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Tuesday, April 12, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

With grain prices soaring in its major cities, China's Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday sounded the a

MIDREX DROPS SUPPORT FOR MICH. IRON PLANTVIRGINIA, Minn. - Midrex Direct Reduction C

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

In a move welcomed by Canada's west coast maritime interests, CP Rail System has announced a 27 perc

Apr. 12, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The efforts of Russian commercial banks to increase their overseas business are being hampered by ev

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday in sluggish trading as the deutsche mark declined on speculation the Bu

The consumer price index in the eastern German states rose 0.1 percent in March from February and wa

Indian coffee growers, encouraged by newly won freedom to directly market their produce, are gearing

Much more needs to be done worldwide, especially in developing nations, to limit exposure to toxic c

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Aluminum produced in Russia and bound for Japan increasingly is being diverted to the United States,

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

China "takes a firm and clear attitude in protection of the exclusive rights to use trademarks and h

ITC SEES INDICATION OF STEEL DUMPINGThe International Trade Commission cleared the way for a

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Cho Yang Shipping Co. and DSR-Senator Lines are considering extending their joint Mediterranean-Asia

A 22 percent rise in imports saw Jamaica's merchandise trade deficit widen to US$1.121 billion in 19

1246 (Apr. 12, 1994) Previous day - 1239 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

International shipping lines hope to put a crack in the worldwide armor of cabotage laws by forcing

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement, a group of nine ocean carriers jointly setting rates for

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey will elect a new chairperson and vice chairperson during

A labor panel is poised to move legislation to the House floor this week that would extend U.S. labo

A second large non-vessel-operating common carrier serving the North Atlantic trade has apparently g

OFFICIAL: BRITISH COLUMBIA SLIGHTED IN SHIPYARD AIDVICTORIA, Northwest Territories -

Tuesday was "California tin cup day" at a House appropriations subcommittee that will decide the fat

A fast, sharp jump in the rain-swollen Mississippi River at St. Louis this week led the U.S. Coast G

A Chinese company for the first time will raise long-term funds in the U.S. securities market with c

Faced with a peasant rebellion in the south and criticism that rural regions have been ignored in ec

The government of Bangladesh is expected to approve a massive plan to salvage its ailing textile ind

About 50 American, European and Asian companies meet in Tokyo this week to quietly complete a propos

RUSSIAN IMPORTS DROP WHILE EXPORTS INCREASEMOSCOW - Russia's first-quarter imports f

Israel witnessed a slowdown in economic growth for the first quarter of 1994 widely blamed on the He

NORTH AMERICA World Trade Expo '94. April 15-17. Miami. Contact: Pamela Burdgick, World Trad

The management-development exercise seemed simple enough. A group of five executives had to

MOODY'S RAISES RATING FOR GE SUBSIDIARYNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has rais