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CHIEF OF RHONE-POULENC US UNIT TO RETIREPRINCETON, N.J. - Rhone-Poulenc SA said that

Atlantic Richfield Co. has signed a $1.3 billion oil recovery contract with Algeria's state petroleu

The state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos will be partially privatized with

LA ESCONDIDA REPORTS HIGHER COPPER YIELDSSYDNEY - Mining of higher ore head grades e

The Indian government has liberalized rules governing its coal industry, allowing cement producers t

Environmental groups are leading a campaign to persuade the country's oil companies to boycott a gas

Zeigler Coal Holding Co. said that it has begun developing a mine in Wyoming that contains about 15

1437 (Feb. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1440 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Supply movements to support the United States military mission in Bosnia are causing barely a ripple

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

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

FRENCH CONTRACTOR SELLS MISSILES TO CANADAPARIS - Aerospatiale said last week it has

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

While North Korea officially feted Kim Jong Il on his 58th birthday last week, ordinary citizens of

French-speaking states hoping to challenge the domination of English in cyberspace met here last wee

Suzuki Motor Corp. said last week its 50-50 joint venture with the Indian government, Maruti Udayog

Each morning not long after dawn, a couple dozen workers line up outside the largest store in all of

With the United States and Germany poised to remove barriers to air travel between the countries, a

The Department of Transportation's two pending antitrust immunity applications do not presage a wave

As more carriers form cross-border alliances, antitrust law has emerged as one of the most important

The head of Japan's second-largest air carrier expressed growing concern that bilateral air cargo ta

While many chemical manufacturers in the United States are looking to China or South Asia for growth

The United States was pressured last week by the European Union, Japan and other shipping nations to

GROUP CMB POSTS PROFIT RISE FOR '95LONDON - Group CMB, the diversified Belgian shipp

The advent of peace between Jordan and Israel and Jordan's strict adherence to the U.N. sanctions ag

Hanjin Shipping Co. in April will begin direct calls in Shanghai, China, as part of its Pusan (South

For companies that import merchandise from Asia, it's a dream come true. For steamship lines that mo

A Russian announcement of plans for $4 billion in arms sales to Iran has caught the Clinton administ

Chemical exporters are taking ocean freight rate increases in stride because they expect prices to f

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New Hampshire voters may have taken for granted Bob Dole's stump speeches railing against shrinking

Friday, Feb. 16, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

BOEING DEMONSTRATES 777 JETS TO SASCOPENHAGEN - Boeing Co. last week flew one of its

After losing a decade-long fight against New York, Canadian truckers are resigned to paying the stat

Three Weeks Ended Feb. 10, 1996, vs. Similar 1995 Period CARS CARSLOADED LOADED

Latin America's private sector, recently a seeming stepchild of the Inter- American Development Bank

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

A Japanese government panel will recommend that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. be split into t