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The battle over market share for gasoline oxygenates warmed up again last week, as a group of state

Industry sources said it's too soon to tell what will happen to Kidder Peabody & Co.'s energy future

Representatives from standards groups in the three North American Free Trade Agreement countries are

Faced with growing opposition from its wildcatter membership, leaders of the Independent Petroleum A

In a bid to quell public disquiet, Indonesia said it will import cement ''from anywhere" to ensure a

Norwegian employers believe a vote against accession to the European Union in the November referendu

Hoping to draw attention to the link between standardization and U.S. competitiveness in world marke

CANADA JOBLESS RATE LOWEST SINCE JANUARY '91Canada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate f

Venezuela plans to lift price and exchange controls gradually in coming months on the strength of re

Three weeks ago, I spent a full week in Washington assessing the political influence on the energy i

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

Florida Power Corp. said last week that as many as 350 jobs will be eliminated by the end of 1994, i

Office Depot announced last week that it has signed a joint venture agreement to open a chain of off

MAGMA COPPER TO BUY PERUVIAN COMPANYTUCSON, Ariz. - Magma Copper Co. of Tucson, in w

Barbados will aggressively try to expand its information processing service, to increase annual earn

One of China's largest copper producers plans to open an office in Europe as part of its strategy to

Copper prices are expected to remain firm in the near term despite ample supplies available to produ

Turkey's textile industry, which was hit by a 30 percent decline in exports earlier this year, is st

He is dying now, and only massive doses of morphine can dull the pain. His few remaining friends dou

Out in the Midwest, there's a bumper crop of soybeans, corn - and politics. Congress held an

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 230.26 up 0.40 w

Oct. 7, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Oct. 7, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and New York Mercantile Exchange have announced they will develop a

1747 (Oct. 6, 1994) Previous day - 1723 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

California's first solo trade exhibition in Mexico got off to a bang with the announcement that the

A revamped export policy stressing processed agricultural products is planned by the Sri Lankan gove

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

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Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives applauded their partnerships with the A

In a rare public criticism of Mexican trade policy, a senior U.S. official here told consumer electr

Each port has a strategic plan for growth, but it is "also important to have a bigger vision to incl

Swiss Reinsurance's decision to sell three key direct insurance subsidiaries to Allianz AG represent

KEMPER STOCK DROPS AFTER BID PLANS CHANGENEW YORK - Kemper Corp. stock declined last

In contrast to the top-level shuffles that follow most corporate takeovers, Kemper Corp. chairman Da

Jack P. Edwards is looking for the ultimate compliment: customers who tell prospective customers, "I

A workers compensation reform package has been gliding through the legislative process here.

Asia's burgeoning insurance industry is training its spotlight on one of the region's most promising

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will take an equity share of up to $4 mi

One year after bidding for a Texas insurance company, two rival Miami insurers are at each others' t