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International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 14, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As President Fidel Ramos sets out today for New Zealand and Australia backed by 100 or so business p

Mark Whitacre, a former Archer Daniels Midland Co. executive who has acted as an informant for a gov

The U.S. dollar edged slightly lower Monday, but most participants said they expect the recent rally

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utili

Despite a gubernatorial signature, uncertainty remains about financing of Boston's multibillion-doll

Businesses across Europe are scrambling to embrace the Internet and all its works, fearing that comm

GAO PRAISES CHANGES IN ALYESKA OPERATIONSWASHINGTON - Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.,

MJC Petroleum Co., a joint venture between Mobil Corp. and three Japanese companies, started drillin

Crude oil prices in Asia fell on Monday on the possibility that the defection of Cabinet members and

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 233.48 up 0.53 whi

When he visits his clients in Shanghai, insurance broker Eliot Pardee always schedules his meetings

The Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court has given Harlem River Yard Ventures Inc. a n

FLORIDA WEST COMPLETES SALE TO INVESTORSA federal bankruptcy trustee announced Monday that t

An investigation has been launched to determine whether a retiring American Airlines pilot put a pla

Singapore's port authority is spreading its interests into China with a preliminary agreement to dev

Aug. 14, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

Two prominent New York lawyers say the outlook for the insurance industry is improving on two fronts

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 14, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Monday Aug. 14, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Automation is helping the United States to get a better grip on its export statistics, but it is unl

A Canadian law taking effect today leaves the Coast Guard, ship operators, oil interests and liabili

For 22 years, Beverly A. Ogle made her mark as a commercial realtor in Nashville. While she

The Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (Secofi), Mexico's commerce ministry, has imposed fi

"Trade in rice is one of the most significant examples of the fact that, despite the rhetoric surrou

THAIS TO GO TO WTO WITH TAX COMPLAINTBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand plans to complain

The Journal of Commerce's Transportation Stock Index declined last week, mirroring the general marke

The financial contributions needed from shipowners to fund a proposed marine liability limit of $20

At first the news was good. Only seven containerships were waiting to get into the Port of S

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study of the potential market for a new generation of ocean

SHREDDED PLASTIC USED IN ASPHALT IN WIS.ONEIDA, Wis. - Oneida Indians are experimenting with

The United States and Japan have settled a handful of nagging disputes that have held up the signing

CARIBBEAN GROUP SUMMIT EXPECTED TO DRAW 500PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - The first-ev

AMERICAN RE CORP RATED 'A-' BY S&PNEW YORK - Standard and Poor's raised its subordin

China's attempts to corral its budget deficit and associated inflation appear to be stronger on rhet

Maust Corp., a Seattle trucking and freight forwarding outfit, has jumped into the ocean freight con

Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel were spilled and there was $1 million in damage when two trains