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BRAZIL'S COFFEE OUTPUT EXPECTED TO FALL 23 PERCENTBrazil's coffee production next year is ex

The twisted road to full regulatory approval for the USS-Posco steel finishing mill near San Francis

When the federal government considers a thrift institution or savings and loan to be "troubled," it

Steel is a mature industry, but one that is undergoing a technological renaissance from the furnace

The tide of red ink that swelled in the U.S. steel industry during 1991 should recede next year, but

When the Port of Seattle started talking about spending $10 million on a new refrigerator warehouse

For the week ended Dec. 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 12

U.S. patent No. 559 gives its holder all rights to a rare variety of the heliotrope, a flower found

IMCERA, HERCULES PLAN FLAVORS VENTURENORTHBROOK, Ill. - Imcera Group Inc., based here, and H

With the verdict on layoffs and plant closings less than a week away, General Motors employees are f

Patrick Cleary, chairman of the National Mediation Board, said the board would hold hearings in 1992

Freightliner Corp. took the lead in the heavy truck industry on strong November sales, but a strike

aShipping lines in Southern California said they can plan freely for future growth, after Walt Disne

Fri., Dec. 13, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

GTE Airfone is providing Skytel Communications Corp. of Canada with an air- to-ground Seatfone syste

United Airlines announced Friday that it reached a tentative labor agreement with the International

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Expectations of a cut in U.S. interest rates this week will push the dollar down against major curre

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After David Duke's gubernatorial bid fell short last month, business and government officials in New

A battle of Leviathans is in progress between U.S. insurance brokerage Johnson & Higgins and Britain

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Consolidated Rail Corp. will make its usual demurrage charges on cars it holds for shippers as part

Florida orange producers think they've got it made next year when Japan lowers its import quotas for

U.S. computer workstation giant Sun Microsystems is expanding its toehold in the until-recently forb

Germany posted a capital account surplus of $1.24 billion (1.962 billion Deutschemarks) in October,

Denmark's industrial production rose 4.9 percent in the third quarter, compared with a 6.9 percent i

The city of Avalon, Calif., was awarded $1.5 million in state funding to rebuild a public ferry term

1547 (Dec. 13, 1991) Previous day - 1548 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

In a step that could help pave the way for a cancer vaccine, European researchers say they have for

Hog and pork belly futures prices once again are drifting lower with little prospects for change goi

Gold prices are expected to test $400 an ounce in 1992, Asian and Australian traders said. D

Propeller Club, Port of the Golden Gate Chapter. Dec. 13. San Francisco. Coast Guard district indust

A Quebec terminal is offering to provide ground storage space for coal so that U.S. exporters using

A small family-owned business that began with no experience in the international market-place has be

The Mexican government is convinced that the Bush administration is committed to pushing the North A

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., faced with an aging fleet nearing the end of its eligibility to receive U

President Bush ordered the release of money under the transportation improvement bill in order to pr

Americans and Canadians in the far north are gearing up this winter for a season of nostalgia to mar

Taiwan suffers the world's highest level of illegal or unlicensed financial and economic activity, a