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Russia's 1993 grain harvest may disappoint officials who have predicted record output, despite good

S&P SEES HARD TIMES AHEAD FOR REINSURERSThe profitability of the world's reinsurance compani

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 213.86 up 0.14 which compares w

Staking out a larger presence in Central America, Sea-Land Service Inc. will enter into a space-shar

The burgeoning sea corridor carrying landlocked goods from the United States to Mexico across the Gu

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Labor problems at a local dredging company are causing delays in regular shipping channel maintenanc

Talks are under way to resolve difficulties the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey faces in mee

Bill Cassel was a baseball-and-apple-pie kind of guy, a proud veteran who wouldn't have dreamed of b

Jacques de Larosiere, governor of the Bank of France, was elected president of the European Bank for

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

Visiting tourists and businessmen in Tokyo suddenly faced with a 101 yen to the dollar exchange rate

Coffee prices on the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange here rallied Wednesday on carryover commission-h

The dockers union and stevedoring employers at the French Mediterranean Port of Marseilles have unti

China has adopted new regulations that specifically prohibit air freight forwarders from discriminat

New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors Wednesday approved a measure that will permit delive

A nuclear-propelled French submarine collided with a supertanker off the scenic Riviera coast, the n

Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown has denied a request by two U.S. companies for import curbs on semic

Eastman Chemical Co. is promoting an adhesive that increases the ability to recycle thepaper boxes t

Advanced Elastomer Systems will close its Brazilian manufacturing facility at the end of the year, t

Sumitomo Chemical will resume manufacturing an essential computer chip-making material by the end of

Aug. 18, 1993 Copper Total, 107,008. Gold Total, .2,447,191.Silver To

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago8/18 8/17 Change % Change: 7/2

The Teamsters, in an indication that contract talks with United Parcel Service Inc. arefar from comp

The 92,550-deadweight-ton ore-bulk-oil carrier Ararat resumed its voyage to Antwerp, Belgium, on Tue

Once considered a prime candidate for failure, the Illinois Central Railroad Co. has spent the past

High-tech wardrobes aren't meant for Darth Vader look-alike contests - but they may prevent skin can

What do you do if you venture to a former communist country and stumble upon an invention that could

After three years in reverse, Hungary's economic engine is starting to move forward, fueled by forei

Fungus concerns in the U.S. spring wheat crop have lifted Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures this

South Korea's petrochemical companies have decided to raise prices on exports to Taiwan of high- and

Romanian train engineers ended a crippling 1-week-old pay strike Wednesday after the government thre

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Carlos M. Izquierdo Gaetan was appointed general

Currency markets will decide when the European Monetary System's exchange rate mechanism will return

The U.S. dollar traded mixed Wednesday, as market participants awaited today's Cabinet-level meeting

Indiana lost about 2,000 farms but didn't lose any farm land during the 12- month period that ended

Liposome Technology Inc. said it has signed an agreement with Zeneca Pharmaceuticals under which Zen

Lufthansa German Airlines plans a major expansion of its overnight express network in October, a top

As officials prepare to reopen Midwest rivers, the Maritime Administration released figures indicati