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

California's Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has formed a

Taiwan's Kunnan Enterprise Ltd., the world's biggest maker of sports racquets, has set its sights on

Dec. 23, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

French industrial output, excluding construction and public works, fell a preliminary seasonally adj

Thomas L. Mills, maritime attorney and lobbyist, is not a man who minces words. Today, he is

Last July, Cynthia Smagula, a National Institutes of Health fellow, was looking for a way to get a r

When a new superhighway opens, it quickly diverts traffic from the old state routes. Drivers prefer

Indonesia represents one of the most promising Asian markets for insurance companies, said Anelissa

AMERICAN SHORT LINE RAILROAD ASSOCIATION (Washington) - Alice C. Saylor is the trade group's new vic

Armed with rosy economic news and record-setting volume, many railroads plan ambitious intermodal fa

In the two years since Operation Q-tip charged into the public's consciousness, importers have ridic

CHINA AND RUSSIA HOLD FREE-TRADE-ZONE TALKSChina and Russia are discussing a free-trade zone

The long-running war over the right to operate all-cargo flights between the United States and Brazi

Thursday, Dec. 23, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Rhine, Europe's biggest river, was totally closed to shipping late last week after severe floodi

Telecommunications giant AT&T will build a network linking together the members of the Asia Pacific

China Pacific Insurance Co. established a brokerage firm in the World Trade Center as a first step t

India's Textiles Ministry has urged the government not to release additional cotton exports until th

China will free coal prices on Jan. 1 in a bid to spur competition, the People's Daily said.

Those prophets of doom who had predicted the darkest of days for the nation's aerospace and avionics

Malaysia's corporate landscape is rapidly changing as a growing group of politically well-connected

REGIONAL BLOCS Manufacturing in the Caribbean BasinConference. Jan. 18-21. Miami. The confer

The litigious climate of the United States has turned policyholders against insurers as both sides g

The St. Lawrence Seaway, thanks to a late surge, had a small tonnage gain for the 1993 season, its f

If you are plain vanilla, how do you persuade your customers you are cappuccino-chip cheesecake?

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -4.0212/17 93.812/20 93.812/21

BLUE STAR (NORTH AMERICA) LTD. (Toronto) - David Boyce, a 15-year veteran of Blue Star Line, joins t

The U.S. dollar will rise this week on expectations that the U.S. economy will remain strong in 1994

PHOENIX HOME LIFE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Hartford, Conn.) - Robert W. Fiondella, president and princi

Exxon Corp. and Texaco Inc. won a decision from the U.S. Tax Court absolving them of a multibillion-

If air freight were a battlefield, then technology would be the 105 millimeter howitzer. Tec

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 23, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

As of Dec. 23, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Novacor Chemicals Ltd. has agreed to purchase Du Pont Canada Inc.'s polyethylene business for $80 mi

Gold should reinforce its role as an attractive investment in times of low interest rates next year,

A Russian shipping line expanded its list of port calls last week to be sure even people in remote s

TRAVELERS, PRIMERICA ONE STEP FROM MERGERHARTFORD, Conn. - The Travelers Corp. and Primerica

Demand for natural gas produced from 180 Texas gas fields is expected to fall 0.8 percent in January