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Traffic at Croatia's principal seaport has recovered only slightly in recent weeks after plunging 90

After staging a mild rally, prices for Brazilian debt turned down late last week on renewed pessimis

When Mark Palmer decided to open the gates of East-West business, he saw no better way to start than

Oct. 29, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Precious metals edged higher late in the day despite a decidely bearish reaction to evidence of a sl

Russian Republic President Boris Yeltsin faces a difficult battle to implement his radical economic

TWO INSURERS TRANSFER MASS. AUTO POLICIESWEBSTER, Mass. - Home Insurance Co. and Continental

Arco Oil & Gas Co. said that it is divesting about 1,100 oil and natural gas properties in the conti

Despite conservation and other strategies, the United States has grown increasingly dependent on for

A revival of the world's major economies will spur strong air cargo growth in 1992 after a subpar ye

THERE'S IRONY in Burlington Northern Railroad Co. being the first to reach a negotiated settlement o

General cargo volume jumped 22 percent at the Port of Mobile's state-run facilities during the fisca

European Community ministers struck a deal Monday on conserving the 12-nation bloc's fish stocks aft

Rohm & Haas Co., based here, said it reached a settlement with Union Carbide and Plastics Co., of Da

SECOND PHILLIPS PLANT ON LINE IN TEXASBARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips 66 Co. said the second

Threats by the chairman of the Soviet Union's largest nickel producer, Norilsk, to end exports to th

Robert Tucker was appointed to a five-year term on the Board of Commissioners at the Port of New Orl

Motorists are unlikely to need any special insurance coverage if toll roads are privatized, but one

In the latest legal assault on the cigarette industry, a lawsuit alleging thata Philadelphia man con

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A story on Monday, Oct. 28, "Plymouth Rock Weighs Entry into NJ Market," should have indicated that

NIGERIAN OIL SHIPMENTS MAY BE DELAYED FURTHERSlight delays to crude oil shipments from Niger

Shipping lines and their customers foresee increased difficulty in doing business in Africa because

The war in Yugoslavia has forced Croat shipping companies to reflag many of their ships in order to

Confusion and indecision appear to have spread here after a week of intense discussions on maritime

Vancouver Port Corp. will unveil in November a detailed plan for additional port facilities required

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The language of a Dutch proposal for European Monetary and Economic Union, unveiled Monday night, is

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

Western German companies expect business to slow in 1992, but their counterparts in the east see a h

Mexico's government, in one of the biggest deals yet in an ambitious drive to shed state-owned asset

The Ukrainian parliament voted Tuesday to shut down within two years the Chernobyl nuclear power pla

The American Trucking Associations, one of the nation's most powerful transportation lobbies, has to

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS TO RESUME US FLIGHTSSouth African Airways said it will resume direct U

The Palestine Liberation Organization is drafting plans for a market economy in an embryonic Palesti

Guyana, anxious about being "elbowed out" of the U.S. market as the United States enters free-trade

The Bank of Japan, which recently has managed its country's economy with an almost free hand, faces

President Bush told the American Gas Association here Monday that his administration's national ener