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The turmoil created in exchange rate markets in recent months underscores the need for caution befor

A City Council committee offered a last-minute plan to save Todd Shipyards Corp.'s former San Pedro

A federal judge Monday signed a settlement of a lawsuit over an investment fiasco that cost a major

Improved U.S.-China trade ties have Hong Kong businesses upbeat about the next quarter despite a lul

The next mayor of the largest city on the U.S. West Coast must understand Southern California's impo

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TNT Ltd. and Mayne Nickless Transport Inc., two of Australia's major multinational transport groups,

All drivers filling up in the Twin Cities area will be buying gasoline with ethanol in it - like it

1113 (Oct. 31, 1992) Previous day - 1111 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Experiments are under way to use India's plentiful reserves of thorium as fuel for nuclear power sta

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IMPERIAL PLANS TO CLOSE 2 UK CHLORINE PLANTSImperial Chemical Industries PLC will close two

Nov. 2, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Trunkline Gas Co. on Sunday restored 400 million cubic feet a day of capacity at its "T21" gas-gathe

Singapore has a well-deserved reputation as a free-trade port with few import restrictions, but one

Witco Corp. on Monday acquired the Industrial Chemicals and Natural Substances divisions of Schering

Nov. 2, 1992 Copper Total, 69,381. Gold Total, .1,766,599.Silver Total, .278,

The International Cocoa Organization Monday revised its 1991-92 (October- September) world cocoa pro

China is moving into the international export market after backing away from selling grain earlier t

Twenty-nine industrialized and developing nations sent a communique to leaders of the world's seven

The U.S. dollar resumed its surge Monday on the expectation of a Clinton victory at the polls, gaini

Aided by western cash, know-how and several new jetliners, Czechoslovak Airlines (CSA) hopes to surv

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a federal appeals court's decision upholding the Federal Avi

HIGH COURT UPHOLDS PANAMA SUIT DISMISSALWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday let st

AIRBUS WIDE-BODY A330 COMPLETES FIRST FLIGHTHERNDON, Va. - Airbus Industrie's A330, the worl

US FARM PRODUCT PRICES UNCHANGED FOR OCTOBERWASHINGTON - The index of prices receive

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Nov. 2, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Ex

The triad of ties among politicians, gangsters and business is a long- standing tradition in Japan -

A federal appeals court panel has ordered an insurance company to pay full medical benefits for the

THIRD-QUARTER PROFIT DECLINED AT CIGNA CORP.Third-quarter net income at Cigna Corp. fell to

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

The Houston Port Commission has approved funding for a second study of its workers to determine if e

Crowley American Transport, the liner arm of Crowley Maritime Corp., is setting up a freight service

Tuesday's election will bring more new faces to Congress than any other since World War II, with the

CSX Intermodal said Friday it is restructuring its motor carrier operations organization to improve

A New York federal judge is expected to close the books today on a massive lawsuit over a pension in

A high-technology duel for dominance in air cargo communications networks is developing as a group o

Japan's 21 leading banking institutions were stuck with $98.3 billion worth of non-performing loans

Australia recorded an unadjusted trade deficit of A$111 million (US$77 million) in September, compar