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The United States called on Japan Wednesday to buy more foreign auto parts and vehicles, and to expa

Oct. 20, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Oct. 20, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A severe budget crisis beginning next October could result in a complete restructuring of the U.S. C

Boeing Co., faced with growing international competition, is routinely moving work to Texas, where w

The Arab League has no plans to strengthen or downgrade its boycott against Israel, according to sou

FORD CREDIT BUSINESS WILL EXPAND TO JAPANDETROIT - Ford Motor Co. said it will begin

Oct. 20, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Thirty insurance agents in rural Arkansas have met the match of their dreams - an insurance carrier

Three years after Lebanon's decade and a half of wars, invasions and insurrections limped to a close

Independent insurance agents are concerned as to what role, if any, they will play under the health

Insurance agents from around the country will convene in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sunday through Wednesday,

The European Community Commission said EC governments must curb state aid to their coal mines next y

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 218.17 off 0.28 which compares

A new Clinton administration plan aimed at reducing the risk of global warming is expected to increa

Oct. 20, 1993 Copper Total, 96,452. Gold Total, .2,381,093.Silver To

Wednesday Oct. 20, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

After several years of false starts and sometimes controversial planning, the massive project to reb

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago10/20 10/19 Change % Change: 9/

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

The U.S. will not extend China's "most-favored-nation" trade status in June 1994 unless it sees more

Chemical companies and environmentalists meet Thursday in a showdown over a proposal that the Canadi

A power outage at General Chemical Corp. caused the accidental release of a toxic chemical Wednesday

80 PERCENT OF CHINA'S SOFTWARE PIRATED, WATCHDOG SAYSHONG KONG - More than 80 percen

COCOA FUTURES RISE IN NEW YORK, LONDONNEW YORK - Cocoa futures here continued to pus

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said Wednesday he "raised the possibility" of offering China ex

The United Nations embargo on Haiti troubles those who are new to doing business with the neighborin

Russia is opening up its state-controlled domestic grain market to private traders, but senior indus

The deep structural depression in Ukraine has pushed the nation to the edge of chaos and catastrophe

Oct. 20, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The head of Phelps Dodge Corp., a major copper producer, said Wednesday the company's sales from its

Bilspedition AB, at the same time it was confirming plans to withdraw from shipping, Wednesday predi

Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin warned that China's embrace of capitalism had led to neglect of fa

ETHYLENE PRODUCTION FALLS 5 PERCENT IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's ethylene production tota

Brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers are waging a high-stakes poker game, in which timing the int

John Najarian, a pioneer in transplant surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, is bei

A Japanese study group will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Nov. 8 to survey possible mine explorati

Taiwan plans to set up its own financial futures market covering stocks, interest rates and foreign

As of Oct. 20, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

In the days when the Windy City still was trading only in physical commodities such as pork bellies,