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The Coast Guard said this week it has issued emergency shipping rules for ice-choked Cook Inlet afte

The growth of intermodal traffic is good for just about everybody, but intermodalism will not reach

Mexicana Airlines, citing low patronage and competition from charter airlines, announced it will pul

Several weeks before the Los Cerritos Channel was flooded with caustic sodium hydroxide, people whos

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 30, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Dec. 30, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

India ends 1992 with some sectors performing better than in the previous year, but the recent religi

Environmental groups Wednesday called on President-elect Bill Clinton and Congress to spend less of

A report on Page 1A Wednesday incorrectly stated the amount of a United Parcel Service contract to h

Russia is likely to wait for Western creditors to restructure its foreign debt before resuming payme

The absence of major market participants kept the U.S. dollar locked in a narrow range Wednesday, wi

ECONOMIC INDICATORS MonthlyPercent Change NovemberCoincident index

Dec. 30, 1992 Copper Total,102,150. Gold Total, .1,497,519.Silver Total, .277

The Houston Ship Channel, which has been closed intermittently this week due to dense fog, is expect

Edward L. Johnson, a senior partner at New York law firm Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens and an exper

United Parcel Service plans early next year to begin carrying hazardous materials by air, enabling t

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

GRACE FINALIZES SALE OF CHEMICAL BUSINESSBOCA RATON, Fla. - W.R. Grace & Co. said Wednesday

Two trans-Pacific carriers are hoping to turn the demise of Pan American World Airways to their gain

Dec. 30, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to issue proposed rules soon for new wheat and feed g

Debra Friedenberg thought there was something wrong with her car. Accustomed to being able to drive

Financial Benefit Life Insurance Co. vowed Tuesday to contest a state claim that the company is in "

State insurance regulators granted a modest 6.24 percent hike in 1993 premiums for workers compensat

Two special-purpose ships in the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force were called into serv

Taiwan's pledged investment in China in 1992 is expected to exceed the previous decade's total of US

Growing pressure on China's money supply and demands from industries during the transition to a mark

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. this week received government approval for a taxbreak program desi

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 201.96 off 1.44 which compares

Dec. 30, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

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

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 30, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Platinum prices were lower Wednesday as traders continued to worry about declining demand for the me

It's not often that the interpretation of a voyage charter party "general strike clause"is raised be

The tentative alliance agreement announced Tuesday between American Airlines and faltering Canadian

Many Virginia Power Co. customers will be getting a delayed Christmas present next year: refunds ave

Japanese shipping line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is setting up its own intra-European shipping serv

Importers that swap one kind of merchandise for another rather than pay cash often face an additiona

Dec. 30, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The U.S. Justice Department, in an eleventh-hour about-face, has dismissed charges that an aide to U