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High short-term interest rates and promises from the leaders of the new Irish government Monday gave

CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS TO HEAD HEALTH GROUPRep. Willis Gradison of Ohio said Monday he was resi

Despite a sour year for the travel industry, Carnival Cruise Lines reported it earned a record profi

South Florida's flagging boat industry is about to suffer another major casualty. Miami Ship

The Federal Maritime Commission this week will make final determinations on proposals to give ocean

For the second time in a year, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a lower court ruling that emp

American railroads could find themselves vulnerable to lawsuits in the grade- crossing deaths of hun

After seven frustrating years of talks to remove barriers to world trade, continued U.S. and Europea

Three Weeks Ended Jan. 2, 1993, vs. Similar 1991-92 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded<

Mayor Tom Bradley, who has run the second-largest city in the United States for the past two decades

A controversial proposal by the U.S. Customs Service to expand the information importers must provid

Nominations are being accepted for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy award that goes to a U.S. citize

Jan. 11, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unl

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Intense competition for export sales appears to have slashed more than $3 a ton from the price at wh

Two U.S. companies won contracts for $60 million worth of equipment at an ethylene project under con

U.S. and foreign-flag shipping companies that transport goods for the Military Sealift Command will

"K" LINE AMERICA INC. (Murray Hill, N.J.) - Brian Lawson was appointed a general transportation mana

Transportation lobbyists last week wondered why Republicans were anxious to seat a new commissioner

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS (Washington, D.C.) - Charles E. Dettmann was named vice president,

Malaysia's manufacturing sales in October were 7.436 billion ringgit ($2.87 billion), down from 7.94

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Tough city youngsters turn into wimps on the water. The youngsters, many of whom pride thems

Destruction is so complete in famine-ridden and war-torn Somalia that companies from other countries

Leaders of German lending groups "agreed to intensify their efforts to rebuild eastern Germany," in

Jan. 11, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

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WESTINGHOUSE TO GET CONTRACT FOR REACTORWestinghouse Electric Corp. said Monday that its AP6

Denial was the unspoken sub-text of last week's news stories about Commonwealth Edison Co., an elect

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Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250 per ton lots &

In its biggest cutback in years, John Hancock Financial Services confirmed that it laid off 700 empl

The U.S. dollar will probably sacrifice some of its late December and early January gains over the n

The Maryland Port Administration, marked by major personnel changes over the last two years, said Fr

Imagine a cavernous aircraft with a tilt-up nose large enough to park a couple of small air freighte

Canada may amend its standards for review of trade dispute decisions in order to level the playing f

China's huge, booming market continues to attract Japanese corporations, despite the latter's consid

Jan. 8, 1993 Copper Total,107,490. Gold Total, .1,506,512.Silver Tota

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thurday at 202.36 up 0.74 which compares w

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