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

International Petroleum Exchange*Sept. 9, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Telling people she is an accountant assistant is one thing for Mary Sheperd. Telling people she is a

Like a schoolmaster warning a naughty child, shipping officials from around the world warned Panaman

Under deadline pressure, Russia and Chechnya signed a fee-sharing agreement Tuesday to pipe oil from

Consolidated Freightways Inc. is getting into the freight forwarding and expedited ground service bu

In 'Charting the Future' (Sept. 2, Page 5A), we erroneously reported that reinsurance broker Guy Car

NORTH AMERICANinth Annual Mexport Buyer and Seller Trade Show. Sept. 10, San Diego. Contact:

China's imports of wine are soaring, with vineyards around the globe jumping on the bandwagon as wor

Offers to sell* JOURNAL 10 (10 YEAR JOURNAL, PLANNER, RECORD KEEPER). Journal 10, a way for

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 27, 1996 - Sep. 8, 1997 (a graph)*

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Turkey's new government has launched a high-level initiative to secure a Central Asian oil export pi

Begum Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and leader of the opposition Bangladesh National Party, cal

CNA FINANCIAL CORP.Peter Gourlay has joined the Chicago insurance firm's architects, enginee

The U.S. dollar was little changed Monday, except for a rise against the British pound on expectatio

SHIPSTHUNDER BAY SHIPMENTSUP 50 PERCENT OVER YEAR AGOWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Commodity

Intensified efforts by large rail carriers to promote grain hauling on longer-car trains may have a

Soon Bae, chief executive officer of Cho Yang Shipping Co., is resigning as of Sept. 30, it was anno

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BOSTON GROUP PLANNINGTALL SHIPS CELEBRATIONBOSTON - Firing a shot across the bow of a rival

OFFERS TO BUY* PRINTING INK CONTAINERS - NONMETAL. Containers capable of holding two kilogra

Sept. 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Turkmenistan is jumping into the rush for Caspian Sea oil this week, offering one-third of its offsh

Exporters, carriers and freight forwarders have given notice to U.S. Customs that they are ready to

'To me, trade is good. It's positive. We need free-trade agreements . . . (but) the greater problem

US, JAPAN TO RESUMENTT TELECOM TALKSTOKYO - The United States and Japan will resume telecomm

Growth in the Greek economy should remain fairly robust in 1998, with GDP likely to expand by 3.1 pe

In ''WTO envoy nominee subject of Senate probe'' (Sept. 8, Page 9A), we erroneously reported, ''The

SHIPSLONG BEACH APPEALSDECISION ON TERMINALLONG BEACH, Calif. - The Port of

1315 (Sept. 8, 1997) Previous day - 1323The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.23 off 0.44 wh

Looking to automate its worldwide distribution centers network, Nike Inc. signed an information tech

Safmarine Group is donating $4 million to South Africa this year to go along with 4,500 outdated con

Several hundred people were feared dead Monday when a ferry sank off Haiti's coast, local radio and

Railroads and their customers are firing the first loud salvos in a brewing battle over whether to g

CALIFORNIA UTILITY MEETSRECORD POWER DEMANDLOS ANGELES - Southern California Edison Co., Ros

The government backs a recommendation from the World Bank to set up an office to oversee the privati

Five women workers were killed and more than 50 hurt in a stampede when fire broke out in a high-ris