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Mediated talks between BC Rail and its labor unions have broken off, and a strike is anticipated by

European Community transport ministers will strive for an agreement on highway taxes Saturday that w

The two largest U.S-flag liner operators Thursday said a key element of maritime reform is an end to

Ono Shirou stands barefoot in a muddy field of young rice shoots and gazes out over the field he has

Exporters and manufacturers planning to sell goods in Japan should heed some old facts. Unde

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

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

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

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

Thursday June 17, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The Bank of Montreal is restructuring its North American operations with a view to significantly exp

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Foreign companies trying to export to Japan are often frustrated by the cumbersome structures and sl

Ocean carriers in Japan are pushing to change what they see as systemic inefficiencies and daily ope

Shares of U.S. airline companies fell sharply this week on concerns the embattled industry's recover

An old American adage has it that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but U.S. growers find that J

British manufacturing unit labor costs fell 2.8 percent in the February-April period from a year ear

Trade ministers from three Nordic nations and Austria said they want to speed up their European Comm

Mexico's booming energy needs have sparked a radical rethinking in the country's electricity sector,

June 17, 1993 Copper Total, 106,472. Gold Total, .2,249,286.Silver To

Indonesia, Asia's only member of the Organization of Petroleum Countries, is fast turning its eyes t

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Michel Camdessus, International Monetary Fund managing director, has given the thumbs-up to Russia's

Germany failed to mollify its European Community partners Thursday over a separate peace accord with

The United States and Australia stepped back Thursday from the brink of a major confrontation by agr

VASP Brazilian Airlines, averting a threatened bankruptcy proceeding, reached an agreement with Iris

The way the entire property and casualty insurance industry operates could hinge on a national risk-

The challenge U.S.-flag carriers have mounted to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s plan to transfer its ag

A Dutch leasing company this week became the first Western firm to buy Russian-made Ilyushin IL-96 j

NO PROGRESS REPORTED IN US-JAPAN STEEL TALKSJapanese and U.S. government officials failed to

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New York Mercantile Exchange June 17, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Cocoa futures prices soared Thursday on currency and technical factors after prices firmed in London

1526 (June 17, 1993) Previous day - 1534 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Capital investment by Japan's small manufacturers for fiscal 1993-94 (April- March) will fall by 24.

2ND MASS. CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS NAMEBOSTON - Gov. William F. Weld suffered another set

Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles Thursday appointed a commission to study how the state should deal with i

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