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Mexico will not privatize its first port by April as had been hoped and continues wrestling with the

The Caribbean Basin Partners for Progress approved a set of loans for CostaRican businesses

Hungarian lightbulb maker Tungsram Co. Ltd., controlled by General Electric Co. of the United States

Angry Scottish fishermen poured oil into the holds of a Russian vessel in protest at cheap fish impo

March 9, 1993 Copper Total, 112,574. Gold Total, .1,283,949.Silver To

U.S. grain exporters could lose a large part of the Russian grain market if agreement is not reached

NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION (Chicago) - John J. Conheeney, chairman of Merrill Lynch Futures Inc.,

Grapes, like other agricultural products, must go through a detoxification process before they can b

Top insurance executives are predicting an industrywide rise in merger and acquisition purchase pric

A task force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners revised its proposal for regulat

NATIONWIDE TO ADD JOBS AT CANTON, OHIO, OFFICEAKRON, Ohio - Nationwide Insurance is bucking

Not taxing health insurance benefits offers consumers a "misguided incentive" to overuse their healt

The Navy is forcing American shipyard workers into unemployment while lavishing tax dollars on Japan

Union Pacific Railroad plans to announce today the start of a $100 million multi-year program to dou

Is a legal defense greatly different from a basis for a counterclaim? The Supreme Court Mond

Robust growth is expected to mark U.S. cruise demand through the decade, but whether U.S. ports enjo

If the Clinton administration's plan for a broad-based tax on energy is approved, the tax should sho

The Norwegian state oil company Statoil discovered the largest oil field in the Norwegian sector of

Jim Amoss, the feisty chairman of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of New Orleans, makes a simple and compe

A story on March 3 incorrectly characterized the involvement of Puerto Rico Marine Management Inc. (

Russia is ready to sign agreements with the Paris and London clubs on condition that the total amoun

Tuesday, March 9, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As of Mar. 9, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

UNION STARTS BOYCOTT OF DOMINO SUGARDECATUR, Ill. - Local 837 of the Allied Industrial Worke

Burlington Northern became the first rail carrier to use a new intermodal technology in revenue serv

The stock performance of Equitable Cos. Inc., the nearly-year-old successor to the venerable Equitab

Ontario truckers say they don't mind paying tolls to fund construction of a new provincial superhigh

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

1394 (Mar. 9, 1993) Previous day - 1389 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

About 25,000 workers started an indefinite strike Monday in Colombia's largest banana producing regi

The World Trade Center Association, based here, said it received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Comm

The world entered 1993 awash with surplus oil after a surprise jump in Russian exports to the West,

In the vast wilderness of Siberia, the "tree-growing company" is living up to its motto. Near Russia

U.S. officials responsible for coffee trade policy will meet as early as today to prepare for upcomi

AIR AND SHIPPING LINKS RESTORED IN ROMANIABUCHAREST, Romania - International air and

Cruise shipping pumped $2.7 billion into the economies of the seven top U.S. cruise port cities in 1

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