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Apr. 1, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The ruble fell to a new low Wednesday, trading at 692 to the U.S. dollar on the Moscow Interbank Cur

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said Thursday that a food donation program is "a wise approach"

April 1, 1993 Copper Total, 107,177. Gold Total, .1,432,952.Silver To

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 1, 1993Bid AskedCopper_G

KVICHAK MARINE WINS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTSEATTLE - Kvichak Marine Industries said it

Japan's Ministry of Finance has added four Eastern European nations to the list of countries that qu

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Harry Kamen was appointed chairman and chief executive

A planned major container and dry bulk terminal complex at the nation's busiest containerport reache

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FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. (Memphis) - David J. Bronczek was named senior vice president for Europe, Afri

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

The U.S. dollar fell to a new low against the Japanese yen for the second day in a row Thursday, and

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A large Japanese oil company is considering a deemed-processing agreement to bypass Japan's oil prod

Apr. 1, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Apr. 1, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Cigna Corp. said claims from the World Trade Center explosion could cost the insurer $25 million aft

HMO CHIEF LAYS OUT HEALTH-CARE FORMULAWASHINGTON - The chief executive officer of th

A.P. Moller, the Danish shipping and energy group, surprised the stock market Thursday with better-t

Peru inflation, as measured by the Lima consumer price index, was 4.2 percent in March, up from 2.9

Construction of a frozen food project by the Anglo-Dutch Unilever Group and Beijing Qunxing Industri

U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT (Washington) - Lawrence Summers won confirmation in the Senate as Treasury

Russia has agreed to build a nuclear power station in Iran and may provide a similar plant for India

With the sale of Brazil's biggest state steel mill slated for Friday, support for privatization of p

MINNESOTA TRADE OFFICE (St. Paul, Minn.) - Toshio Aizawa, a senior trade adviser for the Japan Exter

MASSACHUSETTS TO APPEAL NY POWER PLANT PERMITMassachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarge

The copper market's poor performance abroad may be exacerbated in the near term by talk of "lending"

Vice President Al Gore said Thursday that the White House health-care task force would include a pro

Supporters of industry restructuring in Poland are predicting victory for a mass privatization plan

The Massachusetts Highway Department and the trucking industry are trying to work out procedures tha

British Airways on April 19 will begin offering a new time-definite product for shipments from North

MOODY'S DOWNGRADES BOEING'S SENIOR DEBTNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service cut its

Thursday, April 1, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Using a letter of credit in international transactions provides the best protection for buyer and se

Too much of a good thing too fast, is the reason given by the red-faced Brazilian government for the

The United States must establish a national "quality system" to improve its international competitiv