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The world's largest maker of computer chips, Samsung Electronics Co., hastentatively picked

"Long-term trends are splitting the old middle class into three new groups: an underclass largely tr

A decades-old monopoly will be pronounced dead in Taiwan at the end of the year, leaving the coddled

Credit Suisse, the largest banking group in Switzerland, obtained approvalfrom the People's

The condition of workers in the Asia-Pacific is nearly as varied as the number of countries in which

The Labor Party's flagging candidacy in Brazil's presidential election sets the stage for heated cam

In Latin America, improvements in workers' rights have lagged behind the free- trade fever sweeping

Apart from the railway and forest product sectors, Canada's labor scene is relatively tranquil as un

Governments, industry lobbies and influential environmental groups are divided over how beyond the y

ELF AQUITAINE'S PROFIT FELL 10.8 PERCENT IN 1ST HALFPARIS - French oil company Elf A

Sept. 1, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Sept. 1, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Some foreign companies are shying away from processing crude oil at Chinese refineries, due to the u

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown wound up his sales blitz to China Thursday with announcements of m

International Petroleum Exchange Sep. 1, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Sep. 1, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sep. 1, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Castle Energy Corp. has settled a dispute with Germany's Metallgesellschaft AG over several energy c

DEATH TOLL UP TO 69 IN PHILIPPINE MINE BLASTMALANGAS, Philippines - The death toll f

The city of Las Cruces has taken a first major step in efforts to oust financially troubled El Paso

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's board proposed a merger with its International Monetary Market div

John Bowers knows the glory days are over. "It's not the heyday, when Teddy Gleason was here

Colombia raised its internal coffee price 9.4 percent Thursday in the first use of a mechanism to re

If a commodities-futures exchange is established in Germany, the site should be Hanover, not Frankfu

COTE D'IVOIRE EXPECTS DROP IN COCOA HARVESTABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire Mi

Swiss chemicals giant Sandoz on Thursday reported higher income and sales for the first six months o

The Health and Welfare Ministry on Thursday ordered the maker of a drug whose side effects are blame

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 231.88 up 0.35

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

Sep. 1, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Sept. 1, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Damage to Native corporation lands oiled by the Exxon Valdez oil spill totaled little more than $1 m

Lloyd's of London has sued Bath Iron Works for $14.4 million in a dispute over unpaid workers' compe

Starting this month, the City of Brotherly Love plans to kick into high gear its effort to market th

The Society of Maritime Arbitrators (SMA) at New York is about to publish aprocedure for the

1435 (Sep. 1, 1994) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

U.S. and Canadian agencies for the St. Lawrence Seaway are increasing the maximum length allowed by

MCDERMOTT TO DEVELOP VESSEL WITH MARADWASHINGTON - The U.S. Maritime Administration

Eleven stowaways were found early Thursday morning aboard a Navieras de Puerto Rico vessel docked at

As the Labor Day weekend approached, some 300 workers at the Port Newark/ Elizabeth marine complex w