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Two of Egypt's top income earners - petroleum exports and the Suez Canal - increased revenue in the

The story that appeared on Page 5B Tuesday with the headline "CNG To Add Electric Power to List of S

COMPLAINT: JAPAN IMPORTS BURN EU MATCH MAKERSBRUSSELS - The European Commission has

NORTH AMERICA New York International Gift Fair. Aug. 14-18. New York. Contact: George Little

Coastal Corp. said it plans to build and operate a $100 million power plant in El Salvador.

THREE CHILDREN PERISH IN RUSSIAN OIL BLASTMOSCOW - Three children were killed and th

A high court Tuesday gave approval to a new nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, a victory for the conse

Oil marketers are focusing on attracting developers to oil heat in response to the increasingly comp

Nigeria's main striking oil workers union said Tuesday that it was stepping up its campaign to halt

An ounce of prevention may indeed be worth a pound of cure, no matter whereapplied, but a to

The Russian-Vietnamese joint stock company Vietsovpetro and MJC, a Western consortium formed by Mobi

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

With a new U.S. ambassador finally in place after a 16-month hiatus, issues of American trade and ec

Mexico has modified its customs laws to make it easier for donations to enter the country. A

A "major and surprise" announcement on regional trade is expected later this month from Indonesia's

Despite the fact that California shares the second-largest stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico, t

Reassured at a meeting with China's President Jiang Zemin about intellectual protection, the head of

Thailand's first cable television company, International Broadcasting Corp. (IBC), is on a path for

Riding a wave of growing bulk traffic, the Port of Brownsville, the closest Texas seaport to Mexico,

JAPAN'S KONO TO ATTEND 'QUAD' TRADE MEETINGTOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei K

Sales at the wholesale level rose in June for a second straight month and stocks of unsold goods fel

As of Aug. 9, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

DROUGHT THREATENS JAPAN'S ETHYLENE PLANTSTOKYO - A severe water shortage due to a re

Officials said Tuesday they have merged Huanan Commodity Futures Exchange and Guangzhou Commodity Fu

Aug. 9, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Nigerian government is establishing a commodity exchange to promote the export of agricultural c

Agriculture Department scientists are scrambling to develop new domestic varieties of a wheat prefer

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 231.05 off 0.93 wh

1483 (Aug. 9, 1994) Previous day - 1475 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

After being hit by rating downgrades, financially troubled Confederation Life Insurance Co., Canada'

The Insurance Information Institute has published a paper on the increasing unavailability of proper

Aug. 9, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Major U.K. insurer Commercial Union confirmed its intention Tuesday topurchase at least 98.7

Bruce Espey, senior sales manager for Liberty National Life Insurance Co. in Rock Hill, has been re-

HOUSE PANEL TO VOTE ON SUPERFUND TAXESWASHINGTON - The House Ways and Means Committe

Few doubt that the owners of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will save a lot of money by moving the compan

BRITISH INSURER POSTS 63 PERCENT INCREASE IN PROFITLONDON - U.K. insurer General Acc

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A prototype of a hovercraft-model superfast freighter capable of carrying 1,000 kilograms of cargo a

Of the acts of piracy reported in the first half of the year, more than one- third occurred in Janua