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Sept. 17, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Vietnam has invited U.S.-based Crestone Energy Corp. to Hanoi for preliminary discussions of joint o

The Third World's two biggest financing sources - the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Ireland does not want a floating Irish pound and aims to stay close to the old 2.5 percent fluctuati

Ports on the U.S. East Coast are carving out a larger share of trade between Europe and the United S

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 17, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 214.16 up 1.38 which compares

The purr of a portable phone interrupts the conversation at a downtown restaurant. But the s

China's Nanjing Petroleum Exchange is studying the possibility of launching a fuel oil contract, the

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 17, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 17, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pr

Sept. 17, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Democratic Party is countering insurance industry attacks on President Clinton's health-care pla

W.A. Lang Co., an insurance broker that has done business in downtown St. Paul for more than 80 year

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The headline Thursday, "Ports, Southern Pacific Blame LA Mayor for Corridor Impasse," on Page 8B, sh

Coast Guard officials Friday said they did not know when they will be able to lift draft restriction

Inland shipping companies are counting on the "green effect" to help them grab freight from Europe's

The prospective new owners of Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co. (BAR) have moved quickly to reassure s

A Marblehead, Mass., maker of wireless vehicle communications equipment has named a Chilean distribu

Marine underwriters are being told to take full advantage of shrinking insurance market capacity at

The nation's top antitrust official is recommending that Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner rejec

The Spanish domestic gas distributor, Gas Natural SA, said last week it's preparing to buy Enagas, t

Signs are growing of competitive tension between Southeast Asia and China for investment funds to fu

The Commerce Department has launched a new export promotion program with $2.5 million in grants to s

A subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis announced Wednesday a strategic alliance with the

Personal computer makers are rushing to set up bigger and bigger shops in the People's Republic of C

SUGAR FUTURES SOAR TO SIX-WEEK HIGHSugar futures roared ahead to their highest levels in six

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Chartwell Re Corp. is the latest reinsurance company to pursue extra capital through an initial publ

She wears a puffy coif of salt-and-pepper hair, a tiny smile that never seems to fade and modesty li

STATE FARM SETS REFUNDS FOR AUTO POLICYHOLDERSBLOOMINGTON, Ill - State Farm Mutual Automobil

Russia already has developed the fiber-optic telephone technology that the United States has sought

REGIONAL BLOCS Vietnam: A Current Business Perspective. Sept. 20. Tulsa, Okla. How American

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Frank K. Turner was named vice president ofproduct de

Just moved to Tokyo and need to cremate your 55-pound pet bear? The one that died of fright when it

Consumer prices in the Czech Republic rose 0.7 percent in August from the previous month, the same i

Imports of portable electric typewriters from Singapore will be subject to a 15.5 percent anti-dumpi

The Canadian federal government's request for a stay that would allow individuals and private compan