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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, pushed down by weakness in the energy and metals sec

When Skidmore, Owings & Merrill needed contacts recently in Thailand to advance an important enginee

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wants long-term or permanent most-favored-nation trade status for China

Micron Technology Inc. has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce for an unusual ''expedited review''

The joint venture contract signed in December 1994 between U.S.-based Enron Development Corp. and Br

Russia may face a sugar shortage in the autumn because of disruptions in deliveries of Cuban raw can

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners restated its support of state regulation of bank

A senior U.N. official called on Israel Tuesday to lift its closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

US PRESSES JAPANTO SETTLE DISPUTESTOKYO - The United States, worried Japan got the wrong mes

OVERVIEWJapanese furniture imports have continued to grow for the past few years. Industry s

UNC COMPLETES BUYOF GARRETT AVIATIONANNAPOLIS, Md. - UNC Inc., an aviation services company,

AIRUS AND JAPAN FAILTO REACH AIR PACTWASHINGTON - U.S. and Japan negotiators failed

Federal Express Corp.'s new venture into the trucking market is finding success by coming up short.<

Unanimous opposition to the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific rail merger from three key federal agenci

DEMOCRATS WRITERAIL SAFETY MEASUREWASHINGTON - House transportation Democrats are writing th

Tuesday, June 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

ASSOCIATIONSThe American Chamber of Commercein JapanBridgestone Toranomon Bl

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International Petroleum ExchangeJune 4, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The U.S. shipbuilding industry is engaged in a civil war over an international agreement to end ship

Companies preparing for a single currency (the euro) in the European Union should consider the follo

Ambassador Walter Mondale said Tuesday the United States is concerned that big Japanese insurance co

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan's Bio-oriented Technology Research Advanced Institution, a research arm of the Ministry of Agr

Exporting companies would pay a big part of the tuition bill for the educational tax incentive Presi

United Parcel Service will begin construction of a 400,000-square-foot package sorting and distribut

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The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 29, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

U.S. forest products suppliers face assaults on several fronts as they fight aggressive competitors

Truck driver disruptions in Los Angeles-Long Beach in May have generated a surge of interest in on-d

The U.S. government is going after Chinese textiles again starting today with a new plan to scrutini

The U.S. dollar powered through key resistance levels of 109 yen and 1.53 Deutsche marks Tuesday.

Danzas Corp., Bellevue, Wash., a leading freight forwarder, is joining with insurance and banking pa

Aluminum contracts signed over the weekend by two unions and two producers should keep factories hum

A federal judge has cleared Deborah Senn, Washington state insurance commissioner, of charges that s

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CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

June 3, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America has agreed to settle allegations by the California Depar

Further implementing an unprecedented opening in Mexico's energy sector, Energy Ministry officials M