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Log exports from the Pacific Northwest have dropped markedly over the past five years and the declin

The Ohio Public Utilities Commission has approved a $68.6 million rate increase for the 1.1 million

Although they would appreciate a stronger boost from their markets overseas, forest products produce

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Bilateral agreements between the governments of the United States and Japan to open Japan's market t

Moroccan officials who hosted last week's Middle East-North Africa economic summit embraced the idea

As older and lighter flatcars owned by railroads are retired, TTX Co., the national railcar pool, is

Domestic sales of computer hardware are expected to jump 50 percent this year over last, which will

Rep. Duncan Hunter believes he is leading an historic shift in the Republican party's approach to in

Japan's carmakers are likely to emerge from the current recession even stronger than before, and cou

Relaxation of South Korea's foreign exchange rules and introduction of a settlement system are expec

The postponement of a visit to Warsaw by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has badly soured

Emerging from decades of protectionism, Mexico's insurance industry is growing quickly, reshaped by

RUSSIA FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS 'REALISTIC' BUDGETNew Russian Finance Minister Vladimir Pansko

By tradition, every time Arianespace successfully places a satellite into orbit from its base in Fre

REGIONAL BLOCS Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) Business Symposium. Nov. 12-13, Jakarta

Saying it is "defending its right to bargain independently," the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

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Trade union leaders at 16 coal mines in the Tula region of central Russia have called for an indefin

Oil has played a major role in international relationships ever since it became the dominant energy

Oil product traders in the United Kingdom are buying cargoes of diesel and gasoline to store on expe

Friday Nov. 4, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Brazil's government probably will announce its forecast for the 1995-96 (May- April) coffee crop and

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

EMERGENCY DISASTER AID OFFERED IN CROP LOSSESPresident Clinton announced Friday that farmers

China will become a massive grain importer by the end of the century, driving up world prices sharpl

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied strongly last week, following gains in Kansas Ci

The Cuban Foreign Trade Ministry said it has so far fulfilled a sugar-for-oil agreement with Russia,

Nov. 4, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Work on a substantial petrochemical complex in West Bengal using U.S. technology is set to begin Nov

Workers and management at Pechiney's strike-bound Dunkirk aluminum smelter have agreed to seek the h

Ukraine has become the seventh-largest voting member of the London-based International Sugar Organiz

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 233.92 off 0.69

As of Nov. 4, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Right now it's just a bunch of weeds in the marshy back lands of Staten Island, N.Y., with its odoro

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

Still taking flak from congressmen and tanker owners, the Coast Guard says it is more confident than

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

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission fired back at the National Industrial Transportation

A group headed by New Jersey members of Congress will propose legislation eliminating federal ethano