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The North American Free Trade Agreement may mean liberalized commerce for the three partner countrie

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

1500 (May 13, 1994) Previous day - 1491 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

The Journal of Commerce's daily Industrial Price Index rose again Friday and now shows an annualized

The local paper industry may be headed for tough times because of a shortage of raw material based o

Not long ago, the health-insurers' lobby was Special Interest Enemy No. 1, taking fire from an openl

If there's one thing roiling the forest products industry in the United States today, it's environme

First came the spotted owl, then the marbled murrelet. By the time the crane arrived, most people ar

I know, I know. I shouldn't be preaching about saving trees. A guy who works for a newspaper with a

U.S.-India economic relations are expected to get a big boost this week during the visit here of Ind

PORTUGAL SETS JUNE 23 FOR BIG BOND REFORMSLISBON, Portugal - Portugal will implement

Proposals sponsored by the Teamsters union to restructure the board of directors at Consolidated Fre

PLM REPORTS LOSS FOR FIRST QUARTERSAN FRANCISCO - PLM International Inc., a transpor

CP Rail System will add to its fleet 900 covered hopper cars that incorporate greater freight-carryi

Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's week-long visit to the United States is unlikely to solve outsta

India has embarked on a major plan to build new petroleum refineries and expand old ones, which will

No story.

Lasmo, an independent oil exploration and production company, Friday urged its shareholders to rejec

May 13, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 227.22 up 0.44 w

In terms of South Carolina's position in the world marketplace, its most important import may be mon

Thai-based banks borrowed a total of 267.3 billion baht ($10.1 million) on behalf of corporate clien

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

The United States and Japan agreed Friday to explore ways to resume economic framework talks, U.S. T

South Louisiana's congressional delegation is going to war with the Coast Guard. The issue i

May 13, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

A consortium led by Houston's Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has discovered oil fields in Algeria containi

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

Four months after the devaluation of the CFA franc, the common currency used in France's former colo

ZIMBABWE TO CLOSE KAMATIVI TIN MINEJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwe will close

South Korea's Honam Petrochemical Corp. is looking into reducing ethylene production by shutting dow

REGIONAL BLOCS China - The Next Great Business Frontier. May 17, Whippany, N.J. The 27th Ann

The Washington State China Relations Council is urging President Clinton to renew China's most-favor

Like many other Southern states, South Carolina has looked in the past 10 to 20 years for ways to re

Not everyone likes to shop at a superstore. So in a world seemingly dominated by superports,

P&O, CHELSFIELD SELLS APARTMENT PORTFOLIOLONDON - Peninsular & Oriental Steam Naviga

UKRAINE DEFENSE PLANT TO GET AID TO CONVERTDefense Secretary William Perry announced plans f

The California business community is urging state legislators to further modify the state's unitary

This year's Forest Products Transpo will be held a stone's throw from the rich evergreen forests of