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The trend toward much larger containerships on the main east-west global trade routes theoretically

Monday Dec. 13, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Reluctance to pass savings on to consumers may blunt the favorable impact of plunging oil prices on

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 224.80 up 1.41 which compares wi

Construction of a large Sino-Japanese cement plant began last week, the latest stage of a Chinese dr

Norway posted a 3.639 billion kroner (US$493 million) surplus in November, compared with a 5.568 bil

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Emery Worldwide, the air freight company that seemed to be on the eve of self-destruction just a cou

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 13, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

European Union finance ministers ended more than a year of wrangling on Monday with a deal on how to

France on Monday convened talks it hopes may lead to the imposition of all- embracing sanctions agai

Retail sales in western Germany fell a real 7.3 percent in October from the year-earlier level, acco

Container shipping lines that supply Alaska have announced higher rates starting in January.

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Two East Coast sailors rescued Saturday night from the frigid waters of the North Atlantic were bene

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

Dec. 13, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Europe is still on track for a single currency by 1999 provided European Union states show flexibili

AMERICAN REINSURANCE CO. (Princeton, N.J.) - Frank Roscus was promoted to vice president of Am-Re Se

A federal judge has disqualified most of the lawyers for plaintiffs in a civil antitrust suit allegi

New international rules on curbing trade-distorting subsidies and dumping will likely provide the mi

For the week ended Dec. 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

U.S. approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) last month is reviving Spanish hope

Jose Primelles may not be able to turn water into wine, but his bio- technology firm has found a way

South Africa's producer inflation for the year through October eased further to 5.4 percent from Sep

Cunard, the British steamship line that owns the Queen Elizabeth II, has brought one of its smaller

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

Dec. 13, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Whatever the European Commission's newly stated objections to the Trans- Atlantic Agreement turn out

The U.S. dollar gained ground against several European currencies midday Monday in a thin holiday ma

Air France on Monday estimated its 1993 losses at 7.5 billion French francs ($1.3 billion), and open

Three major U.S. railroads have entered bids for five locomotive and equipment repair contracts bein

SOUTHWEST TO PURCHASE LOW-COST CARRIERDALLAS - Southwest Airlines said Monday it has

A conditional agreement setting broad outlines for global trade in textiles was reached Monday, but

Federal Aviation Administrator David R. Hinson Monday ordered a full-scale review of a multi-billion

Base metal exports by the Commonwealth of Independent States are a key factor in the "difficult situ

SLOVENIA MAY SIGN PACT WITH EU BY AUTUMN '94LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - An association agreement b

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Dec. 11, 1993* Country Category Description

The U.S. Commerce Department has given conditional support to American Telephone & Telegraph Co. in