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How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Louis Perez points in animated fashion to the map and speaks passionately about a bridge. He is one

Southwest Marine Inc. and San Francisco Drydock Inc. announced the signing of an agreement Monday in

Transportation stocks on The Journal of Commerce Index fared poorly against the Dow Jones Industrial

It is China's latest model city.Zhucheng, a tiny municipality in the coastal province of Sha

MIDDLE EASTSaudi ArabiaNew rules for private companies wishing to convert to joint-s

Oct. 14, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 246.54 off 0.21 wh

The Independent Insurance Agents of America might be moving into banking as it looks for ways to pay

Oct. 10, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is expected to rule in early 1998 whether Electric Mutual L

MEXICO'S TRADE DEFICITCONTINUED IN AUGUSTMEXICO CITY - Mexico posted a $71 million trade def

As Thailand's economic and fiscal noose tightens, billions of dollars in road, rail and power projec

CALL SPREADS PRICE OR BID/ASKNational annual '97* 60/80

Iran is considering legal action against Dutch shipping group Smit Internationale NV over what it re

Whenever a U.S. car hits the brakes, a Russian company is hoping the magnesium, used to fabricate th

U.S. and Japanese officials ended two days of trade talks last Thursday in disagreement over Japan's

WORKERS COMPENSATIONRATES LOWERED IN FLORIDATALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Citing a continuing reductio

Workers at a Consolidated Freightways terminal filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the nati

NEWPORT NEWSSHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCKPeder K. Wennberg Jr. joined the Virginia shipbuilder as

Oct. 10, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 10, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Prospects for passage of product liability reform improved last week after a key Republican sponsor

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 246.08 off 0.56

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 1, 1996 - Oct. 10, 1997 (a graph)*

October 10: 1328

The long-expected renaissance of railroad stocks apparently will take a step back toward the Dark Ag

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With aging bulk-carrier vessels straining under today's demands, ship experts are turning to the les

'We've had service failures with trucks not showing up and availability of trucks not being there.'<

JAPAN AGENCY PLANSFURTHER EASING OF OIL RULESTOKYO - The Natural Resources and Energy Agency

Lumber production, orders and shipments decreased in 12 Western states last week, a trade associatio

Foreign exchange markets began this week at least a little more apprehensive about the intentions of

A brief on Oct. 3, ''Harleysville completes Minnesota unit buy,'' should have said Minnesota Mutual

OFFERS TO BUY* CASTING POWDER. 30 metric tons of casting powder used in ingot steel casting

Containerized cargo traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey jumped 11.7 percent in the first

Centrewrite Ltd., a Lloyd's subsidiary, has announced a new run-off reinsurance policy for Lloyd's i

As of Sept. 30, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docu

Apparently satisfied with the notion of providing a national social security system along convention