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U.S. PRODUCTIVITY Percent change 1992-2QNon-farm business +2.0%All business

With the Berlin Wall down and fears that European economic integration will lead to a wall of trade

The dominant containerport operator here is buying a half share in China's Port of Shanghai's box co

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

M. Anthony Burns, chairman, president and chief executive of Ryder System Inc., didn't have to read

Boeing Co.'s commercial aircraft division said Thursday it will cut production of the 757 narrow-bod

Conquest Airlines Corp. said Thursday it is seeking more than $190 million in damages from Pratt & W

PLATINUM, PALLADIUM LISTED 1ST ON COMEXThe Commodity Exchange will list January platinum and

Sept. 3, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Bush administration's announcement Wednesday of a massive export drive for subsidized wheat is a

Russia has more of a need for milk products than meat in the near term, a top Russian buyer told rep

J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., the nation's second-largest truckload carrier, will begin double-stack con

Illinois Central Railroad Co., feeling the effects of Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana and southern Mis

President Bush's election-year offer to sell 30 million tons of subsidized wheat to 28 countries - t

Volunteers at Maine Town Hall in Park Ridge, Ill., were too busy packing boxes of relief supplies to

CONTINENTAL BOOSTS AID TO HURRICANE VICTIMSHaving carried over 50 tons of relief supplies to

A rule designed to reduce the potential for head injuries in airline passengers seated directly behi

The president of the Air Line Pilots Association joined fellow union leaders Thursday in voting to e

The president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has called on all union workers in the rail

HOLIDAY GASOLINE PRICES POISED FOR 4-YEAR LOWNEW YORK - The nation's motorists will

Southern Co. of Atlanta will manage the modernization and rehabilitation of a large-scale, multifuel

Exxon Corp. would not comment Wednesday on recent press reports that it may withdraw from all or par

Sydney, Australia, is set to become electronically linked to 160 other cities through the World Trad

The U.S. government's aggressive action to dramatically increase wheat export subsidies could be the

Economy Minister Marcilio Marques Moreira, the most respected figure in embattled President Fernando

Most key European Community single-market legislation will be approved before the end-1992 deadline,

The latest two opinion polls Wednesday forecast France would narrowly approve the Maastricht Treaty

Companies doing business in Switzerland are unlikely to encounter major changes in Swiss customs pro

Mexico and Canada will consider modifying the proposed North American free- trade agreement to allow

ZIMBABWE MAKES CUTS IN RELIEF ALLOWANCESJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The government of Zimba

When U.S.-led coalition forces liberated Kuwait in February of 1991, they found the highways leading

Sept. 2, 1992 Copper Total, 40,412. Gold Total, .1,765,870.Silver Tot

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 200.87 off 0.12 which compares

Sept. 2, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/2 9/1 Change % Change: 8/10

1064 (Sept. 2, 1992) Previous day - 1069 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Sept. 2, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The British government must do more to help revitalize the floundering manufacturing industry, the T

A senior Venezuelan official confirmed that state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA eventually p

Sept. 2, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-