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US DELAYS SIGNING OFWTO PACT WITH TAIWANTAIPEI - The United States has decided not to sign a

The leaders of several Caribbean banana-producing countries have asked President Clinton to accept t

The California Senate has scuttled Gov. Pete Wilson's hotly debated health-care reform plan.

Tuesday July 7, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

BANK INDONESIA BACKSOIL FIRM LETTERS OF CREDITJAKARTA, Indonesia - Bank Indonesia, the centr

The U.S. government is investigating whether companies in Japan, Germany and six other countries wer

An Alabama company that shipped three boxes of oxygen generators on an airplane without properly lab

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

In a turn of events that has surprised even veteran shipping industry executives, the Maritime Admin

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 22, 1997 - July 7, 1998 (a graph)*

IMF AIDE FEARS DEAL WILLWIDEN ROMANIA DEFICITBUCHAREST, Romania - International Monetary Fun

Willis Corroon Group PLC has agreed to acquire a 30 percent equity interest in Danish insurance brok

Shippers and forwarders in Taiwan can only hope that the trains run more smoothly than the construct

In a bid to improve its operating efficiency, Emery Worldwide will be adding five DC-10 wide-body ai

July 7, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

July 6, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Sedgwick Ltd., London, has taken a shareholding in TradeCard's operating company, Full Service Trade

A two-day general strike began sweeping Puerto Rico on Tuesday, disrupting the commonwealth's flow o

ONGOINGSeamen's Church Institute. New York. Water Street Gallery exhibits paintings by 20 ma

'There's an institutionalized tension that comes out from time to time.'

Croatia Line's final scheduled sailing between the Mediterranean and the United States has come to a

The Philippines' aviation sector, roiled by a lengthy strike at the national carrier, is undergoing

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IRAQ MINISTER FACESGRILLING OVER POWER CUTSBAGHDAD - Industry Minister Adnan Abdel Majid Jas

July 7, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

Russia and Kazakstan signed an agreement Monday dividing the northern sector of the Caspian Sea, the

* Noon Tuesday - The U.S. dollar tumbled against the yen on talk that Japan will pass permanent tax

Deutsche Boerse head Werner Seifert said Tuesday that he wanted to end all speculation about a battl

Large-scale commercial insurance buyers in New Hampshire will be exempt from rate and form-filing re

President Clinton's visit to China has been most remarkable in the public exchange of ideas with his

On Sept. 30, 1998, the current importer practice of filing informal periodic tenders on value issues

Analysts expect U.S. airlines to report surprisingly strong second-quarter earnings.The airl

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

One responsibility I was not informed of before I became a parent was ''movie patrol.'' Since my two

A threatened strike by harbor pilots in Taiwan's main port was defused at the eleventh hour last wee

Only graph.

Vietnam is broadening plans to sell off stakes in state-owned firms with a new decree that allows so

One hundred fifty years of winemaking tradition and a booming market for specialty wines are key rea

Fact: Hard drives for personal computers, work stations and servers are becoming bigger and faster.<

The estimated market size for personal computer monitors (Harmonized Code 8528.21) in Yerevan, Armen