, Ohio, polyvinyl chloride maker and a former division of B.F. Goodrich, w

As of Nov. 15, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board said a preliminary investigation showed t

Three Weeks Ended Nov. 6, 1993, vs. Similar 1992 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded