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The Port of Oakland is being hit with $1 million in added expenses for cleaning up lead-contaminated

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

1274 (Feb. 3, 1993) Previous day - 1277 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Staten Island, N.Y.) - Juergen Gebhardt was appointed senior vice presid

The Philippine government intends to import as much as 4,000 megawatts of hydroelectric power from M

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Philippine lawmakers Wednesday introduced a bill to end unfair business competition, the first salvo

Taiwan's gross national product grew 6.1 percent in 1992, down from 7.2 percent a year earlier and w

Sen. John Danforth's unexpected announcement that he will not run for re- election in 1994 will remo

Britain is seeking to shift more freight to railroads through a program that would provide a subsidy

Consolidated Rail Corp. has agreed to restrict locomotive engine idling in Massachusetts under an in

U.S. cattle herds could expand by at least 3 percent annually over the next few years, and this grow

The government should protect the sick and elderly from soaring drug pricesbecause the indus

EASTMAN KODAK JAPAN TO CUT RESEARCH JOBSEastman Kodak Japan Ltd. announced Tuesday it will e

Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, is making increasing use of foreign rigs for offsho

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

A group of U.S. lawmakers has urged President Clinton to promote a binding world oil embargo on Hait

BAY AREA OIL WORKERS POSTPONE STRIKERobert Wages, president of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic

Two Western rail competitors that share a key rail route through Southern California's Tehachapi Mou

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Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Maritrans Partners L.P. this week announced a $3.3 million profit for 1992's fourth quarter, but a g

Foreign companies doing business on U.S. soil are bracing for tougher oversight and possible legisla

BANK OF AMERICA GETS OK ON CHINA OPERATIONBank of America received approval from the People'

Japanese cement makers Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nihon Cement Co. said they will do a feasibili

The reunification of Estonia and Scandinavia bears some resemblance to the reunification of Germany.

British liner company Marimed Shipping Line Inc. will mark its first sailing out of a U.S. port this

One of five berths at the Port of New Orleans' Nashville Street Wharf will be out of commission at l

Feb. 3, 1993 Copper Total, 124,721. Gold Total, .1,340,264.Silver Tot

Airbus Industrie will have fewer cancellations in 1993 than the 95 it suffered in 1992, Jean Pierson

Cocoa futures on the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange traded sharply lower as the market remained unde

Maritrans LP, which controls the nation's largest independent fleet of oceangoing tank barges, said

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Many shippers back the maritime policy changes sought by a coalition of containership lines, but the

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South Korea will launch a major new drive to protect foreign patents and copyrights to ease trade fr

A federal court in Orlando, Fla., in a surprise move dismissed all charges against four defendants c

3M NET INCOME, SALES ROSE IN FOURTH QUARTERST. PAUL, Minn. - 3M Corp. of St. Paul, M

GENERAL CARGO VOLUME JUMPS AT LAKE CHARLESLAKE CHARLES, La. - The Port of Lake Charl