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US, EC TO INTENSIFY BILATERAL TRADE TALKSALVOR, Portugal - The European Community an

Speculative buying by commission houses and London dealing houses is the main catalyst for the recen

May 12, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

The European Community Commission today will ask EC governments to levy an energy tax, equivalent to

Tuesday May 12, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The shipping arm of a major oil company has lost its battle with a sailor's union over launch captai

The White House's top health-care adviser said Tuesday that health-care reform efforts should focus

The return to profitability for Hapag-Lloyd's liner shipping division may prove to be short-lived, s

OMI REPORTS DROP IN FIRST-QUARTER PROFITNEW YORK - Amid tough times for all bulk shi

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, while the market focused on European currencies. Dealers s

United Airlines reported that its total scheduled revenue passenger-miles increased 4.3 percent in A

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will confer with President Bush at the White House today dur

Shippers are on different tracks regarding Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp.'s proposed purchas

Goods carried across state lines by a private trucking company remain in interstate commerce even if

The Port of Philadelphia will have nearly a quarter-million square feet of cold-storage capacity for

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The heavy truck industry broke out of its three-year slump with a bang as April sales soared an esti

DATA PROTECTION The proposed data protection directive seeks to harmonize the level of prote

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index has been edging up, indicating that prices of basic i

Hapag-Lloyd AG's liner shipping division came out of the red in 1991, helping the German shipping an

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

OIL EXPORTERS EXEMPTED FROM RUSSIAN LEVIESYegor Gaidar, Russian first deputy prime minister,

Undue pessimism in Australia's coal industry is hindering its growth, according to Simon Crean, Mini

Israel scored a major breakthrough in its more than 50-year battle against the Arab boycott, as the

B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. Monday reported net income of $745,000, or 18 cents a share, for the first q

Executives who have given up on insuring potentially disastrous environmental risks might take a sec

May 11, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Norway, which produces enough oil from its difficult North Sea waters to rank it fifth in world crud

The struggle for control of one of the country's largest maritime unions escalated over the weekend

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago5/11 5/8 Change % Change: 4/17

New York Mercantile Exchange May 11, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 208.23 up 0.04 which compares wi

DELTA BEGINS SERVICE BETWEEN LA, FRANKFURTDelta Air Lines inaugurated daily non-stop service

As of May. 11 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Recent U.S. indictments charging Chinese businessmen with avoiding import duties are only a small pa

Conoco Inc. plans to sell refined oil products in Poland and is negotiating to acquire an interest i

Despite government attempts to relieve cash-strapped coffee growers by rolling over their debts and

Maritime industry insurance premiums are skyrocketing and companies are refusing to provide certain

Ports across the Gulf of Mexico are expected to raise dockage fees later this year in a move to alig

Sedco Phillips Offshore Drilling Co., a Delaware partnership, received Maritime Administration appro