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The Japanese government lodged a protest with Washington Wednesday for abruptly refusing to allow Ja

The Hong Kong government is preparing to submit to the United Nations documents showing that Chinese

What do an old Navy munitions dump, a sunken meadow and a golf course have in common? They e

Britain will retaliate if U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena decides today to scrap a joint

EMERY WORLDWIDE (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Douglas J. Foster was chosen to direct the company's multinati

Wednesday, March 16, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

South Africa's Nedbank opened an office in China Wednesday, the first from the former pariah country

A federal judge sentenced the former chief trader of foreign exchange options for the New York branc

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index of 18 industrial commodities rose 0.1 point to 97.4 o

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

The American Trucking Associations is withdrawing its support of the Professional Truck Driver Insti

Airport executive Mark Jucht looks out at a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter and sees a sign of

Major insurance companies, chemical companies and other manufacturers have agreed to a mechanism res

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday as a tame inflation report convinced some market participants tha

Limiting the amount of federal spending on the Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project, as propos

UAL, UNIONS MISS DEADLINE IN BUYOUT DEALCHICAGO - UAL Corp., parent of United Airlin

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +3.663/10 96.73/11 97.13/14 97

United Parcel Service Inc. is joining the parade of express carriers offering on-time guarantees for

The range of bulk prices per gallon for self-service diesel fuel found nationwide by states as colle

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Scheduled refinery maintenance and a fire last month at Tonen Corp.'s Kawasaki refinery will sharply

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Russia has not yet made a decision to send observers to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

ESSO'S MALAYSIA UNIT SETS OIL SALES RECORDKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Esso Standard Co.

Members of parliament from some 125 countries will meet in Paris next week to discuss lifting the tr

Kenetech Corp. said Wednesday that its Windpower subsidiary has signed a preliminary agreement with

In its fight to grow as a regional banking center, Bahrain is allowing foreign companies in targeted

New Jersey regulators are beginning to examine filings by the state's four natural gas utilities und

The pin-striped money men of Asia-Pacific's most dynamic economies open a day-and-a-half of formal t

RUSSIA INCREASES EXPORT QUOTAS ON OILMOSCOW - The Russian Operative Committee, in ch

Chile and Mexico have aroused environmentalists and executives with strict curbs on industrial pollu

A Saudi Arabian businessman, Sheik Mohammed Al-Amoudi, agreed Wednesday to buy Swedish oil firm OK P

The energy industry, suffering nearly 500,000 job losses in the last decade, is bracing itself for a

CONSUMER PRICES Change (adjusted) Jan. Feb.Food -0.1% -0.3%Housing

International Petroleum Exchange Mar. 16, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 16, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

An old idea being discussed anew as one way for the United States to offset anticipatedrevenue losse