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S&P AFFIRMS RATING OF ZURICH INSURANCENEW YORK - Standard & Poor's affirmed its "AAA

Plans to quickly open Mexico's state-owned railroad to further private investment have been dealt a

Codelco, Chile's giant state-owned copper enterprise, is being scrutinized for possible privatizatio

CENERGY, ATLANTIC ENERGY FORM JOINT VENTURENEW YORK - Cenergy Inc. and Atlantic Ener

Rising production and demand for coal over the next five years will create challenges requiring new

While natural-gas producers ponder the staggering fall in gas prices from $2 for a million British t

As of Jan. 20, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

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

Door-to-door insurance coverage has become available to exporters trading with India. In a j

While overseas companies mull southern Kaohsiung as a potential beneficiaryfrom the destruct

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Here's a gamble even the luckiest high-roller might shy away from: betting on Amtrak to continue its

"Nationalism is war. War is not just the past, it is perhaps the future."

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

Amid initial skepticism from analysts, the federal government has initiatedplans for a publi

REGIONAL BLOCS The Latin American Market. Feb. 8-10. Miami. Contact: Council of the

China moved close to becoming the world's biggest magnet for foreign investment last year, having ta

While Mexico's economy trembled last week, an emergency package of U.S. loan guarantees became the f

CRUM & FORSTER INSURANCE (Parsippany, N.J.) - Richard Lutenski was named chieffinancial offi

Brokers are warning their clients in Mexico that the peso's drop in value is reducing how much their

Washington state trade officials are hoping that a Western-style housing development outside of Kobe

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

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, which tracks inflation in the economy, rose to a new

U.S. shipyards are squaring off for a legislative fight this year over a new international agreement

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

Illinois Central Railroad earned $35.5 million, or 83 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:These trade leads are supplied through the World Trade Center NETWOR

ROBERTS EXPRESS INC. (Akron, Ohio) - Phil Sielatycki was named regional sales manager for Dayton, Oh

CREDIT LYONNAIS TO SHUT ENERGY DERIVATIVES UNITNEW YORK - Credit Lyonnais is shuttin

Iraq, facing acute shortages of food and medical supplies because of crippling U.N. sanctions, may b

MANAGED FUTURES ASSOCIATION (New York) - John R. Frawley Jr. was named chairman of this institutiona

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 19, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 20, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Trade by overseas-funded enterprises in China reached US$87.65 billion in 1994, accounting for 37 pe

The chaos that has affected the highways, railroads and city streets since western Japan's powerful

As the full and brutal impact of the massive earthquake became better understood by the end of last

NOVEMBER 1994 OCTOBER 1994 NOVEMBER 1993 Exports* Imports** Exports* Imp

California's farm industry suffered more than $58 million in damage from two weeks of storms, offici

Natural gas is expected to encounter more competition from electricity under the restructuring of th