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Production at South Africa's Genref oil refinery near Durban has been crippled by a 6-day-old strike

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new dietary pyramid, which recommends reducing consumption of f

May 4, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

The slump in U.S. oil and natural gas drilling activity may drive domestic oil field equipment compa

U.S. Ports' International Freight in 20-Foot Container Equivalents, or TEUs Feb. 1992

The nationwide call for affordable health care has prompted several states to develop programs to ma

The architects of a proposed fund that would provide shipowners trading in U.S. waters with addition

The "pay or play" health care reform plans that some congressional leaders are advocating as a way t

The National Association of Insurance Brokers for the first time has endorsed a role for the federal

The company that bills itself the nation's leading supplier of rail signaling and communications equ

India should by year-end declare the rupee fully convertible on a trade- account basis - or for fore

The trans-Atlantic war between the world's major air express operators escalated Monday with the ann

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

POLAND, IMF START NEW LOAN DEAL TALKSWARSAW, Poland - Poland and the International Monetary

May 4, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Welcome to the global village. May I take your order, please? Will it be a Dunkin' Donut fil

Severe wind and hailstorms in the Midwest have caused more than $11 million in estimated claims and

Crude oil futures for June delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange opened this week at $20.85,

U.S. emissions of the major "greenhouse" gas would drop 12 percent if the nation rapidly embraced en

US CREDITS FOR RUSSIA DELAYED BY UNCERTAINTYRussia still has not detailed how it would like

The Port of South Louisiana has signed a five-year contract with Hall-Buck Marine Inc. to provide bu

Although Asia is often viewed as an enormous economic success story, nearly 800 million of its peopl

A locomotive rebuilder says he has a solution to the problem of train engine idling, a problem that

European Community finance ministers this coming weekend will discuss ways of integrating non-EC cur

CHINA, S. KOREA SIGN PACT ON INVESTMENTThe China Chamber of International Commerce and South

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

1219 (May 1, 1992) Previous day - 1216 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Behind bulletproof glass in an empty office building, Bill Farrow contemplates the fickleness of a p

Every weekend, the small parking lot behind David Goering's apartment building is littered with pile

Weather in the U.S. central plains states during the next two to three weeks will direct U.S. wheat

New York Mercantile Exchange May 4, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents p

Singapore International Monetary Exchange May 4, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metric

Hot on the tail of international moves to phase out ozone-damaging gases is a Dutch plan that aims w

Average retail gasoline prices in New York over the last two weeks posted their first increases sinc

Emery Worldwide said Monday it agreed with Subaru of America to move all of the carmaker's heavier s

Massachusetts lawmakers, in an effort to avert a looming strike at Amtrak and Consolidated Rail Corp

Shipping and transportation companies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area were kicked into high gear

Taiwan's exports rose 28.8 percent in April from the same month last year to a record US$7.25 billio

Ten years ago, when Ellard "Butch" Pfaelzer made his first trip to Japan in search of business, the