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China's shipyards turned out 1.1 million deadweight tons of vessels last year, 39 percent more than

Indiana's coal industry is facing significant changes in 1993, the result of clean air legislation,

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

Gregory S. Walden, the newest member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is still on the Bush Whi

British Aerospace PLC and Taiwan Aerospace Corp. signed a contract Tuesday to form a joint venture t

Railroads still want to get rid of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, which they say costs $1 bil

Reynolds Metals Co. reported a fourth quarter loss of $152.1 million and partly blamed the losses on

AMERICAN AIRLINES (Fort Worth) - Victoria C. Moore was named director of commercial national sales f

Russia is pushing ahead with plans to build new nuclear reactors in a program that had been effectiv

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Tuesday Jan. 19, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 19, 1993Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Australia's 1992-93 (April-March) winter crop production forecast has been raised to 24.3 million me

Buoyed by a new grain shipment contract, the Alabama State Docks in Mobile handled more grain at its

A three-year boom in overseas sales of U.S.-made refrigerators, washer/dryers and smaller electric a

A Canadian organization has become the first foreign standards body to be given national recognition

Four Chinese firms banded together this month to form Shanghai Yangtze Electronic Co., which will pr

At the urging of Gary, Ind., city officials, the transportation policy committee of the Northwestern

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Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange Railroad Category 1992-

FIRMS DENY SIGNING PACTS WITH VIETNAMCompaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. said that

Jan. 15, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 15, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Chicago futures exchanges harshly criticized last week's ruling by the Commodity Futures Trading Com

A controversial plan to adopt stringent vehicle emission standards in the densely populated Northeas

A State Farm agent in West Palm Beach, Fla. is suing the insurance company, saying State Farm should

The U.S. Export-Import Bank will not approve loans for Russian oil projects under a controversial $2

Frank O. Braynard, maritime historian and an organizer of Operation Sail, was honored by the Women's

Carol B. Hallett, U.S. Customs commissioner, will join a California consulting firm founded by Willi

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. (New Orleans) - Richard C. Colton Jr. was named vice president for corpora

Supplies of many commodities are piling up, ensuring that any demand as a result of economic revival

Friday Jan. 15, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Mickey Kantor, Bill Clinton's choice for U.S. trade representative, begins his relationship today wi

A senior official of the Czech Narodni Banka, or central bank, said Friday that the currency split b

Pechiney World Trade (USA) Inc., which is indirectly owned by the French government, has agreed to p

EC, JAPAN TO HOLD INDUSTRIAL TALKS YEARLYBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community and Japa

LIVINGSTON GROUP INC. (Toronto) - David E. Wirsing has joined this international customer brokerage

ILLINOIS CENTRAL CHARGE LINKED TO RETIREMENTCHICAGO - Illinois Central Corp. will ta

For the week ended January 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

In a blow to the International Longshoremen's Association, a regional National Labor Relations Board