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Petrochemicals and fine chemicals will be the twin focus of China's industry in the years 1996-2000,

Dec. 17, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

European Union farm ministers agreed Friday on measures to implement an oilseeds accord with the Uni

The property/casualty insurance industry is more concerned with increased liability in hazardous was

Europe's troubled chemicals industry rejected a plan to establish a $320 million fund to pay compani

RATES MUCH HIGHER UNDER POST-INIKI PLANAdvisers to the Hawaii Insurance Division say rates u

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 224.27 off 0.36 which compares

Massachusetts' insurance regulator approved a 2.9 percent auto insurance rate hike for 1994, the low

The Interior Department and Florida sugar producers broke off negotiations on terms to save the Ever

Net income at the Massachusetts Port Authority for the fiscal year ended June 30 fell to its lowest

HAPAG-LLOYD PLANS CONTAINERSHIP ORDERSLONDON - Hapag-Lloyd, the German shipping and

The Coast Guard announced it will hold public meetings in Houston and Washington, D.C., next month t

New York-area port officials are outraged over a federal pollution study plan that will ignore dioxi

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John Graykowski, a Washington attorney, has overcome initial industry opposition and soon will be na

Finance Minister Cesar Robalino rejected a report that Ecuador was close to a debt accord with its b

Gitano Group Inc., an international clothing distributor with headquarters in New York, and three of

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank approach their golden anniversary next year faced wit

SHIP CLASSIFIERS TO GIVE INFO ON THEIR REGISTERSLONDON - The organizations that insp

The U.S. maritime industry won a major victory by keeping ocean shipping out of the latest global tr

Reform of India's telecommunications sector got a boost late Wednesday with approval of a new policy

The Port of San Francisco approved a new warehousing operation on one of its wharves, despite object

Taiwan's Tuntex group, one of the island's biggest conglomerates, said it signed an agreement to con

Sales of U.S. aerospace products dropped 10 percent in 1993 to $124 billion, partly because of the f

The U.S. dollar remained lower against European currencies Thursday, but turned flat against the yen

Rival Singapore contenders for a license to handle cargo at Hong Kong's new airport have joined forc

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -5.3712/10 93.9 12/13 94.1 12/14 94.0

Tension in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor trucking community remains highbecause there is

AIR CANADA WILL BUY 6 AIRBUS A340S IN '96MONTREAL - Air Canada announced it has sign

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has adopted a set of standards for the electronic bull

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission has outlined four criteria for natural gas pipelines s

Manufacturers who export often worry about being "squeezed out" when they use an Export Management C

A 3.2 percent increase in exports helped widen the Canadian merchandise trade surplus to a seasonall

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

ALABAMA MINERS FACE DECISION ON CONTRACTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Alabama's largest coal co

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

Government safety inspections of nuclear power plants are poorly done because they frequently ignore

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

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