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

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

In the face of mounting competition from U.S. maritime gateways and intermodal networks, Canada's po

Operators of Shipyard River Coal Terminal Co. in Charleston, S.C., hope the sale of the terminal to

The German shipping company Egon Oldendorff has purchased two container/roll- on, roll-off ships fro

The European Community's failure to issue a schedule of proposed tariff reductions for agricultural

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International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 11, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The traditional way to explore for oil is to spend millions of dollars sending engineers and heavy m

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

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

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

Changing patterns in the movement of steam coal to Europe will have a beneficial effect on shipping

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

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

The wake-up call U.S. coal exporters got at an October coal conference in Nice, France,wasn't from t

Wabash National Corp., flush with new trailer orders from truckload carriers, declared a shareholder

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration spoke glowingly of anti- lock brakes for heavy tr

Scientists have discovered two previously unknown earthquake faults beneath San Francisco Bay, one o

Outgoing Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca has no real interest in running financially troubled Trans Wo

A Haitian freighter ran aground last week with 117 refugees, the largest known group ever to reach t

The Asia-Pacific region, already the fastest-growing in the world, presents challenges and problems

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Vietnam's state oil company, Petrovietnam, said it wants American companies, which first discovered

Texaco Inc. expects worldwide crude oil prices to be roughly the same in 1993 as they were in 1992,

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

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

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

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

The Port of New Orleans this year successfully weathered Hurricane Andrew and the national recession

Despite potential monetary, environmental and political pitfalls, the Port of Los Angeles continues

A curious limbo period has settled over Britain's energy producers, as the country's embattled coal

The U.S. dollar will fluctuate within a narrow trading range until the end of the year, but will the

Carmine Ragucci, the stevedore executive who lost his bid to re-open a Staten Island marine terminal

The Swiss industrial production index (1963=100) rose by 2 percent in the third quarter 1992 compare

Shippers are looking for a few good truckers - very few. Aiming for stronger partnerships an