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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 251.31 off 0.62 wh

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Beginning with the 1998 crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that it wi

BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco, is well ahead of plan to meet an aggressive small-business lending

Asians are generally confident the Asia-Pacific region will be a dominant force in world politics an

MIDDLE EASTDUBAIThe government has established a Department of Tourism and Commerce

The Labour Party's landslide victory could mean as much as $16 million in new taxes for several U.S.

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY NIXESCLAIM-REPORT EXTENSIONSACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Assembly

The United States and the European Union resumed negotiations Tuesday on a series of agreements to r

OFFICIAL: CHINA'S STATEFIRMS NEED TO DOWNSIZESHANGHAI - China's ailing state-owned enterpris

The United States has launched proceedings with the World Trade Organization against South Korea's d

OFFERS TO BUY* PORSCHES LEFT-HAND DRIVE. Used Porsches, left-hand drive. Send offers with al

May 27, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Bulgargas, Bulgaria's state-owned gas company, is planning to sign a contract for the supply of Russ

Quebec Hydro, the large Canadian provincial government utility, has won entry into U.S. wholesale en

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While it is 98 percent Chinese, Hong Kong has welcomed expatriates to its work force for generations

A struggling microchip venture, claiming it has the promise of government backing, is eyeing a new U

An umbrella union organization representing 20 million metalworkers around the world is to approve t

Many of the planes are weary hand-me-downs. Radio and radar coverage are nonexistent over huge areas

The 6 percent surge in rail-truck traffic during the first few months of 1997 has prompted TTX Co.,

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 21,1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel dep

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International Petroleum ExchangeMay 27, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The insurance industry continued its torrid merger pace last year, and forecasts show that mergers w

Zurich Insurance Co. plans to join the growing ranks of political risk underwriters with the launchi

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

Panama's apparel market has a high degree of sophistication in comparison with the rest of the Centr

Portugal's private-sector grain importers have been hit hard by an aggressive campaign backed by the

I loved the headline in a recent issue of Fortune magazine:''What Are Price Wars Good For? A

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 31, 1996 - May 27, 1997 (a graph)* A

Despite recent huffing and puffing between European and U.S. officials over the proposed merger of B

US CAR SALES IN JAPANDROPPED 45 PERCENT IN APRILWASHINGTON - U.S. car sales in Japan were do

May 27, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Malaysian shippers and forwarders are urging a virtual boycott of Singapore, the region's biggest po

No one wins them all in China when it comes to recruiting and retaining good managers.Hongko

The California insurance department last week unveiled a first-of-its-kind loan program to help low-

May 27, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

American farmers are fighting to hang on to a tax break for ethanol that experts say is worth billio