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Members of the International Longshoremen's Association have approved extension of the current maste

The Port of Liverpool remained strikebound Wednesday despite a surprise vote by dockers' union leade

QFB PARTNERS ACQUIRES PETROLANE INC.QFB Partners, a partnership consisting of entities wholl

The Beach Boys sing about the good vibrations of the California sun and surf. Now, across the Pacifi

IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT where the coal industry stands now that the Bush administration's acid rain co

A report prepared by a U.S. firm of consultants is expected to prompt massive changes to Australia's

The proposed merger of Bristol-Myers and Squibb Corp. comes just as the two companies complete $145

The dollar moved slightly higher in a quiet foreign exchange market here Wednesday, after falling in

FACTORY ORDERS CLIMBED 0.4 PERCENT IN JUNEModerate increases in both durable and non-durable

European shippers have vehemently attacked the new North Europe-USA Rate Agreement's plans to introd

Aug. 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

S. KOREA SEEKS TO WIN LME DESIGNATED STATUSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will release det

When Jiro Nemoto, newly graduated from the prestigious law department of Tokyo University, joined Ni

Foreign oil companies presently providing services for Petrobras, as well as those companies vying f

INDONESIAN OIL EXPORTS TO END IN NEXT DECADEJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia plans to stop exp

Egypt cut its crude oil export prices by $1.25 a barrel effective Tuesday, the Egyptian Petroleum Au

The big U.S. natural resources company, Amax Inc. will buy Canada's Falconbridge Ltd., the Western w

West Germany is heading for new records in its current account and trade surpluses this year, but it

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

Aug. 1, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A Soviet ship, the Nadezhda Obukhova, was scheduled to leave Montreal late Tuesday for a British por

1392 (Aug. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1393 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., a key component of Sir Yue-kong Pao's commercial empire, reported profits ros

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS AN 8-MONTH LOWConstruction spending in June slumped 0.8 percent t

The government has finally reached agreement to sell one of several banks it ''nationalized" some ye

ARGENTINE BANKS HOPE THEY'LL ATTRACT SAVINGSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Private banks here Tue

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

Insurers and their opponents stopped short of declaring victory or conceding defeat in the wake of a

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - Peter T. LeCair was named senior vice president and chief financial off

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This issue: MEW ENGLAND: Unitil Power Corp., Exeter, N.H.MID-ATLANTIC: Atlantic Electric, Pl

PETROLEUM EXCHANGE STUDIES NEW CONTRACTSThe International Petroleum Exchange here is studyin

A House transportation subcommittee has approved an expanded version of oil- spill cleanup and liabi

SENATE PANEL APPROVES DRUG TESTING BILLThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Commi

The House approved legislation late Monday requiring train engineers,brakemen and other rail

Low silver prices are attracting more investment and industrial users, precious metals analysts said

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

Net receipts of Britain's insurance and broking institutions in 1988 were, at 3.8 billion ($6.3 bill

It was at best a mixed bag of year-end results presented last week to the North Carolina State Ports

Regulation plays a crucial role in the foreign investment decisions that multinational service compa