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Houston companies are poised on the brink of an explosion in trade with 10 developing countries that

Cuba, engaged in a cautious process of economic reform, took a further step toward lifting the state

The European Commission rejected French charges Wednesday that its plan to harmonize export credit r

Days after a private meeting with Saudi Arabian King Fahd in Riyadh, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentse

Wednesday Oct. 26, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

A European Union official said Wednesday the EU is in the final stages of weighing changes to its co

China said it plans to allow 80 to 100 overseas legal offices to operate in the coming two to three

Along with an in-depth look at the business of buying and selling petroleum products, delegates to t

The country's newest stock exchange plans to launch screen-based equities trading Nov. 3 and that's

India's economic reforms, launched more than three years ago, are far from complete and much more ne

KOHL'S COALITION EYES LIMITS ON BANK POWERBONN, Germany - Chancellor Helmut Kohl's c

Russian officials flew to the northern region of Komi Wednesday racing to plug an oil leak that U.S.

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell by 5.9 million barrels during the week ended Oct. 21, compared wit

Independent petroleum marketers are still struggling for profits against increasingly costly regulat

Conseco Inc., whose takeover of Kemper Corp. is running into financing problems, is still exploring

A threefold increase in drug testing in U.S. companies will help reduce accidents in the workplace,

COURT RULES SHEARSON INSURER MUST PAYALBANY, N.Y. - The New York Court of Appeals said Tuesd

Shell Chemical Co. officials said they were following recommendations that would help prevent anothe

The "Risk Retention Reporter" reports in its October issue that seven new purchasing groups were add

20TH CENTURY INDUSTRIES SEES QUAKE LOSSES RISEWOODLAND HILLS, Calif. - Increasing es

AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY (Green Bay, Wis.) - Sandra Mathy, vice president, was promoted tothe new p

As dehydrators around Fresno churn at full capacity to salvage raisins harmed by late-season rains,

As of Oct. 26, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

SWISS CHEMICAL EXPORTS INCREASE BY 4.5 PERCENTGENEVA - Swiss exports of chemicals ro

The USDA projected that world cocoa production and consumption would be in balance in 1994-95 (Octob

DuPont reported record third-quarter earnings Wednesday of $647 million, due largely to restructurin

A proposal to overhaul the membership structure at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange failed to garner

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 232.25 off 0.79 w

1873 (Oct. 26, 1994) Previous day - 1871 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

"Collecting the Port: Recent Acquisitions of the South Street Seaport Museum." Through Oct. 30. New

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Last week's one-day walkout by workers at the Port of Cape Town - staged in support of striking truc

Australia will further cut trade barriers and shed economic ties to Europe as it embraces the Asian

BARGE OWNER FACES SUIT OVER DROWNINGTOLEDO, Ohio - The family of a teen-ager who dro

South Korea's air, rail, bridge, petrochemical and highway systems over the last 12 monthshave suffe

Steadily growing container cargo volumes in the Pacific Northwest are prompting dockworkers to seek

French maritime authorities detained 28 foreign-flagged vessels between June and September after dis

Gov. George Allen, scrambling for something upbeat on the economic front after the state's loss of t