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May 17, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe es

A tentative agreement to purchase some 725 acres of Union Pacific Resources Corp. property will allo

The wreckage of the Clinton administration's maritime reform plan won't deter shippers and shipbuild

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Many opportunities exist for U.S. retailers to expand abroad - but most should stay home, according

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Unifying the ports of Philadelphia and Camden, N.J., would cost Pennsylvania well-paying industrial

The Trans-Atlantic Agreement group of 15 steamship lines this summer may have to abandon one of its

Prudential Securities Inc., facing thousands of disgruntled investors in its troubled energy partner

Germany filed a complaint Monday before the European Court in Luxembourg to block the European Commu

In the late 1970s and the '80s, with Japan's superheated economy surging, American governors eager t

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The need for flexibility in the face of tight defense dollars prompted the French Ministry of Defens

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The establishment last week of a Colombian coffee floor price of 69 cents a pound could force privat

Uprooted from their homeland and scattered around the globe, Vietnamese engineers are using computer

As a result of last week's sharp drop in international tin prices, offers of metal for export from C

The Supreme Court Monday delayed action on a case that further defines the court's 1990 validation o

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

The dollar rose Monday, partly on talk that the U.S. Federal Reserve may be tilting toward a slight

The yen's recent surge could savage revenues at Japan's carmakers, but there is little they can do e

EC DROPS ACTION AFTER POLES' STEEL VOWBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Com

Q: What are the advantages to multiyear contracts? A: It may be the only way you can buy (ca

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The battle between Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N.J., and its creditors was put on h

NCCI CUTS RATE HIKE SOUGHT FOR KANSAS COMPST. LOUIS, Mo. - The National Council on Compensat

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines refused to comment Monday on a rash of reports that it expects to lose up t

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The Philippine foreign debt reached $30.9 billion at the end of 1992, up 3 percent from $30 billion

The first free-trade zone in China's most dynamic and capitalist province officially opened this mon

India's moves to liberalize its import regime have cut into advantages offered by the country's six

European and U.S. automakers may be faced with buying higher-priced platinum in 1993 as demand for n

A proposed tax on "energy-intensive" imported products threatens to provoke a new trade policy debat

As of May 17, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

IWC VOTES TO EXTEND GLOBAL BAN ON WHALINGKYOTO, Japan - The International Whaling Co

Environmentalists opposed to depositing dioxin-tainted dredged sediment in the Atlantic Ocean feel t

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