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As Hurricane Bertha took a maybe/maybe-not path along the southern U.S. coast this week, residents i

Despite tough statements against terrorism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised supp

U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake on Wednesday wrapped up a landmark trip to China that pu

As of July 10, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

West Coast waterfront contract negotiations hit a snag Wednesday, despite what employer sources call

Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications is considering plans to allow foreign ship li

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Keeping clear of containers being off-loaded, not smoking near open hatches on a bulk carrier and no

Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Austria lost between 74 percent and 90 percent of t

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 9, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Long an uncertain backwater, Romania is becoming an economic oasis for Western businesses.Wh

July 9, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

The newcomers ''are not (employed in) laundries in their own neighborhoods. They are integrated into

Expeditors International, the Seattle forwarder and logistics company, is opening an office here.

FUTURE TALKS POSSIBLEBETWEEN CLINTON, CHINAWASHINGTON - The White House Tuesday said Preside

A Japanese destroyer will visit Vladivostok in Russia's Far East later this month, the first Japanes

From fighters to freighters, this former U.S. Air Force base is pinning its economic revival on airc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 249.29 up 0.56 whi

Leading French and international shipbroker Barry Rogliano Salles reported a 15 percent increase in

6 INCHES OF DRAFTADDED AT WILMINGTONWILMINGTON, N.C. - Even though completion is still weeks

The Surface Transportation Board's final rules on how railroads should share rate information with c

OVERVIEWThe ceramics industry is considered one of the fastest growing industrial sectors in

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADASOUTH KOREA. Aug. 11-15. The Korea Trade Center N.Y. is sponsor

NORTH AMERICA1996 Exhibit Industry Conference and Exposition. July 22-25. Chicago. Contact:

A credit plan to be administered jointly by a private bank and state government agencies aims to rev

Tuesday July 9, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

AFRICAGHANAThe pace of Ghana's economic development has slowed considerably. The Afr

Canadian farmers would have greater freedom to sell some of their grain at world spot prices, rather

An engineering marvel that carries passengers and freight through a forgotten era will be auctioned

A recent ruling from the International Telecommunications Union allowing nations to suspend or outla

West Coast longshoremen, going into their second week without a contract, staged a work slowdown Tue

Tuesday, July 9, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 14, '95 - July 9, '96 (a graph)* An

Moves in some Western countries to link labor rights and environmental concerns with trade amounts t

Thailand's moves to liberalize the insurance industry have fallen foul of bureaucratic squabbling fo

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

Through a series of tax, investment and other initiatives, the Clinton administration will start lay

Britain is still the most popular location within the European Union for U.S. and Japanese companies

GM LINES UP DEALERSFOR SATURN CARS IN JAPANTOKYO - General Motors Corp. said it has lined up