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The first group of Chinese scientists to visit Taiwan in more than four decades arrived Monday for a

Port officials are scheduled to consider today development of an international conference and trade

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June 8, 1992 Copper Total, 33,004. Gold Total, .1,640,185.Silver Total, .266,

The number of laid-up tankers and bulk carriers is on the increase as some shipowners apparently hav

Federal Express Corp. won a major victory for deregulated trucking in the U.S. Supreme Court Monday,

Two more ship lines are considering moving East Asian cargo westbound through the Suez Canal to the

Monday, June 8, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

International Petroleum Exchange June 8, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

June 8, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Czechoslovakian government cleared the way for a U.S. meat casings manufacturer to invest in a n

An automobile excise tax enacted by the Puerto Rican government nearly 20 years ago to conserve fuel

General Electric Co. plans to increase its stake in India substantially this decade "to create cente

A new five-year plan to upgrade India's maritime industry calls for a diversified fleet that will fu

Richard Goatman was named executive vice president, replacing Mike Keen, who recently retired.

Japan arrested a record 32,908 foreigners in 1991 for working illegally and has deported most of the

The U.S. dollar was essentially unchanged Monday as guesswork about an easing of interest rates by t

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and a host of other Walt Disney characters are coming back to China throug

The United States is the world's foremost unfair trader, a Japanese government panel said Monday, ci

A new fashion for environmental improvement, given further impetus by the United Nations Earth Summi

Coastal states can regulate overtime pay of shipboard workers, the Supreme Court agreed Monday.<

Maersk Data Inc. has purchased a stake in a leading electronic communications softwaresupplier and i

In 1982, when environmentalists were campaigning to save the ozone layer, a federally funded study f

The CRB Futures Index, reflecting prices in 21 commodity markets, rose by 1.5 percent in May, ending

Sales by Australian shipbuilders could double to more than US$500 million a year by 1995, said John

Trucking companies, working on the slimmest of profit margins after two years of recession, may have

In moves that will reshape its executive management team, Northwest Airlines has namedan Ivy League

CP LABOR AGREEMENT ALLOWS CREW CUTSA new labor agreement will boost rail productivity and pe

As of June 8, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party and two U.S. telecommunication companies are seeki

Attempts by Long Beach, Calif.-area congressmen to keep repair work flowing to the Long Beach Naval

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Declaring that the breakup of Czechoslovakia would be a "tragedy," Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus ann

June 8, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe es

One U.S. government analyst, when asked about Vietnam's efforts to rejoin the international trading

Mexico's state oil and gas company, Petroleos Mexicanos, plans to sharply increase its imports of U.

Hangzhou-Toshiba Machinery & Electronics Co., a joint venture between Toshiba Corp. of Japan and Chi

In each of the last three years, the annual parade of Texas exports, accounting for morethan 20 perc

Executives in Taiwan's computer industry said Monday they fear a new accord between Taiwan and the U