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SOME METAL EXEMPT FROM VALUE-ADDED TAXThe London Metal Exchange said metal placed in customs

Mar. 18, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

March 18, 1993 Copper Total, 104,989. Gold Total, .1,403,617.Silver T

House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., told insurance brokers that parts of the c

Producer prices in western Germany were unchanged in February from January and rose 0.5 percent from

Former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills and her top deputy have formed a consulting firm to adv

A regional carrier based on China's southern Hainan Island said Thursday it purchased four Boeing 73

The story "J.B. Hunt, CN Ink Intermodal Pact to Haul Cargo Between US, Canada," which appeared on Pa

PILOTS SAID TO OFFER DELTA 5 PERCENT PAY CUTSATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s unioni

U.S. postal rates will not go up again for at least two years, Postmaster General Marvin Runyon told

Government forecasts of large future budget deficits do not herald abandonment of British efforts to

British Trade and Industry Secretary Michael Heseltine told members of Parliament Wednesday he will

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U.S. South Atlantic container ports are forecast to grow much more quickly than those further north,

In a bid to bolster seat prices, the Chicago Board of Trade's board has voted to dramatically hike t

Shares of Kemper Corp. were up sharply Thursday after the company announced it will swap its reinsur

S&P CUTS RATING OF CRUM & FOSTERStandard & Poor's Corp. said it lowered the claims-paying ab

As of Mar. 18, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Four House Democratic leaders told the Clinton administration they would support the sanctions it is

Thursday, March 18, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The country's shipbreaking industry is set to get a boost with a Japanese company shifting operation

Congressional repeal of the law forcing the Federal Maritime Commission to charge fees on both direc

Fierce competition between Britain's major ports, especially for container traffic, is not discourag

Peru is taking bids for the privatization of several key state enterprises over the next few weeks,

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India's trade deficit in the first 10 months of this fiscal year (April- March) widened to $3.86 bil

Mar. 18, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A headline on a story on Page 7B Thursday about using natural gas for power generation was incorrect

Roger Garcia was appointed regional director (North America) for industrial promotion by the Hong Ko

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Univax Biologics Inc. said it was beginning human clinical studies for a vaccine to reduce the incid

The proposed commission to study the U.S. airline and aerospace industries would be a bureaucratic w

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit rose in January to $7.3 billion, up about 6 percent from December

Thursday's Bundesbank discount rate reduction underlines its intention of easing policy in graduated

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

A new containership service between the U.S. East Coast and North Europe will begin next month, prov

Japan will resist agreements that call for a specific market-share target for foreign companies, a s

Two weeks short of a deadline set by Northwest Airlines, the carrier's most powerful unions squared

Several thousand workers for Lufthansa German Airlines are expected to demonstrate in Bonn Saturday