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It is China's biggest engineering project since Emperor Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall more than

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 22, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

GDP GROWTH Percent Change 1992-3QPersonal spending +3.7%Durable goods

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 22, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 22, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Dec. 22, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Dec. 22, 1992 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Poland is facing an uphill economic and political battle trying to privatize state industries, many

The U.S. dollar put aside its pre-holiday malaise, moving much higher against key foreign currencies

The European Community Tuesday named a new European Commission that splits the foreign affairs job i

It has been 10 years since Japanese commercial banks made a loan to Mexico, but it won't bethat long

Chief negotiators from 20 key trading nations were skeptical Tuesday that the Uruguay Round trade li

Malaysia will sign an investment-guarantee pact with Taiwan to boost bilateral investments, accordin

International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., said it will double the number of employees i

A regional trade group encompassing four South American nations enters a crucial stage as the presid

U.S. businesses plan to boost spending on plants and equipment by 7.6 percent in 1993, to $553.85 bi

DRINKING COSTS JAPAN $53 BILLION, SURVEY SAYSJapan is losing 1.4 percent of its gross nation

The Bank of Japan may wait to cut the discount rate until the end of March as a last resort to suppo

OPEC's November crude oil production, including withdrawing Ecuador, totaled 25.49 million barrels a

California, continuing its efforts to deregulate the natural gas industry, is going to let large com

At least one Japanese oil company has been using commodity derivatives to hedge its overseas refiner

The British government said Tuesday it would not reopen 10 coal mines despite a court ruling that it

USX WEIGHS APPEAL OF ARBITRATION AWARDNEW YORK - USX Corp. said Tuesday it is consid

First details emerged Monday of the tariff cuts China will implement Dec. 31. They come in p

After two years of worrying they would lose their banana market in the European Community, Caribbean

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Five months after it took Grace Energy Corp. private and outlined its plans to sell the firm, W.R. G

The story headlined "Thiele to Join Top Staff at North American Re," which appeared on Page 9A on Mo

Lyondell Petrochemical Co. has been buying crude in the spot market for its 290,000-barrel-a-day ref

Russian parliamentarians voted by an overwhelming majority to give themselves the right to buy their

An investigation of insurance claims has found systemic fraud that costs companies and consumers mil

VIETNAM RESUMES TIES WITH SOUTH KOREAHANOI, Vietnam - Communist Vietnam and staunchly capita

NORTH AMERICA National Capital Area International Auto Show. Dec. 26-Jan. 3. Washington. Con

Tuesday Dec. 22, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Nearly a third of Americans lacked private health insurance in 1991, and blacks, Hispanics and the m

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is suing three former executives of First Capital L

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

Dec. 22, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 204.09 up 0.41 which compares wi

GHANA'S GOLD OUTPUT NEARS 1 MILLION OUNCESACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's gold production for