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Belgium said Tuesday that it will impose a tax on beer, colas and sparkling water containers by the

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said that a new accord to finance French grain exports to Russi

Tenneco Inc.'s recently formed natural gas division in Houston has signed a deal to buy Louisville,

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The Inter-African Coffee Organization, meeting in Abidjan, has decided to concentrate on technical q

BOARD EXPECTS INCREASE IN GHANA COCOA OUTPUTACCRA, Ghana - Continued replanting of cocoa at

The Overseas Private Investment Corp., the federal governmental agency that insures and finances Ame

Increased transportation regulatory oversight may be coming with the Clinton administration, but shi

Salomon Inc.'s Phibro unit said Tuesday its $116 million investment in a major oil field in Siberia

Maritime safety would be improved if governments devoted more time to enforcing regulations, a tanke

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 18, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Wednesday Nov. 18, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Nov. 18, 1992 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Crude oil inventories dropped 6.9 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 13 compared with the previo

Metal prices Wednesday gained on constructive U.S. trade data. Silver and platinum were most

Rising tides and plummeting cargo volume may leave this Caspian port all washed up. The Casp

1224 (Nov. 18, 1992) Previous day - 1207 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

More than 60 longshoremen in the Port of Boston donated their time to load toys aboard a ship bound

Two Indian ports are seeking to attract private Indian and foreign capital to their expansion projec

Bangladesh still has in place bureaucratic shackles and rules that hamper foreign investment, but of

CORCORAN ELECTED NITL CHAIRMANATLANTA - Robert M. Corcoran, general manager of traff

Juergen Moellemann, Germany's economics minister, and his Taiwanese counterpart, Vincent Siew, Wedne

Hope that operations at North America's largest coal terminal might return to normal faded Tuesday,

Fearing a Bill Clinton administration will give a boost to regulatory agencies already costing truck

A federal grand jury has indicted the owners of a bankrupt truck-parts company in Moberly, Mo., and

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It was a miracle that more lives weren't lost. On the night of Aug. 25, the Greek-owned Roya

FMC REVOKES 5 FORWARDING LICENCESThe Federal Maritime Commission revoked ocean freight forwa

Keppel Shipyard, a unit of Singapore-based Keppel Corp., said it completed the conversion of a 178,0

Nov. 18, 1992 Copper Total, 70,432. Gold Total, .1,728,036.Silver Total, .280

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.34 off 0.25 which compares

Nov. 18, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Unfavorable planting conditions this fall for winter crops and shortages of fuel and other farm equi

In a reversal borne out of frustration, the insurance industry is complaining that the consolidation

CORROON PRETAX EARNINGS FELL 66 PERCENT IN 3RD QUARTERThird-quarter pretax earnings at insur

Voyage charter parties play a major role in international shipping, as much of the cargo carried in

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

Negotiations for a U.S.-Canada "open-skies" agreement resumed this week with both sides still far ap

The U.S. dollar was largely unchanged Wednesday after an early morning rally lost its momentum.<

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 18, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)