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In the last few months, ocean carriers have had a harder time meeting their shipping schedules, acco

U.S. copper industry executives here for the annual Copper Club dinner here believe prices for the r

WHEAT FUTURES MARKET FALLS BACK FROM HIGHSCHICAGO - The wheat futures market was sha

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EMERY WORLDWIDE (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Vincent F. Gallagher was appointed director of pharmaceutical

Two conflicting operating philosophies have emerged in the highly competitive ocean shipping trade b

Canadian government policies have brought Canada's railways close to a ''meltdown" condition, accord

Airline stocks rose Tuesday on Monday's news that UAL Corp. will cut capital spending, a move expect

BRAZIL CLEARS IMPORTING OF MORE PRODUCTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil authorized the im

Greek officials are hoping that new legislation will streamline, speed and expand the privatization

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 10, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Japan's beef consumption will continue to rise this year, and domestic slaughter and imports are exp

Indonesia's first fully integrated polyethylene and polypropylene production facility will use Union

In many workplaces, the three-martini lunch has been replaced by a line at the salad bar. As

The first waterborne shipment of $15 million in government-surplus food aid is scheduled to departto

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

A U.S. District Court judge has handed the Puerto Rico Ports Authority a defeat by ruling the agency

The success of major U.S. transportation and manufacturing companies depends more and more on their

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Zambia this week will burn a nine-ton stockpile of ivory tusks and weapons confiscated from poachers

VIETNAM SAID TO PLEDGE FOREIGN OIL SUPPORTHANOI, Vietnam - Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has me

The government plans to import 6 million metric tons of coking coal during fiscal 1992-93 beginning

U.S. feed producers are concerned that a possible agreement in world agricultural trade talks could

"Soaring Bulk Ship Casualty Rate Sparks Call for Study of Cargoes," a report on Page 8B Feb. 6, shou

Roger Korner has been named executive director of the United Seamen's Service, replacing Ernest Pigo

Johnstown America Corp. has received an order for 1,600 steel Bethgon kitsfrom Consolidated

A group of Muscovites relished their first taste of American food Tuesday, digging into pork chops,

The presidents of eight Amazon countries agreed on the importance of preserving the rain forest and

Eleven John Deere mechanical cotton pickers unloaded last week at Brazil's port of Rio Grande mark t

Feb. 11, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

PORTUGAL WANTS TO HIKE EC FARM COMPENSATIONBRUSSELS, Belgium - Portugal, current hol

The Israel government plans this year to sell publicly 72 percent of Israel Chemicals Ltd., the gove

The simmering confrontation between the insurance reform administration of Texas Gov. Ann Richards a

Canadian lumber producers are bracing for an adverse U.S. trade ruling March 5 and openly questionin

The U.S. oil industry will continue shrinking in 1992, as investment shifts away from North America,

A presidential commission is likely to reject preliminary staff recommendations for major changes in

Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco has begun planning for the installation of production

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Fujitsu Ltd. and NEC Corp. will scale back capital spending in the 1992-93 fiscal year (April throug

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 214.98 up 1.64 which compares wi