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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

LOCKHEED FORMS PACT WITH EX-SOVIET PLANTSAN JOSE, Calif. - A joint venture has been formed b

The central banks of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have decided to enlarge their exis

South America's newest regional integration effort is changing the way chemical and petrochemical co

The formula used by U.S. authorities to calculate sales of foreign-made semiconductors in Japan's ma

Motor vehicle traffic deaths dropped to below 40,000 in 1992 for a 30-year low, U.S. Transportation

Boeing Co. engineers are studying versions of its 757 model that would stretch its basic design or a

The insurance industry in East Asia is forecast in the 1990s to grow more rapidly than any other sec

EXXON CORP. OPENS SINGAPORE OIL UNITExxon Corp. has established an oil products trading unit

S&P RAISES RATING FOR TRAVELERS' STOCKStandard & Poor's Tuesday said it has raised Travelers

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American merrymakers this year dodged the threat of punitive trade tariffs on champagne imports from

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

Corporate Japan handed out at least $446 million in illegal donations to politicians or shady payoff

Dec. 30, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Christer Olsson, president of Wallenius Lines AB, is taking over as temporary chairman of Bilspediti

Rain damage to Australia's grain crops is expected to cause a downgrade in quality of up to 5 millio

SEVERE DROUGHT HURTS 25 PERCENT OF CHINA FARMLANDHONG KONG - A severe drought is aff

Uruguay will seek international bids during the first quarter of next year for construction of a pip

Dec. 30, 1992 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

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LYKES GAINS MORE TIME TO APPEAL DOT VETOTransportation Secretary Andrew Card Tuesday said he

Contract negotiations don't begin until May, but the West Coast longshoremen's union already is brac

Ever wondered what it might take to set up a shipping agency in Sri Lanka? Well, at the least, you'd

ArgoSystems Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif., subsidiary of Boeing Co., paid $3.8 million to resolve a fede

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A ship carrying wheat donated by supporters of Cuba in India arrived in Havana Monday, and President

Dec. 29, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

London's Kew Gardens, as a top-ranking botanic research center, sees itself as leading the internati

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