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In a poignant reminder of the difficulties of preventing piracy, a tanker captain's wife and 7-month

Travel and tourism is the world's top industry and employer, according to the World Travel & Tourism

May 4, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

May 4, 1992 Copper Total, 30,262. Gold Total, .1,565,395.Silver Total

Grain and soybean futures were higher Monday on prospects for the U.S. export credit allocation to R

Canada's composite leading economic indicator in February rose 0.1 percentfrom January to 14

Further evidence of the fragile state of China's economy is emerging as it vacillates between centra

Albert Cernadas, executive vice president of the International Longshoremen's Association, has recei

PFIZER INC. TO SELL COTY TO GERMAN COMPANYPfizer Inc. said Monday it is selling its Coty fra

IRAN EXPECTS ACCESS TO EUROPEAN MARKETIran expects to gain access to the European market for

Iran aims to raise oil production capacity to 5 million barrels a day by March 1993 from the current

The export-import banks of Japan and South Korea signed an agreement to support exports of capital g

The German government announced it would return to the bargaining table with the striking public wor

The two Libyans suspected of bombing a plane over Lockerbie in 1988 have told a U.S. legal consultan

Germany's four major political parties will gather May 27 for a discussion of the nation's strained

Keppel Corp., the diversified Singapore-based shipbuilding, banking and shipping company, said it ex

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The Environmental Protection Agency ordered A.O. Polymer Corp. and International Business Machines C

Consumers Power Co. said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted the company's new ope

Louisiana's Office of Conservation has begun reviewing data on the state's natural gas production, p

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

About 300 independent container haulers returned to work Monday after a majority of local truck brok

The talks aimed at the liberalization of the world's trading system are likely to drag on into 1993,

Monday, May 4, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The Romanian government slashed subsidies on staple foods and electricity Monday, sending prices soa

Cigna Corp.'s consolidated net income increased to $106 million, or $1.48 a share, for the first qua

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

* In March, the Thai navy arrested 15 heavily armed Vietnamese pirates wearing military uniforms aft

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World cotton trade will increase during the next marketing season, boosted by a rise in world consum

The danger of a Latin atomic bomb is receding. Argentina and Brazil, Latin America's most ad

EC AGREES TO SEND AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEFBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community agreed Mon

May 4, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

International Petroleum Exchange May 1, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)__

To thousands of American soldiers, this palm-strewn paradise offered a deceptively placid first look

Monday May 4, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The federal government is investigating units of the West Coast longshoremen's union for possible cr

Michael C. Hagan was named president and chief executive officer of American Commercial Lines Inc.,

The U.S. dollar will decline in the week ahead, amid concern about the slow pace of the U.S. economi

Advanced Transportation Management Seminar. May 4-15. Evanston, Ill. Sponsored by Transportation Cen