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Last year, more than $12 billion of U.S. exports were returned to the United States in the same cond

Investors are welcoming plans by the U.S. government to rescue the plunging peso, but they are expec

A sea change in the conduct of international commerce is set to take place Jan. 1 when the World Tra

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

In hopes of easing its heavy reliance on imports, China began work this week on its largest plant fo

Pakistan earlier this month signed a contract to purchase 1 million bales of high- to middle-grade c

China is looking for expansion of 10 percent in textile exports in 1995, despite creaking machinery

The insurance industry seems to be waking from its long CAT nap. Options trading in CATs - c

Wednesday's deadline for oil tankers to comply with a new Coast Guard liability rule has passed with

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Towns and cities across the Northeast are ordering more road salt than usual this year and taking de

The number of strikes in Indonesia showed a nearly fourfold increase in 1994from a year earl

This month's sharp drop in the value of Mexico's peso threatens to erode the Nafta-related gains mad

Dec. 29, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

The do's and don'ts of how to handle distributors in Third World markets can be applied to almost an

NORILSK NICKEL SAYS OUTPUT STABLE VS. '93MOSCOW - Output at Russian producer Norilsk

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 236.84 up 0.65

1970 (Dec. 29, 1994) Previous day - 1972 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Port of Tacoma's unique experiment using X-ray technology to inspect cargo containers for contra

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The deal in the Port of Philadelphia between Holt Cargo Systems and Independent Pier appears to be s

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose to a 52-week high of 113.56 on Thursday, the hig

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday told Maine that two of its counties will be allowed

During an otherwise quiet week in Washington, Clinton administration officials have been working har

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

China is planning a nationwide crackdown on counterfeit currency, as the problem worsens. Le

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

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 29, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Christmas holidays failed to bring a truce in the long-running battle between container shipping

While Latin American stock markets continued skittish in the wake of the Mexican currency crisis, Br

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Thursday, Dec. 29, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In the latest round of the battle between the insurance and banking industries over turf, the Profes

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil fell by 1.7 million barrels during the week ended Dec. 23 co

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 28, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

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

RUSSIA TO DEFER PAYMENT OF DEBT TO JAPANESETOKYO - Russia has told Japanese companie

Claiming the Texas Department of Insurance has "a significant reluctance" to investigate and report

ANZDL, MITSUI FOODS KEEP KFC IN FRIESLONG BEACH, Calif. - Australia-New Zealand Dire

DRIFTING HYUNDAI SHIP UNDER TOW TO SEATTLESEATTLE - The Hyundai Seattle, which was a