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High-sulfur fuel oil prices in northwest Europe increased slightly last week, supported by limited s

Japan's Sony Corp. and Philips Electronics NV of the Netherlands unveiled a blueprint last week for

Seoul advertising agencies are looking overseas for famous faces to use in their advertisements beca

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 232.06 up 1.27 whi

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Some of the biggest insurance companies in the United States would be wiped out if a $50 billion cat

A British insurance subsidiary of a U.S. financial services company plans to buy one of its U.K. com

Pleased with its third-party partnership, Hershey Chocolate U.S.A. has extended until 1999 its distr

OVERNITE OFFERS SERVICE TO WESTERN CANADARICHMOND, Va. - Following prods from shippe

Wood County appears an unlikely place to benefit from coal mining. After all, the county doe

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA CHINA. Feb. 20-March 1. The U.S. Department of Commerce is spo

Coffee stocks at Brazil's farm cooperatives as of Nov. 30 totaled 5.205 million 60-kilogram bags, up

Delegates at the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) have wrapped up three days of talks agreein

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Although U.S. processed food companies have often lagged in Japan, one red- hot success story has be

India's official wholesale price index for all commodities rose a provisional 9.75 percent in the we

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Christmas has come a little early for the Port of Tacoma, which has learned it will receive an $18.7

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 15, '93 - Nov. 29, '94 (a graph) (2

Aside from heavy competition in a small but growing market, ship lines in the Central America trade

The Swiss third-quarter industrial production index (1963 equals 100) rose by 6 percent year on year

Two of China's largest state-run firms said Monday they are fighting back against a lawsuit by an Am

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council is planning to allow direct transportation links with China by 199

Singapore aims to become a one-stop aerospace repair and overhaul center of the Asia-Pacific, benefi

GLOBAL PHONE PLAN DRAWS $100 MILLION INVESTMENTSEOUL, South Korea - Three South Kore

If Santa Claus is planning to bring presents to heating oil dealers this Christmas, he'd better get

Arcon International Resources PLC, which operates the proposed Galmoy zinc- lead mine in County Kilk

NJ EXPORTER JAILED FOR IGNORING COURTNEW YORK - A New Jersey exporter was jailed for

Brazil's growing romance with imported automobiles threatens to glut the Port of Vitoria, only recen

Dec. 19, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

CHINA YARD CONVERTS TANKER INTO DRY DOCKNANJING, China - The Chengxi shipyard said M

The European Commission will soon unveil plans to partially deregulate inland waterways, raising fea

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James Parker, Washington's top agriculture official in Japan, wants U.S. food exporters to wake up a

The U.S. dollar eased slightly in early trading, with U.S.-based players unconvinced the dollar has

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A Southern Pacific unit grain train en route to Bakersfield, Calif., from Denver derailed Sunday in

S. KOREAN ASSEMBLY APPROVES WTO BILLSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's national asse

CANADA, CHINA FIRMS TO DEVELOP GOLD MINEBEIJING - Canada's Asian Minerals Corp. said