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South Florida's service station wars saw another competitor run out of gasoline Thursday, when Exxon

The National Energy Policy Act of 1992 will have a limited impact on the number of new independent p

Debts of state-owned liner operator Lloyd Brasileiro may exceed $800 million, and a "definitive solu

Majority foreign ownership is now permitted in Indian shipping companies, with the minimum share cap

TECMARINE LINES INC. (Miami) - Peter Shull has been named director of less- than-containerload (LCL)

APC STARTS PURCHASING LEASED VESSELS IN FLEETOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos., the

Steamship lines that call Grays Harbor, Wash., will receive pilotage fee refunds as the result of a

One of the biggest mistakes Americans make is to view foreign trade as a zero-sum game - in which U.

Christmas sales have lifted the spirits of Canada's depressed retailers, pinched by a year of store

RHONE-POULENC TO SELL 98 PERCENT INTEREST IN THANNRhone-Poulenc SA will sell its more than 9

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose 0.2 point late last week following steady to sli

China, with huge reserves of practically every mineral and metal known to man under its own soil, is

Cytel Corp. and Sandoz Pharma Ltd. have reached an agreement to restructure their collaboration.

Argentina's plans to export canola to Japan has been set back by high costs, quality problems and fa

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LOW ALUMINUM PRICES MAY CUT CHINA EXPORTS TOKYO - Aluminum exports from China are likely to

Copper analysts expect prices to end 1992 stronger than anticipated only a few months ago, following

U.S. farmers will produce 16.3 million bales of cotton, the Agriculture Department said Thursday, sl

Rubbermaid Inc. last week realigned its resin casual furniture joint venture with Sommer-Allibert In

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 10, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Dec. 11, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 202.07 up 0.59 which compares

Scientists said last week that a NASA satellite has given them important new data about the depletio

Dec. 11, 1992 Copper Total, 76,161. Gold Total, .1,513,045.Silver Tot

Dec. 11, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

As of Dec. 11, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

The Petroleum Authority of Thailand will allow Siam Cement Co. to raise its stake in three semi-stat

VIETNAM COLLECTS FUNDS TO SHIP RICE TO CUBAHANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam is collecting donations

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich., is asking the Federal Deposit

Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard will face trial on Jan. 28 in federal court

The first local offering of stock in an insurance company flopped, though most brokers argue it was

The Chicago Board of Trade's national and Eastern catastrophe insurance futures and options were lau

LINCOLN NATIONAL PLANS STOCK OFFERFORT WAYNE, Ind. - Lincoln National Corp. filed a

Kentucky's residual workers compensation market argued for a dramatic rate increase Wednesday, two d

Barring a spectacular shift of the political winds blowing across Canada, 1993 will mark the end of

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has made one thing clear to Canadians: His Conservative government is

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is attempting to bounce back from a crushing defeat of his constitutio

Canada may yet prove to be the most difficult of the three countries in the North American free-trad

The prospect of a North American free-trade area between the United States and Canada being expanded