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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 240.84 off 1.14 w

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Like a volcanic crater, the vast pit around the now-stilled digging machines of Ferropolis - the ''c

The Dominican Republic, the largest U.S. trading partner in the Caribbean, is proposing extensive re

JAPAN ASKED TO REVISELIQUOR TAX PLANWASHINGTON - The United States is urging Japan to revise

OMI WEIGHS RELOCATINGHUB, LEAVING US FLAGNEW YORK - OMI Corp. is considering moving its head

The Thai government will spend 8 billion baht ($311 million) to expand Bangkok's Don Muang Internati

The nation's largest producer of maraschino cherries has filed a lawsuit alleging major agribusiness

Canada and Brazil leveled charges in a diplomatic brawl Wednesday that their respective aircraft man

CHINA SEIZED 18 PERCENT MORESMUGGLED GOODS IN '96BEIJING - Chinese customs inspectors seized

Airbus Industrie reacted to Boeing's decision to freeze its superjumbo project without surprise.

The European Commission is poised to block a $1.8 billion capital injection for Alitalia unless the

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

NORTH AMERICASwimwear Show. Feb. 24-27. Miami. Contact: (305) 261-2900, ext. 124.Florida Sho

ASIA-PACIFICVIETNAMVietnam said it aims to stabilize the country's population at jus

U.S. chemical giant E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has decided to buy out its Indian joint-venture pa

AIRLINE WINS FUNDINGFOR FLEET UPGRADENEW YORK - TACA International Airlines SA received a $1

The story headlined ''PIA goes on merger offensive'' that appeared on Page 8A on Tuesday, Jan. 21, s

Analyses of the mutual protection and indemnity market by London insurance brokers conclude that the

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The U.S. dollar recovered from early profit-taking Tuesday and was little changed after Federal Rese

In a major concession to striking Korean unionists, South Korean President Kim Young-sam agreed Tues

Imported automobiles may be increasingly ''kakko-ii,'' or cool, these days in Japan, but U.S. cars d

Jan. 21, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Duquesne Light Co. could face more fines for mistakes at its Beaver County nuclear plant, this time

REGIONAL BLOCSMarketing to Hispanics in the United States & Latin America. Jan. 27-28. Miami

One hundred dollars and a dream can go a long way in the Third World.Microlending is getting

FRAUD DIVISION PUSHEDIN SOUTH DAKOTAPIERRE, S.D. - Insurance lobbyists threw their support b

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The Census Bureau, correcting an earlier tabulation, now says the October U.S. merchandise trade def

U.S. telecommunications companies and industry analysts have agreed for years that the newly indepen

The Airport Authority of Hong Kong signed an agreement with AMR Airline Services Fueling (Hong Kong)

GRAIN BUOYS DEMANDFOR PANAMAX SHIPSLONDON - Up to 20 buyers from around the world are scramb

Jan. 21, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

After a month of balking, the nation's second largest shipping company decided Tuesday to enroll a g

The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that studies patterns of political giving, i

A tense standoff continued this week at a scrap metal terminal in the Port of Los Angeles where the

Jan. 21, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 21, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The U.S. trade surplus in agricultural commodities was $2.09 billion in November, up from a revised