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Hong Kong developer Gordon Wu, a k a "the No. 1 infrastructure player in Asia," is an enigma.

"Businessmen fish in troubled waters," muses Robert Kuok Hock Nien, the Malaysian tycoon whose China

Twelve months ago, international companies were racing to form China's first foreign-invested nation

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 6, '94 - Sept. 29, '95 (a graph) (2

Friday, Sept. 29, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The government of Grenada has halted the privatization of the island's power company to a Florida fi

Is China a 500-pound gorilla throwing its weight around, or just a rambunctious youngster unaware of

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

Sept. 29, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Safeguarding against international financial crises will be a principal focus of this year's annual

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

Close on the heels of India, Sri Lanka is to end state monopoly of basic telephone services and open

SHIPCO LAUNCHING NEW SERVICE TO JAPANShipco Transport Inc., an ocean freight consolidator ba

China has been building up its ports almost as if it were in a war. While the results are im

"It will be prudent for east Asia to have Europe as a full partner, and be as fully engaged in its e

Like waves from a vessel changing course, management upheavals at Bremen's biggest shipbuilder may i

EU, MOLDOVA TO SIGN INTERIM TRADE ACCORDBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers

The Indian government Friday eased rules governing the duty-free import of goods, and will allow som

What goes up but can't come down? Freight on China's three main north-south rail routes.Offi

In a surprise shift, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association has broken ranks with other seafari

Shippers of dried fruit and nuts, one of the major commodities moving off the West Coast to Europe,

For the week ended Sept. 23, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

From the woefully served - China, Indonesia, Indochina - to the wonderfully sophisticated - Hong Kon

The stampede for realignment and the elbowing for position is in full swing in what's variously call

Telecommunications in India celebrated a landmark this year with the entry into commercial operation

Europe's telecommunications market resembles the starting line of a huge sailboat race, with hundred

Driven by economic growth and pent-up demand, and with plenty of money available, the telecommunicat

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 29, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 29, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Japan's telecommunications market, the world's second largest after the United States, is as frustra

Sept. 29, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Un

Sept. 29, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Sept. 29, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

CELADON GROUP EXPECTS $4.2 MILLION LOSSNEW YORK - The Celadon Group Inc., which has

With the ink barely dry on a merger deal, the new Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. expects to wrap

Friday Sept. 29, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

While China's output of polypropylene, a building block for numerous plastics, fibers and other item

FBI PROBES PAY SCAM AT ALABAMA DOCKSMOBILE, Ala. - The FBI is investigating charges

In September, West Coast Editor Peter Tirschwell posed several questions to Mr. Ma in writing.