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ACTIVE OIL, GAS RIGS DECLINE 2.9 PERCENT IN CANADAVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The number o

Wednesday Sept. 14, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represe

Japan's electric power output in August rose 20.8 percent from a year earlier to 80.22 billion kilow

The ethanol industry and Midwest corn growers were set back Tuesday when a federal appeals court at

Police Wednesday arrested Beko Ransome-Kuti, head of the Campaign for Democracy (CD) alliance, which

The U.S. Federal Reserve took up its two seats on the board of the Bank for International Settlement

China reported that exports outpaced imports by $100 million in the first eight months of the year,

BERMUDA COMMERCIAL BANK (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Audette Exel, 31, was named managing director and chie

Latin American nations need to attack poverty and remedy the world's most inequitable distribution o

U.S. inventories of gasoline rose 3.7 million barrels during the week ended Sept. 9, compared with t

RETREAT ON FAST-TRACK 'WORRISOME' TO OTTAWAThe concession this week by the Clinton administr

Rep. James P. Moran, D-Va., said Wednesday he wants to push legislation next year to regulate above-

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

Japan's imports of copper and its alloys totaled 29,988 metric tons in August, up 5.2 percent from a

Sept. 14, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

As of Sept. 14, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

Some $10 billion in new Saudi contracts tops this year's big U.S. business deals in the Middle East,

The chairman of the council of the International Coffee Organization said Wednesday the recent rise

Jordan is moving quickly to capitalize on the agreements it reached with Israel in August,promoting

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 232.53 off 0.60 w

The unprecedented progress in the Middle East peace negotiations is ushering in an era of economic c

The Arab Ship Repair Yard, the largest such facility in the gulf, expects to service a record number

A substantial reduction in aluminum stock levels and a fine balance between supply and demand for co

Record Florida orange harvests, a nearly saturated orange juice market in the United States, and a g

The oil equipment and service executives planning to attend Encuentro '94, scheduled Sept. 20-23, sh

Australia's trade minister on Wednesday called on China to cut its tariffs on wool and wool products

After declining 1.5 percent in 1993, U.S. containerized exports to the Middle East recovered in the

Prime Minister Paul Keating and Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Tuesday they had ag

The four primary export-processing zones in the Philippines are expected to generate at least US$2.6

A six-day port strike ended Tuesday, but the industry estimates it will take at least 10 days to cle

1506 (Sept. 13, 1994) Previous day - 1495 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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The 56-year existence of Eller & Co. may be coming to a close, at least at its founding base at Port

Intermodalism has not always been kind to the Port of New York and New Jersey. Over thedecades, the

A House maritime panel advanced a bill Tuesday proposed by the Clinton administration that would put

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

Tankers operators and a seafarers union agreed in principle on a new labor contract Tuesday, just ab

Virtually all shipping lines that serve U.S. ports have asked the Federal Maritime Commission to wit