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Willem K. Scholten will become the new director and chief executive of the municipal port, effective

Of all the cars and trucks once made in former East Germany, only one model has survived the shift t

Vice President Dan Quayle swooped down on layoff-rocked Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. ea

The countrywide strike by some 100,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

Aug. 26, 1992 Copper Total, 38,501. Gold Total, .1,820,206.Silver Total, .278

Personal computers were invented in the United States in the mid-1970s when two entrepreneurs launch

Central banks across the European Community intervened in foreign-exchange markets Wednesday in an e

Estonian Shipping Co. (ESCO), like most former Soviet carriers, faces an array of post-independence

Some observers now believe Japan's central bank will again slash the nation's official discount rate

Corn futures prices declined Wednesday as traders turned their attention back to the possibility of

Canada's ports must look seriously at responding to the competitive challengefrom U.S. ports

Aug. 26, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Bayer AG, maker of Bayer aspirin, reported a big drop in profits Tuesday, but said it could not issu

The ocean liner Queen Mary, which has been moored in Southern California since its last voyage in 19

Consolidated Rail Corp., hoping to eliminate freight claims from automakers, is moving to end humpin

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is denying reports it's talking to American Airlines about coordinating ser

One of 11 Russian grain ships, idled last week when the Canadian government demanded Russian buyers

The U.S. Postal Service has confirmed its inspectors are continuing a criminal investigation into al

Ohio coal companies are modernizing and expanding Ohio River rail-barge terminals in eastern Ohio in

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Millions of Zimbabweans, who were without electricity for nearly eight hoursfrom Tuesday nig

American and local personal computer makers in Singapore are struggling to craft new pricing strateg

After decades of red ink and a recent drought of investment funds, Brazil's Port of Santos is moving

HURRICANE DELAYS LAUNCH OF SPILL CLEANUP VESSELBEAUMONT, Texas - Hurricane Andrew ha

France posted a provisional, seasonally adjusted trade surplus of 6.201 billion francs ($1.30 billio

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Hong Kong's gross domestic product will grow by 5.5 percent in 1992, up from 4.2 percent last year,

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Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

Argentine producers are negotiating the sale of a record 425,000-metric-ton surplus of 1991-92 (Sept

Total open interest in Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures has eroded to a 5-year low as

Aug. 26, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 3.1 million barrels during the week ended Aug. 21 compared with t

The United States wants to resolve an oilseeds dispute with the European Community through negotiati

Georgia's insurance commissioner will begin holding hearings next month on combining health, workers

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airlines, stung by aggressive fare-cutting in the airline industry wo

Officials at ports along the Gulf of Mexico expressed relief Wednesday as Hurricane Andrew churned i

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The 12 shipping lines that have drawn up the rate-setting and capacity- cutting Trans-Atlantic Agree

Robert F. Godfrey was named general sales manager for the corporate and Caribbean divisions.