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Ghana's multibillion dollar cocoa industry will get a boost when a $20 million U.S.-Ghana facility t

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 209.45 off 1.95 wh

After appearing to concede defeat last week on the question of recapitalizing the International Mone

Business and government leaders from across the globe have started a three-day Mercosur Economic Sum

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., fueled by solid growth in coal, intermodal and merchandise reven

Miners in Siberia's Kuzbass coal field Tuesday resumed blockades on a branch line of the trans-Siber

A high court judge was named Tuesday to lead an inquiry into the system crashes that brought cargo c

The European Commission, in an initiative aimed at opening the rail freight market, will call today

An owner friend approached us this past month and said in a rather saddened tone that he not only wa

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Despite the Asian economic turmoil's negative impact on European exports, Germany has been running r

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 5, 1997 - July 21, 1998 (a graph)*

The Czech Republic is still dealing with a legacy of environmental problems left over from its pre-1

The overseas market has been the cornerstone of National Forge Co. right from the beginning in 1915.

NORTH AMERICAClinical Laboratory Expo. Aug. 2-6. Chicago. Contact: Jerry Goldsmith, (202) 83

RHONE-POULENC AGROTO BUY KOREAN FIRMNEW YORK - Rhone-Poulenc Agro, a unit of Rhone-Poulenc S

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

847 (July 21, 1998) Previous day - 850The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

July 20, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Ialy's Agip SpA is the latest Western energy firm to dip a toe into northern China's Bohai Bay, tipp

COPPER SMELTER NEARSCOMPLETION IN INDONESIANEW YORK - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. sa

Bigger ships are the shape of things to come in South America.Over the past year, for exampl

About 60 people suffered smoke inhalation when a spectacular fire broke out aboard a luxury liner Mo

The recent decision by a World Trade Organization appeals panel in a dispute regarding the tariff cl

ASIA-PACIFICAUSTRALIAA survey by the Far Eastern Economic Review of the region's bus

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July 21, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

'A just-in-time supply chain gives a great opportunity for labor union blackmailing.'

South American vintners are continuing to build on their early success in the fickle U.S. wine impor

The British government will spend an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($3 billion) on upgrading road an

FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADAPHILIPPINES, INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA. July 23-31. The Internat

01-05 Live Animals, Animal Products06-14 Vegetable Products15 Animal/Vegetable Fats, Oils, W

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PRINCIPAL FINANCIALBUYS CHILEAN FIRMDES MOINES, Iowa - Principal Financial Group has agreed

Norwegian industrial conglomerate Norsk Hydro ASA said weak results at its agriculture, oil and gas

Tuesday July 21, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Atlas Air announced Tuesday that it has reached a long-term agreement to place an additional Boeing

The chairman of the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transport Subcommittee has summoned all sectors o

Northwest Airlines Corp. reported lower second-quarter profit Tuesday, in part because of higher lab

A debt write-off deal between the Russian government and its gas monopoly Gazprom has raised questio