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RUSSIA FORMALLY APPLIES FOR GATT MEMBERSHIPLONDON - Russia formally applied Friday f

Tenneco Ventures, a unit of Tenneco Inc., last week said it joined with Midcon Offshore Inc. to acqu

June 11, 1993 Copper Total, 108,852. Gold Total, .2,230,555.Silver To

Italy's agro-chemical group Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA, struggling to cut its massive debt, is likely

The Federal Maritime Commission is signaling its intent to open a review of U.S. regulatory shipping

Shippers of dried fruit and nuts are facing increases of around 20 percent on their ocean freight sh

Bangkok's polluted waterways have become fertile ground for GeoResearch Inc., a pint-sized company f

Commercial Union Insurance Co. can't limit payment of all Superfund-related claims against Weyerhaeu

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

Following decisions by BMW AG and Mercedes-Benz AG to build car assembly plants in the southeastern

Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), which just a few years ago was the frequent target of bashing by i

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WHITE HOUSE RECRUITS GREENHOUSE GAS PANELOver 700 environmentalists, business executives and

A scientific station in the Arctic Circle is in the forefront of international research into the Nor

Russia will offer two more oil and gas deposits on the continental shelf off the far eastern Sakhali

Container lines that have shunned the rate-setting conferences in the trans- Atlantic and trans-Paci

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

Charles M. Ferguson, the retired director of sales for Port of Galveston, Texas, died June 6. He was

United Parcel Service wants to make a fundamental change in its labor relations by getting out from

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A $4.3 million capital investment by Consolidated Rail Corp. to increase vertical clearance along Am

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The Polish government has published a series of "structural adjustments" in its tariff code that are

The economic boom has outstripped Malaysia's labor supply and despite a shift to capital-intensive i

The war that has consumed Bosnia-Herzegovina and destroyed the Yugoslav economy also is crippling Ma

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International Petroleum Exchange June 11, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The month-long strike by the Union Mine Workers of America against U.S. coal companies grew last wee

English China Clays PLC, the world's leading producer of kaolin, has agreed to acquire Merck & Co.'s

Container Traffic Through U.S. Ports, 1993 vs. 1992 International Freight in 20-Foot Contain

President Clinton has breathed new life into a Transportation Department effort to craft U.S.-flag f

Congressional efforts to tighten the net on foreign and other lobbyists in Washington are faring wel

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

WHOLESALE PRICES Monthly change May AprilFinished goods Unch +0.6%

The Supreme Court turned aside a federal government claim it was entitled to first priority treatmen

Last month's announcement that Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. and IBM Corp. planned to join forces

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &