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Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, and Schering AG, Berlin, have agreed to combine their agrochemical activities

STORMS' INSURED DAMAGE PUT AT $155 MILLIONNEW YORK - Wind, hail, tornadoes and flood

The Interstate Commerce Commission has approved the merger of two truck rate- setting organizations,

The great flood of 1993 along the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers is daily becoming more o

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International Petroleum Exchange July 12, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Indonesia, the world's biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas, said it would be able to meet dema

Russian officials have shut down a nuclear power station's reactor afterfinding defects in i

Kansas oil prices have fallen below $16 a barrel, the lowest in three years, and oil producers are g

Trial voyages by Far Eastern Shipping Co. ships between Tacoma, Wash., and Vladivostok, Russia, have

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The Clinton administration plans to make major changes in the federal government's export promotion

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

Monday July 12, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Worries about raging inflation aren't keeping gargantuan Bank of America from stepping up its activi

When U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown said he wanted his visit to Saudi Arabia last May "to send a

In late 1991, two Russians reportedly walked into the office of a U.N. official and offered him a le

To keep pace with the rapid changes in transportation practices along the U.S.-Mexico border, insura

Major trans-Pacific cargo airlines edged westbound freight rates up between 3 percent and 8 percent

Royal Pakhoed NV, the Dutch transport and storage group, said Rutges, its specialized cargo unit, ha

July 12, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

European port inspectors discovered more defective vessels last year than ever before, which suggest

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Resolution of a yearlong trade dispute with South Korea over disclosure of chemical ingredients shou

A South Korean consortium has sold 30 percent of its exploration rights in a oil block off southern

STOLT EARNINGS SURGED IN SECOND QUARTERLONDON - Stolt-Nielsen SA, one of the world's

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With the ashes of the Latin American debt crisis still smoldering, the nations in the region are onc

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Tropical commodities traded in New York tumbled Monday following weaker prices abroad, and in most c

As Vista Chemical Co. looks south to Mexico for new markets, the company is glancing over its should

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Heavy truck sales steamed to their highest June levels in 14 years, capping one of the hottest quart

July 12, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A strike by customs inspectors caused May imports to decline, which resulted in a 146 percent wideni

Inflation is seen as Public Enemy No. 1 in a five-year economic reform plan launched last week to sp

China's central bank stepped forcefully into the Shanghai "swap market" of currency trading for futu

When Frank Carney became a dry cleaner in 1947, the rules were simple - cleaning solvents were dumpe

A California importer has mounted the first court effort seeking to undo a U.S. Customs Service ban