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An increasing number of the world's largest economic units are companies, not countries, with 47 fir

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 18, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

Exporters selling U.S. farm goods to the Soviet Union must coordinate each step with the U.S. Depart

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 18, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Despite being the only industrialized nation enjoying a large current account surplus, Japan has no

OECD PANEL REJECTS PACT TO CUT SUBSIDIESIndustrialized countries Wednesday rejected a "gentl

Now that all insurance issues have been addressed, Jerry West, the Los Angeles Lakers' general manag

German insurer Allianz AG reacted angrily Wednesday to allegations of bribery that led police to vis

The Croatian government is planning to take over more than $2 billion in bad loans from the republic

An agreement to liberalize global trade in services has run aground due to rigid U.S. demands on mar

Motor carriers will see cost savings and greater efficiencies of operationfrom features in t

President Bush Wednesday signed the massive highway spending bill, embracing as an economic shot in

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antim

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Unocal Corp. said Tuesday its Union Oil Co. of California operating subsidiary has completed the pur

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Dec. 18, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

USSR URANIUM PROBE MOVES A STEP CLOSERThe International Trade Commission cleared the way Wed

Germany's century-old national health system is catching the eye of American politicians seeking an

A Massachusetts Port Authority offer to pay $5 million to the cash-strapped city of Chelsea sparked

A presidential advisory panel laid the groundwork for recommending more aggressive scrutiny of agree

Cattle raisers and dairymen are fuming at a Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority decision to elim

Under pressure from a federal judge in New York, a major shipboard labor union is close to holding a

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Transportation Research Forum, New York chapter, Jan. 7. Rob Quartel of Federal Maritime Commission

Koos van der Merwe reclines in an easy chair, his beefy fingers wrapped around a cup of milky coffee

Argentina has awarded a consortium led by multinational commodities trader Marc Rich a contract to e

Taiwan's foreign currency reserves, the world's largest, soared to a record of $80 billion and are s

Dow Chemical Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. said Sumitomo Naugatuck Co., a joint venture of the two f

New Yorkers will be paying 31.5 cents a gallon in state gasoline taxes when a 2-cent-a-gallon increa

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The United States Wednesday effectively extended a trade investigation into Thailand's enforcement o

Two hundred Cambodian bank workers staged a lock-in Wednesday to protest government plans to sell th

Maritime and other government officials are fighting a spirited rearguard action against residents u

A charter party is a contract of carriage between a shipowner and a charterer that sets forth the pa

1528 (Dec. 18, 1991) Previous day - 1534 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Cedrite Technologies did not die easily, but it did die. Once a promising firm, Cedrite was

The Soviet bank for foreign activity (Vneshekonombank) is proposing to deposit a part of the former

Caribbean industry and the labor movement have thrown their weight behind efforts to deflect what th