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Last December, Canada's Liberal government announced a sweeping plan to get out of the business of r

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lots

NEW ZEALAND BREWERWILL BUILD CHINESE PLANTMELBOURNE, Australia - New Zealand beer brewer Lio

NEW JERSEY SPILL CLEANUPTO TOP $2 MILLIONNEW YORK - Cleanup costs were set to top $2 million

LOCKHEED MARTIN GETS$51 MILLION IN CONTRACTSDALLAS - Lockheed Martin Vought Systems, a unit

Japan's major shipping companies found the going rough on North American and European routes, but As

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh Friday said the government would not make the rupee fully convertible

Aided by technology-driven cost cuts, a group of major oil companies led by British Petroleum has ap

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 259.73 off 0.46

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An unprecedented crime wave sweeping Mexico is hitting business hard.The bungled December 19

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Western investors hoping to make sense of Russia's June 16 presidential elections might be advised t

Finance ministers from across the Americas were expected to agree over the weekend to target higher

The Uruguay Round's liberalization accords should boost the availability and quality of pharmaceutic

Three senior executives of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. are being transferred to key posit

As the United States threatens to impose trade sanctions on $3 billion worth of imports from China,

Who will make the first move? Which ocean carriers will be at the vanguard as alliances are consolid

Wu Yi, China's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, can expect to take some heat as W

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations - first five, now seven and (fairly) soon 10 - finds itse

In 1951, four years after gaining independence from Britain, India's share of world trade was 2.1 pe

(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)TRADE BALANCE

The U.S. textile and apparel market is expected to open increasingly over the rest of the decade eve

SHIPSP&O CONTAINERS POSTSHIGHER REVENUELONDON - P&O Containers achieved slightly bet

The National Industrial Transportation League decided Friday to continue opposing the Union Pacific/

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

China, stung by the prospect of a trade war with the United States over copyright piracy, trumpeted

Sumitomo Corp., a leading Japanese trading company, said Friday it will set up a joint venture in Ch

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 26, '95, - May 17, '96 (a graph)(2)D

The gruesome crash of a ValuJet airplane last week is raising questions about what goes into the hol

WORLD BANK PLEDGESSUPPORT TO RUSSIATOKYO - World Bank President James Wolfensohn pledged sup

''It's a real big mistake to define your job by your job description. I am where I am because someon

May 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

As of May 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A comparatively large crop of soybeans is expected this fall but robust demand is likely to keep the

Mobil Corp. on Friday said it would pay Kazakhstan $1.1 billion for a share of the giant Tengiz oil

The United States posted an $8.9 billion deficit in its goods and services trade in March, its secon

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)MARCH 1996 FEBRUARY 1996 CUMULATIVE 1

Organized labor and House Republicans are gearing up for yet another legislative battle, this time o