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Drilling for oil and natural gas in the United States plunged nearly 19 percent in the first quarter

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 210.14 up 1.12 which compares wi

Apr. 6, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

North American trade in textiles emerged as a burning issue Monday when the United States, Mexico an

U.S. and German negotiators are expected to resume bilateral aviation talks in June, with a German c

New rules covering hazardous materials warnings are forcing truckers to spend tens of millions of do

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

The French government's plan to reform its dock employment system could be threatened by the appoint

The chairman of a House subcommittee handling insurance issues has introduced a bill requiring a fed

The right of insurance companies to impose surcharges on drivers has been restricted by the Delaware

The graying of the U.S. labor force could force a change in the operations of package express carrie

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Neil Kinnock, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, unleashed a blistering attack against the

With the launch of the single European market just eight months away, American forest product produc

Union Transport, a German transport company, is owned by Klockner & Co. AG. It no longer is a subsid

Plunging land and stock prices are causing the credit rating of Japanese banks to fall sharply and t

Friday, April 3, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Looking to speed communications in its computer network, Sea-Land Service Inc. is installing advance

Lumber carloadings on U.S. railroads are on the upswing after a disastrous dip in 1990 and 1991.

A Washington-based investment company scheduled a property auction over the weekend in Nizhny Novgor

The tenure of hard-line Chinese Premier Li Peng is drawing rapidly to a close, analysts here and in

HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT APPROVED IN CHINABEIJING, China - Chinese legislators Friday approved

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

JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD BARCELONA THEME PARKST. LOUIS - Anheuser-Busch Cos. and Tibid

Brazil's new secretary of strategic affairs is expected to play the role of ''super trade representa

The environmental group Greenpeace alleged that U.S. companies attempted to bring so-called dirty in

Ports are moving rapidly to ensure they get their share of billions ofdollars in federal and

A local lumber industrialist here went to negotiate with his suppliers recently and ended up talking

Robert Brennan, executive vice president in charge of conventional services for Lykes Bros. Steamshi

1170 (Apr. 3, 1992) Previous day - 1176 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Forest products in world trade will be the theme of the Forest Products Transpo today and April 7 at

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey signed legislation last week that will expand the economic powers of

The president of a firm proposing to take control of Cumberland Farms Inc.'s Gulf Oil division said

A fight between Canada and the United States over lumber threatens to derail the proposed North Amer

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The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes said it has filed suit against the U.S. Department of

Sea-Land Service Inc. plans to boost its service in the former Soviet Union with the formation of a

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European airlines posted a record 41 percent increase in passenger traffic in February, regaining th