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Dockers are due Wednesday to receive copies of a 30-page tentative work agreement that representativ

Truckers crossing Europe in 1993 may have less border red tape to contend with in the European Commu

British Airways apologized in high court Monday and agreed to pay Virgin Atlantic Airways $4 million

A study by the Economic Strategy Institute, a Washington think tank, sharply disputed the Bush admin

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

U.S. energy demand should grow slowly over the next two decades as a result of energy conservation m

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Despite roaring sales growth in 1992, there was a palpable atmosphere of concern amid the fun at thi

Anglo-American conglomerate Hanson PLC said Monday it is negotiating a gold- for-coal swap with the

The article "Despite Missed Deadline, Fina-Saudi Deal Still in Works," which appeared on Page 8B on

European shippers want the European Commission to take interim measures against the Trans-Atlantic A

Cargo levels for Pacific ocean carriers have taken a turn for the worse, due primarily to weak U.S.

Monday Jan. 11, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Vietnam is setting up a new government body to encourage investments, comprising officials from its

SOUTHERN PACIFIC OPENS TEXAS FUELING FACILITYUp to 12 locomotives can be fueled at one time

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating reports that a Haitian freighter jammed with some 400 fleeing

The deputy commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, Michael Lane, will spell out U.S. Customs regul

ISRAELI FINANCE MINISTER ENDORSES EXPORT ZONEAvraham Shohat, Israeli finance minister, Monda

California commodity groups will spend more than a third of the $147.7 million in federal funds appr

PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY TALKS ADJOURN IN GERMANYSTUTTGART, Germany - Talks between the German gove

China's copper concentrate ore imports, estimated at 250,000 to 300,000 metric tons last year, could

The property and casualty industry will produce its poorest return on underwriting in six years for

China will select 10 companies for listing on overseas stock markets in 1993, the official China Dai

Fraudulent labeling is hiding as much as $5 billion a year in Chinese exports to the United States,

For the week ended January 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Trade and industrial organizations Monday welcomed the sweeping relaxation of foreign exchange contr

A heavy tax burden is the sole hindrance to efforts to spark the Brazilian economy by boosting sales

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Jan. 8, 1993. U

Jan. 11, 1993 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Jan. 11, 1993 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

ZCCM, Zambia's copper producer, said it plans today to refute the contents of a recent Zambian Weekl

The cost of U.S. farm programs remain high despite changes in agricultural legislation that have cut

Some of the synthetic compounds used to replace ozone-eating chlorofluorocarbons could persist in th

Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding AG's sales rose 13 percent last year to 12.95 billion franc

Norway's industrial production rose 2.7 percent in November, compared with a 0.9 percent decrease in

HAUSER TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION OF TAXOLBOULDER, Colo. - Hauser Chemical Research Inc. of here,

Development of a terminal the Port of Tacoma hoped to lease to American President Lines will continu

A Florida barge company, extending its protests against the use of subsidized vessels on domestic ro

The National Mediation Board has denied a request by a group of Federal Express Corp. pilots to modi