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NESTLE CHIEF: COFFEE,COCOA PRICES TO STAY FLATZURICH - Helmut Maucher, head of Swiss food gi

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

New customs regulations appear to have placed a greater burden on footwear importers than on most ot

Doing business in Myanmar is still a political headache for Pepsico Inc. despite the company's recen

Myanmar government officials are hoping tourism will become a significant foreign exchange earner as

Sanctions aimed at forcing Iran, Libya and other nations into line with U.S. policy may harm U.S. in

UNION CARBIDE TO BUILDCOMPLEX IN MALAYSIANEW YORK - Union Carbide Corp. said Friday it plans

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

TOWER LOST $8 MILLIONIN FIRST QUARTERNEW YORK - Tower Air Inc. announced a first-quarter net

Harbor truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach limped into the weekend with a shortage of drivers, but

Holding their May Day banners high, some 10,000 workers took to the streets of Berlin on the first o

The Clinton administration is holding eleventh-hour negotiations with the House to head off a major

Plans for the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian steelmaker Acciai Speciali Terni by Fried.

May 3, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

May 3, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

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The U.S. dollar will consolidate its gains this week, as market players dump Deutsche marks and scoo

Sixteen working groups made up of top government officials in the United States and Mexico today beg

After a year of delays, the three presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania recently relaunched a reg

SOFTWARE MAKERS BACKENCRYPTION LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - U.S. software producers said they ful

Lynden International has forged an exclusive agency agreement with Russian Air Services in the Russi

Sea-Land Service Inc. announced several service developments late last week scheduled to take effect

The first Surface Transportation Board decision covering maximum rail rates has drawn little immedia

The top executive of General Dynamics Corp. said his defense contracting company may be interested i

BILL ON RIGHTS OF INSUREDSIGNED IN COLORADODENVER - Colorado Gov. Roy Romer singed a bill th

''The well-known large companies are realigning themselves because they're being pursued by the bear

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

May 2, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 2, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Orimulsion, a new, tar-based power plant fuel from Venezuela, may have more trouble finding a place

The ''cloak of confidentiality'' House members said was draped over Superfund reform negotiations fe

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan said this week that Unctad should focus its activities on helping the least developed countrie

Alcatel Contracting SAIndiaAmount of contract: $1,659,871Contract description: Road

1455 (May 2, 1996) Previous day - 1456The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

There may be precious little money in the cookie jar, but two strapping youngsters would like more o

China's biggest export outlet, the twice-annual trade fair in southern Guangdong province, regained