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Rhone-Poulenc SA's organic and inorganic intermediates division is thinking of selling its Ceramique

Monsanto Co. reported its first yearly loss since 1985, hit by more than $1 billion in charges from

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. and BASF have agreed to swap some assets. Under the deals,

Pfizer Inc.'s net earnings rose to $278.8 million or 83 cents a share in the fourth quarter, compare

Japan said Friday that its trade surplus soared to a record $107.06 billion last year, a figure like

All dressed up and lots of places to go. The latest designs in containers sport stronger sup

Hull and cargo damages on the Maersk Navigator, which collided with another tanker near the Strait o

With most of Eastern Europe still strapped for hard currency, air cargo handlers aren't banking on a

A fresh environmental effort conceived by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to fight damage

As aviation enters its 10th decade, the nostalgia for man's early powered flight still captures the

As of Jan. 21, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

U.S. companies that import uranium and process it for sale overseas are protesting a Commerce Depart

The Port of Rotterdam faces a nail-biting few weeks awaiting a decision on proposed expansion plans

Bilspedition AB, the large Swedish transport company, Thursday announced it has sold Cool Carriers f

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Laura Tyson, President Clinton's choice as his chief economic adviser, told a Senate panel Thursday

Japan is prepared to cooperate fully with the Clinton administration in efforts to raise the global

EC TRADE CHIEF URGES ACTION ON EAST EUROPEBRUSSELS, Belgium - Sir Leon Brittan, European com

Angolan rebels have dealt the government a double blow, taking the second- most important oil center

Concerns in the Clinton administration and at local levels about power-plant carbon dioxide emission

Hong Kong's total trade is expected to grow by 10 percent in 1993, fueled by the booming economy of

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 201.84 off 0.22 which compare

Investors at the Lloyd's of London insurance market should expect a massiveUK1.635 billion (

Thursday, Jan. 21, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The 11 container shipping lines cooperating through the Trans-Atlantic Agreement, which restricts ca

The European Community, facing its first trade spat with the new Clinton administration, Thursday cr

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines will seek to coordinate their cargo operations acros

Patent protection, historically an irritant in U.S.-Brazil relations, will fester for President Clin

Union Pacific Corp. earned a record $192 million, or 97 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1992

Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant is in urgent need of repairs costing millions of dollars to

Spurred by two oil tanker disasters in European waters in the past six weeks, the European Community

A new study shows that the Port of Oakland's freight operations make a substantial contribution to t

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Faced with a more volatile and tightened world market and the prospect that large-scale Russian grai

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BATH IRON WORKS WINS $724 MILLION NAVY PACTBATH, Maine - Bath Iron Works has won a $

California port hopes for legislation reversing a ban on intrastate cruise ship gaming are dimming b

The European Community Commission Thursday offered an "armistice" for EC governments that have not i

Chief operating officer and veteran railroader John Sturgess was the biggest casualty at CN North Am