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A subsidiary of Morrison Knudsen Corp. plans to use most of the proceeds from a stock offering to fi

The HCG Lloyd's Investment Trust PLC, which intends to become one of the first corporate investors a

Plans for one new investment fund to capitalize on the entry of corporate capital into the Lloyd's o

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

Using a transmitter and manuals anyone can buy through the mail, a man dubbed the Roanoke Phantom po

The European Community is often seen as a role model for the North American free-trade agreement.

The Teamsters union has withdrawn its efforts to organize employees at Emery Worldwide'sair hub in D

GERMANY WEIGHS CREDITS FOR EX-SOVIET STATESBONN, Germany - The German government is

European zinc producers Tuesday agreed to cut output to help stabilize the oversupplied market, but

EPA CHIEF VOWS FUNDS FOR BOSTON CLEANUPBOSTON - The head of the U.S. Environmental P

Nov. 2, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

Nov. 2, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

ALUMINUM SHIPMENTS DECLINE IN THE USNEW YORK - U.S. industry shipments of aluminum i

Demand for platinum in Western Europe could rise by nearly 12 percent this year as European Communit

Japan's big six shipbuilders posted mixed results for the six-month period ending Sept. 30 and analy

EOTT Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Enron Corp., Tuesday said it bought a crude oil pipeline system i

A new deal between the government of Azerbaijan and a group of Western oil companies on Caspian Sea

The Port of Montreal will freeze all its general tariffs for a second consecutive year in 1994 in or

ECONOMIC INDICATORS Monthly percent change SeptemberCoincident index +0.2%<

Negotiations aimed at bringing labor peace to Air France stalled Tuesday over a disagreement between

Britain, a major competitor of U.S. industry for the huge Indian market, will stage this month in Bo

Costa Rica's sweeping labor reforms do not go far enough to placate U.S. critics, labor leaders here

NORTH AMERICA Expo Petro and Chem '93. Nov. 3-5. Mexico City. Oil and gas field equipment. C

Liner shipping companies announced higher freight rates for container transport from the Far East to

U.S. meat imports next year are likely to fall close to the minimum specified under the General Agre

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Nov. 1993 (see Note

Traders in all major world markets see no relief in sight for beleaguered crude oil prices, which co

With a transportation bill that will approach $10 million, the current Michael Jackson world tour, i

Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin's top U.S. economic adviser delivered a stinging attack on the In

A document circulated at a government meeting Tuesday said Russian month-on- month inflation was lik

EX-CONTINENTAL OFFICIAL BLASTS FRANK LORENZOWASHINGTON - A former chief executive of

Nov. 2, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Showa Denko KK, a leading Japanese chemical concern, plans to buy about 6,000 metric tons of ethylen

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A supertanker equipped with segregated ballast tanks will save about $24,000 each time it calls at R

Cuba, seeking to boost efficiency and save scarce resources, has finished the first stage of setting

OPEC BASKET PRICE FELL AT END OF OCTOBERLONDON - The price of OPEC's basket of seven