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Orders to eastern German industry rose 6.1 percent in February from January on the strength of an 18

A working group organized by 17 ocean conferences and shipping lines to facilitate electronic filing

Major shipyards in eastern Germany are to be hit with strikes early today as more than 16,000 member

Responding to complaints from shipowners and shippers that their legal conflicts take too long and c

Catastrophes during the first three months of this year affected 31 states, with New York suffering

Brazil's efforts to expand international fruit sales are getting a hand upfrom Washington in

South Korea reported a $94 million trade deficit in April, compared with a deficit of $470 million i

Despite canceling a shipbuilding order tied to an abandoned service deal, American President Cos. is

Ontario, Canada's most industrialized province, has just gotten $4 billion leaner in a budgetary way

Gold prices continued to advance in moderately active trading here and in London, reaching a new 10-

CANADA FIRM TO BUY RUSSIAN ALUMINUMLONDON - Canada's Alcan Aluminium Ltd. may import

Russian gold extraction will steady at around 170 tons this year, the same as last year but down fro

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

Exxon Co. USA and Tejas Gas Corp. said Monday they had reached agreement for the sale of Exxon's Tex

The era of downsized companies seeking lower-cost production overseas is creating a global economic

May 3, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The weekend murder of Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa seems likely to bring a period of un

A senior Chinese leader waved an olive branch in the direction of the United States, but scarcely co

3M POSTS $330 MILLION IN QUARTERLY EARNINGSST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Mining and Manufactur

You only thought the Persian Gulf war was over. It rages on for rice producers along the Texas Gulf

Wolfgang Schmitt, Rubbermaid Inc.'s new chairman, said the company's goal of 15 percent compounded a

For three years, shippers and carriers held their breath as a government panel studied the feasibili

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

A proposal to raise commercial truck fees in Washington state by 50 percent was killed last week whe

A prospectus for Kloster Cruise Ltd.'s planned $300 million debt offering reveals that the company i

In thousands of carloads* Norfolk Southern 101Chicago & N. Western 87Conrai

The Hungarian government will resist pressure to devalue the forint as itconsiders a stable

The European Commission Monday proposed that the European Community encourage political reform in th

New York Mercantile Exchange May 3, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

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Chulsu Kim, South Korea's minister of trade, industry and energy, wishes the whole notion of the Sup

LEVI-STRAUSS SAYS IT WON'T INVEST IN CHINALevi Strauss & Co., the clothing giant, said Monda

The New York Mercantile Exchange June natural gas futures were down 8.5 cents at $2.290 Monday after

The European Community Commission Monday expressed alarm at the U.S. withdrawal of its support for a

Consolidated Rail Corp. is facing increasing pressure to vacate its Beacon Park intermodal yard in A

May 3, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Inessa Yufa has known since 1989 that something is dangerously wrong with her heart. She has learned

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 30, 1993Bid AskedCopper_

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

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