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The oil patch was hit with another round of job cuts as Houston-based Conoco laid off 370 employees

ANADARKO-LED GROUP STRIKES OIL IN SAHARAHOUSTON - A consortium led by Houston's Anad

Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

India has told textile exporters to put rayon skirts through a test of fire to persuade Americans to

Aug. 17, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1507 (Aug. 17, 1994) Previous day - 1505 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Greenbrier Cos. is looking over its shoulder as competing manufacturers of auto containers narrow th

"Ship, Sea and Sky: The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth." Through Sept. 5. New York. Exhibit

Southern Pacific Transportation Co.'s coastal route between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Ar

As business continues to soar, the colony's franchised cargo handler pledged Wednesday to hold charg

British Rail's freight arm, Railfreight Distribution (RFD), is attempting to get around a strike by

Representatives for the striking United Transportation Union and CP Rail System tentatively agreed W

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 17, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Two U.S. companies have signed a contract to prospect and develop oil sites in China's Bohai Bay, an

Unusually strong second-quarter figures for Mexico's economy suggest that the nation has recovered f

The blessing of state regulators was the last hurdle remaining this week on the path to peace betwee

A Chicago Board of Trade plan to expand its trading floor to 88,000 square feet, sealing its claim a

Central American presidents will study a proposal to form a regional coffee group when they meet in

The major U.S. chemical manufacturers tightened their belts over the past few years, cutting costs,

"Authorities are too weak to fight our gangsters, and they have too many ties with the criminal worl

Aug. 17, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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Equipment innovations, a drop in damage claims and an explosion in new car lines have combined to bo

Transportation Brokers Conference of America Aug. 20. Certified Transportation Brokers examinations,

Emery Worldwide has informed customers that it will raise rates on domestic and international air fr

Wednesday Aug. 17, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

U.S. business spokesmen called on the Clinton administration Wednesday to show "leadership" and "res

A spokesman for Nigerian oil workers' union Pengassan said Wednesday he believed a state-of-emergenc

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Wednesday in quiet trading as market participants continued to wei

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell by 2.7 million barrels during the week ended Aug. 12 compared with

Eleven cars of a 118-car Consolidated Rail Corp. freight train derailed Wednesday, and one of the ca

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

Developing shortages of cotton in Asia are said to be doing wonders for fiber- related chemical pric

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Producer prices in western Germany rose 0.1 percent in July from June and were 0.4 percent higher th

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Months after Brazil began randomly slashing import duties in support of its developing economic-stab

These tractor and crane movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the two week