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Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

COURT UPHOLDS DAMAGESIN BN OVERCHARGE CASEWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board said

I'm about to bust a myth. No, not one of those old myths concerning Greek gods and such, but a new o

JAPAN REFINERS MIGHT BUYALASKA OIL IF PRICE RIGHTTOKYO - Japanese refiner sources said Monda

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 28,1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel dep

State community-property laws do not allow children from a first marriage to inherit pension benefit

Ports in the northwestern United States have long coveted the prospect of luring Canadian bulk cargo

Lumber from Canada is flooding into the United States as never before, smashing through the dikes of

Despite calls in some quarters of Brazil to restrict foreign investment, a new law of telecommunicat

Railroad mergers in the 1990s take a far faster regulatory track than they did under the old Interst

On the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, 200 or so traders sit in desks arranged in a big square

Leasing is an increasingly important financing mechanism for both buyers and manufacturers of bulk t

Zurich Insurance Co. of Switzerland is said to be near a deal to purchase money management firm Scud

A refrigeration company and three of its officials pleaded guilty Thursday to charges they smuggled

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

South African synthetic fuels and oil exploration company Sasol has signed a memorandum of understan

Leaders on both sides of the Hong Kong-China divide these days quickly fall back on the well-worn ''

Fourteen companies are the first winners in Hong Kong's liberalization of telecommunications, fulfil

John Tichenor is proudly low-tech.Looking like a rumpled Santa Claus, Mr. Tichenor, senior s

New power stations across Asia and in other growth areas of the world are lifting demand for steam c

China is slowly but steadily expanding the use of private medical insurance in hopes of both stimula

Three weeks ended May 24, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

As of May 30, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 29, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

May 30, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

May 30, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Sensing an insatiable shipper appetite for faster and more frequent shipments, Con-Way NOW has storm

OFFERS TO BUY* IRON. 2,000 metric tons of foundry and 5,000 metric tons of basic steel-makin

SHIPSJAPANESE DOCKWORKERSTO RESUME SUNDAY WORKTOKYO - A national dockworkers

Producers of coal, grain, fertilizer and other bulk commodities will be trading ideas and insights w

Thousands of aggrieved policyholders filed claims with Prudential Insurance Co. seeking compensation

The independent structure for the Port of Miami will remain in place despite evidence of financial

Tanker owners are talking logistics.Instead of the traditional terminal-to-terminal delivery

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Foreigners will not have to sell their stakes in Russia's largest company, though the chances for ot

As part of its liberalization program, the Port of Singapore Authority is partly opening up tug serv

A ''gold rush mentality'' could be taking over as entrepreneurs seek to recover sunken 100-year-old

To each his own way of doing things. Take, for instance, insurance.In the United States, inl

When Richard Lynch decided to sell his skin care products overseas, he had no problem finding custom

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