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The European Community will discuss radical plans today to expose the EC's postal monopolies to comp

Seven months after emerging from receivership, Monarch Life Insurance Co. has filed a $250 million l

May 7, 1993 Copper Total, 113,439. Gold Total, .1,383,181.Silver Total, .268

Oryx Energy Co., which slashed about 1,000 jobs last year, will continue cutting U.S. employment as

American forest-product companies fear that one of their most successful marketing strategies - buil

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Roo

Airlines operating all-cargo planes may be forced to cut back their operations because "current carg

Rebuffed by the airline industry on a plan to draft a revenue-sharing agreement as part of new landi

In a document presented to the Justice Department, customs brokers have outlined points that could e

For some in the domestic air freight industry, a hopeful, optimistic winter has given way to an unce

Thursday May 6, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Houston's Tenneco Gas is selling a 496-mile pipeline in the upper Midwest to a Minneapolis utility c

Central American coffee producers plan to meet in the next two weeks to finalize an initiative desig

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. will restructure its chemicals and specialties operations in an effort

A Finnish drug company says it is selling a safer birth-control pill for women over 40 and those 35

Foreign insurance companies, angered at the complicated U.S. state-based system of insurance regulat

The impact of the Trans-Atlantic Agreement on North Atlantic ports will be discussed atthe upcoming

Copper prices here tumbled to five-year lows, pressured by steep losses in trading on the London Met

In anticipation of the dissolution of the 18-year-old trade embargo against their country, represent

New York Mercantile Exchange May 6, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Serbia's neighbors in the Balkans are seeking compensation and trade concessions from the rest of Eu

FLA. DEVELOPER SETTLES SUIT WITH MET LIFEMIAMI - Tibor Hollo, once one of Miami's mo

A major U.S. insurer of pollution liability for vessels that travel near the shore is raising rates

Port Activity Expressed In TEUs Comparing 1993 vs. 1992 (February) International Containeriz

May 6, 1993 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Exc

The Teamsters and other unions today will launch a campaign against General Electric Corp., for alle

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor lamented Thursday that he is walking a "tightrope" between l

The productivity of American workers rose 0.1 percent in the first three months of 1993 and dipped s

A federal judge rejected a request by a Canadian-based trucking company for a change ofvenue in the

The U.S. dollar fell slightly against foreign currencies Thursday, with most market players unwillin

Consolidated Rail Corp., Delaware & Hudson Railway and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniahave signed c

Truckers are beginning to feel the pinch of cargo diversions from the Port of New York and New Jerse

Freight forwarders are skeptical about prospects for a 15 percent rate hike on airborne exports to A

Aeroflot Russian International Airlines marked the arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport

CALIFORNIANS WARNED AGAINST MEXICAN CANDYSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Molly Joel Coye, state health

Arkla Inc. has agreed to sell its Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co. to Equitable Resources for $190 milli

Although Spain's coal imports have climbed sharply over the last few years, just like the rest of th

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

Privatization of port facilities is inevitable, especially if it leads to lower costs and higher eff

GRANARD ASSOCIATES (Valley Stream, N.Y.) - Francis J. Duffy, a veteran maritime writer andphotograph