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CHINA SLAMS US RULES ON SPACE TECHNOLOGYChina's top satellite maker complained this week tha

The Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, said it would lower its key marginal rate to 8.25 percent fr

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German net currency reserves rose sharply to 93.5 billion marks in the week to July 31 from 85.2 bil

British Petroleum Co. PLC Thursday posted a second-quarter profit of UK261 million ($391 million) af

The first private company in China dedicated to protecting intellectual property rights has gone int

A Florida exporter of used tires has accused big tire manufacturers of shutting him and other export

Gold prices plummeted Thursday, crashing by more than $20 an ounce as investment-fund managers jetti

Boeing Co.'s new two-engine widebody won't be allowed to fly from Europe on extremely long flights o

The unfolding drama in Europe's currency markets underscores a fundamental issue for small and mediu

Tower Group International, a New York-based transportation logistics giant that has been on a buying

Chrysler Corp. recently shipped 3,614 vehicles to China through the Port of Baltimore,making it the

Acting Gov. Mark S. Singel warned Philadelphia's insurers this week that theCasey administra

The United States and Canada settled a year-old beer trade dispute with the province of Ontario but

This column is devoted to frequently asked questions about letters of credit (L/Cs). A lette

Ted Arison is selling Carnival stock. Not all of it, of course, but he's unloading shares al

Aug. 5, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

China's state-owned Ceroilfoods is trying to get corn shipments to Japan on schedule, but shipments

It was David vs. Goliath, or in this case, big business vs. John Q. Public. And John Q. Publ

Federal agencies must halve their toxic emissions by 1999 and submit detailed reports annually on wh

Eritrea's hopes of developing rich gold and copper deposits left idle by 30 years of civil war rest

AMERICAN POSTPONES PHILA.-LONDON SERVICEAmerican Airlines Wednesday postponed until

Air cargo volume rebounded last year, but growth is still running only a little more than half of wh

The U.S. dollar traded higher Thursday against European currencies on tumbling gold prices.

Taiwan's exports rose 5.4 percent from a year earlier to US$7.26 billion in July while imports fell

USDA PROPOSES BAN FOR WATER ON GRAINWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture'

Aug. 5, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Keppel Corp., the last of Singapore's big shipyard groups to report, said interim profit rose but ac

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. (New York) - John M. Griffin, CPCU, was named president of Landmar

Tanker owners ordered fewer new ships so far this year, which should help boost the market's long-aw

Canadian Pacific Ltd. reported that its second-quarter profit slipped to C$12 million (US$9.3 millio

The Senate Wednesday night approved $21 million for grants to small railroads hit hard by flood dama

Aug. 5, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

COAST GUARD CELEBRATES ITS 204TH BIRTHDAYST. LOUIS, Mo. - The U.S. Coast Guard reach

Cosmo Oil Co. and the Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. have formed a joint venture to explore for oil

New cargoes remained scarce on the tanker market and rates were largely unchanged, brokers said.

British drug giant Glaxo Holdings PLC, preparing for a court battle next week to defend its sole rig

Jeff Cull, a wheat grower here, surveyed his 3,400-acre crop last week and figured he had an outside

Weekly railroad traffic results released by the Association of American Railroads continued to show