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Japanese construction orders in February were down 2.9 percent from a year earlier at 1.360 trillion

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has identified two Canadian companies that cou

United Parcel Service reported Friday that its net income last year rose 16.5 percent, to $943.3 mil

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

The concept of chain stores may not seem particularly innovative in much of the world, but for China

Representatives from cocoa producing countries, international organizations and trade houses have fo

Japan and the European Union have agreed to raise the limit on Japanese auto exports to Europe by 11

They're terrible drivers. They don't know about bidets. They use disgusting, non-dairy coffee creame

A third straight month of trade deficits is expected for March as imports continue to outrun exports

The European Commission has proposed a new relationship with South Africa that could eventually lead

CHINA OFFICIALS OK FUNDS FOR STEEL PLANTCHENGDU, China - Officials of southwestern Sichuan p

DIRECT DIALING PLANNED BETWEEN US, N. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - The first direct telephone s

A Japanese plastics manufacturer will open a $50 million foam plant expected to bring 120 jobs to Wa

Friday Mar. 31, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

BAYER AG, WUXI SIGN 2ND JOINT AGREEMENTNANJING, China - Officials said Friday Bayer

With the Clinton administration's announcement last week that it would seek a U.N. oil embargo again

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles launched a state campaign to urge Congress to allow oil drilling in a natio

Buyers and sellers of crude oil should link long-term contract prices to the futures market, rather

Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French consortium that operates the Channel Tunnel, accused the U.K. insurance

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

A bill to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

As of Mar. 31, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

A recent U.S. court ruling may threaten the use of telex and facsimile agreements as contracts in th

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CLUB REPORTS PROGRESS IN ESTONIA SETTLEMENTSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Protection & Inde

SPHERE DRAKE HOLDINGS SEES NET INCOME RISELONDON - Sphere Drake Holdings Ltd. report

Tacoma and its port have signed a trade agreement with Hachinohe, Japan, the sister city of nearby F

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COS. (Cincinnati) - Roger F. Ablett was elected to divisional vice presiden

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Britain's official export-credit agency, the Export Credits Guarantee Department, has introduced an

The board of directors of Life Re Corp. approved a stock-repurchase program last week of up to 1 mil

The Department of Energy is choosing to disregard the concerns expressed by Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D

Asking the Federal Maritime Commission and the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement to quantify the $

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

Canadian Pacific Ltd. now owns the North Atlantic shipping business of the ailing Cast Group, thereb

Canada's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product at factor costs rose 0.2 percent in January to 5

The customers used to be few and their cargo liquid. Now they are many and their cargo is so

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 30, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

HAPAG-LLOYD TO REFLAG SOME SHIPS, PAPER SAYSHAMBURG, Germany - A quarter of Germany's Hapag-

The United States has moved to restrain imports of underwear and nightwearfrom eight countri