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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

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

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

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

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

CSX Transportation Inc. is asking paper shippers to come clean. The company is promoting a t

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

South Korea's Hyundai Space and Aircraft Co., a member of Hyundai Group, has signed a deal worth $1.

Hong Kong's provisional unemployment rate for November-January fell to 3.3 percent from a seasonally

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seasonally adjusted registered unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 456,000, or 6.9 percent of t

Gryphon Holdings Inc. reported that its fourth quarter net income more than doubled to $4.1 million,

I recently finished reading "The Effectiveness of Collusion Under AntiTrust Immunity" - a Federal Tr

COAST GUARD TRACKING LEADS IN OIL SPILLSAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard is expanding

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

The story appearing on Page 5A on Feb. 9 entitled, "US Firms Win, Lose in Thai Power Bids," incorrec

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

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

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

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

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

Malaysia, battling to get more business through its ports, is reviewing all charges at the main gate

Fixing insurance coverage for clients in Southeast Asia presents its own special problems, according

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

MEXICO'S ECONOMY SHRANK 6.9 PERCENT IN 1995MEXICO CITY - The Mexican economy shrank

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

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 15, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Global cargo volume handled by the world's airports rose by 3 percent in November to 3.96 million to

Senior trade officials from industrialized and developing nations agreed Thursday to intensify effor

"They're slipping and sliding in their own saliva waiting for the next low- ball offer."

In his latest attempt to tighten the screws on Iran, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato this week urged Germany to

A Michigan jury found that 30 insurance companies must pay breast implant- related claims against Do