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B.F. Goodrich Co. Wednesday reported a smaller loss in the latest quarter as strong gains in its aer

Apr. 14, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Both life and property/casualty insurers blasted the accounting rule approved by the Financial Accou

In a nasty dispute arising from Hurricane Andrew, a New York reinsurance company owned by Trygg-Hans

Iraq's oil minister said Wednesday Baghdad expects to be able to export 2.6 million to 2.7 million b

President Clinton named a slate of consumer-oriented candidates for seats on the Federal Energy Regu

Seven maritime unions will file a lawsuit today seeking to block the U.S. Coast Guard from imposing

Oil companies finally are starting to be more selective when chartering tankers, according to a lead

Portugal, the fastest-growing economy in the European Community in the late 1980s, has seen its grow

U.S. companies are seizing on India's liberalized policy to propose projects in food processing, wit

In the deadlocked battle between employers and the IG Metall union over wage increases for eastern G

U.K. seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by a provisional 1.6 percent in February from Ja

Proposed rail freight service between Argentina and three neighboring nations will help mining devel

Closure of Taiwan's No. 3 naphtha cracking unit has led at least two plastic companies to increase e

The head of a Bermuda-registered insurance company was indicted by federal prosecutors after alleged

In the face of a weak market, carriers are quietly dropping a rate increase of $100 a 20-foot contai

The U.S. scheduled airline industry recorded a 4.1 percent increase in cargo volume in February to 9

A Massachusetts plan to raise bridge clearances for future double-stack rail service has drawn atten

Illinois Central Corp., parent of Illinois Central Railroad Co., Wednesday reported a 13.7 percent f

BOEING SAID TO PURSUE MCDONNELL'S CUSTOMERSBoeing Co. and International Lease Financ

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

Two major U.S.-flag shipping lines have refused to file electronic freight rates with the Federal Ma

The first lifting schedule made available to equity holders in the U.K. North Sea Forties oil pipeli

Mexico's crude oil exports in March rose 3 percent from February to anaverage 1.345 million

Japan's Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa Wednesday urged Group of Seven members to provide "help for s

The Mexican state of Yucatan bungled badly with an advertisement seeking to entice U.S. manufacturer

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Surging domestic demand and slowing production may push China to import raw and white sugar toward t

The German government, worried about damage to its image after a Romanian scandal made headlines, is

California Gov. Pete Wilson signed legislation Tuesday to reduce burgeoning medical and legal fees i

Hoping they can prevail by lining up strong congressional support early, members of the National Sma

A Department of Transportation proposal to classify bulk shipments of salad oil as hazardous materia

Apr. 14, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Crude oil inventories rose by 12.5 million barrels in the week ended April 9 compared with the previ

The Central Bank of Russia has imposed new regulations limiting the amount of foreign capital in Rus

EASTMAN CHEMICAL PHASES OUT KODELKINGSPORT, Tenn. - Eastman Chemical Co. plans to immediatel

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 211.84 up 0.48 which compares w

Centocor Inc., a financially strapped biotechnology company, will lay off an additional 300 employee

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

Mercantile & General Group, Britain's biggest reinsurer, announced a 1992 pretax loss of UK45 millio