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(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) July 17, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago7/17 7/16 Change % Change: 6/23

The International Longshoremen's Association's southern district will never completely win this war.

The Florida East Coast Railway Co., the quiet carrier that just seems to go about its business, is n

Arthur Dunkel, director general of the body governing most world trade, told the world's trading nat

California police and insurance investigators have uncovered an elaborate and deadly scam in which t

President Vaclav Havel announced his resignation Friday while the Slovaks, who rejected him as head

While foreign airlines are racing to automate their cargo documents, many of their U.S. counterparts

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A class action lawsuit was filed against Burlington Northern Railroad Co. on behalf of more than 50,

A 77-strong local delegation is crossing its ring-bedecked fingers as it awaits the outcome of this

Global trade reforms sought by the United States for six years are all but dead for now, analysts sa

International Petroleum Exchange July 17, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

July 17, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

July 17, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

A plan announced last week to convert the mothballed Shoreham nuclear plant to natural gas is the la

Alexander & Baldwin Inc., the parent company of Matson Navigation Co., experienced a 12 percent decl

A New York state Supreme Court judge last week ruled that annuities can't be sold by state-chartered

A plan to restore the solvency of Walbrook Insurance Co. of London is meeting resistance from some p

A slump in the European economy and a slowdown in Japanese growth have reduced foreign sales of cons

A graphic on Page 1A July 17 incorrectly indicated the value of American President Cos.' revenue per

Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department Friday served a legal volley that could have a significant e

A private German industrial group said Friday it wants to build the country's first magnetic train t

Cargo consolidators say filing electronic ocean tariffs to the U.S. government could cost them as mu

Southeast Asia tends to be very interested in how the rest of the world sees it - particularly Ameri

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

A 3.6 percent decrease in imports helped widen the Canadian merchandise trade surplus to a seasonall

July 17, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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INDIA GOVERNMENT BEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION NEW DELHI, India - The government of Prime Mini

A Brooklyn contractor who turned idled Pier 41 into a bustling shopping area bought another defunct

Singapore International Monetary Exchange July 17, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metr

Seven defendants, including several major chemical companies, were named in a suit filed last week b

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers and the country's Chamber of Mines late Thursday night

Legislation requiring that goods bought with U.S.-foreign aid money be carried on U.S.-flag ships wo

German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG has named Wulf H. Dehn, a marketing executive in the company's

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

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