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Plastic containers are more harmful to the environment than glass, according to a new study released

Experts say managed health care may be the vehicle to drive workers' compensation rates back to eart

A National Transportation Safety Board hearing this week on a Louisiana river incident focused renew

Italy posted a trade surplus of 3.979 trillion lire ($2.5 billion) in July with EC countries, up fro

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in a slow market quietly awaiting today's key report on U.S. emplo

Faced with the realities of a floundering economy, Greeks go to the polls Sunday to decide whether t

South Korea's deputy prime minister said the government will not allow petrochemical companies to fo

Representatives from ports in North America, Europe and other regions of the world will discuss curr

An attorney for 13 West Virginia hospitals that sued Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio says a federal

An alert investigator for an insurance company noticed a pattern in claims made by a Trumbull, Conn.

Hilmar Kopper, chairman of Germany's largest bank group Deutsche Bank AG, said he is hopeful that an

Oct. 6, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Signs of renewed life for the floundering Uruguay Round of global trade- reform talks were reported

Faced with stiff competition from rising imports of sugar-blended products, Japanese refiners have l

An entrepreneur next month will launch a computer bulletin board to help chemical companies sell unw

Transportation Research Forum. Oct. 7. New York chapter. Speaker is James R. Teague, public affairs

The Federal Maritime Commission, having collected more than $50 million in fines from ocean carriers

The state of New York is hoping that an intermodal service provider will notice that a railyard once

The Port of Oakland is celebrating President Clinton's recent decision to help bail out the Californ

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

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. (Novato, Calif.) - David R. Pollard was appointed president of the pers

A Honduran manufacturer of handmade metal furniture and accessories plans to open a retail store soo

US, CANADA CRACK RING OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLERSSEATTLE - U.S. and Canadian authorities

Canadian government gold sales are heading for a record high this year, with Bank of Canada data Tue

Spot shortages of newly mandated low-sulfur diesel fuel, along with increased federal fuels taxes, h

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LANDS POSTAL PACTYPSILANTI, Mich. - The U.S. Postal Service a

Zimbabwe has exported more than 500 live ostriches to Europe since July at US$3,000 each. They will

Oct. 6, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

The 4.3-cent-a-gallon increase in the federal tax on motor fuels that took effect this month is find

The U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to extend for one week the deadline for imposing s

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

U.S. customs brokers and Customs Service district directors fear pending budget cuts at the agency c

Robert D. Krebs, chairman of Santa Fe Pacific Corp., said the company's railroad unit will add 1,000

Ercros SA, the ailing Spanish chemicals group owned by the Kuwait Investment Office, said Tuesday it

Wednesday Oct. 6, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Tests of an experimental AIDS drug, designed to prevent the AIDS virus from copying itself, have sho

AMTRAK (Washington) - Richard P. Donnelly was appointed assistant vice president of passenger market

The National Institutes of Health has made a $500,000 grant to Hauser Chemical Research Inc. to exam

ZIMBABWE COFFEE SET FOR MODEST RECOVERYJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe's coffe

The 12,000 packers and processors who will convene this week at the American Meat Institute (AMI) co