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Chemical industry associations from major industrialized nations are lobbying at the global trade ta

China will relax restrictions on the use of nonferrous metals by manufacturers, the official China D

Despite its domination by former communists, Poland's new government will be unable to undo the coun

The future of the International Coffee Organization beyond the end of September next year remains un

Continuing Russian demand for sugar despite the internal political turmoil there and the sharp fall

Gen. Fernando Ochoa Antich, Venezuelan foreign minister, denounced the "gold and diamond transnation

Japanese automakers, battered by economic and structural problems, went on the offensive Monday with

Chemical companies, petroleum processors and many other manufacturers in France and Germany can expe

The House last week agreed to provide wool and mohair payments to farmers in fiscal 1994, modifying

U.S. investment bankers Salomon Brothers Inc. said it expects to broaden its participation in the Ch

As of Oct. 4, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

John Maggs in Washington, William Armbruster in New York and Bruce Barnard in Brussels contributed t

ASEAN TALKS OPEN ON COMMON MARKETSoutheast Asia's senior economic officials began talks in S

Officials from Western companies with business interests in Russia expressed dismay at the bloodshed

Following their corporate clients into Eastern Europe, Western insurance companies find the local ma

The Clinton administration's shipbuilding initiative will make U.S. shipyards more competitive, part

More than 1,000 risk managers and brokers are expected to attend the biennial international risk man

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To European businesses, the American workers compensation system is a foreign experience. Wi

U.S. insurance buyers continue to complain that American insurers just aren't supplying the sort of

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 217.46 up 1.34 which compares wi

Soybean futures slumped to the lowest level since mid-June, pressured by active harvesting and the f

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German statistician F.O. Licht Monday forecast 1993-94 world sugar production at 113.35 million metr

AMERICAN CYANAMID GETS EC NOD ON DEALThe European Community's executive commission said Mond

Oct. 4, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Kenya's coffee production in the 1992-93 (October-September) year dwindled to just 70,000 metric ton

Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it has launched a research and development collaboration agreemen

The Supreme Court Monday let stand a ruling that victims of the Bhopal gas leak disaster cannot chal

Switzerland increased the import tariffs on wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice and oats to bring the pri

At a weekend conference in San Francisco on engineered vaccines for cancer and AIDS, IDEC Pharmaceut

Cool Carriers, the world's largest operator of refrigerated ships, expects to a report a loss this y

Worldwide demand for surfactants, used mostly in detergents, will grow by 30 percent during the 1990

The Port of Galveston, Texas, intends to develop a new breakbulk complex and ship repair site on lan

Members of the International Longshoremen's Association reversed the union's decision earlier this w

China is taking steps to reform its tightly controlled gold industry, and will soon allow foreigners

ROHM & HAAS RECASTS JAPAN SUBSIDIARYRohm & Haas Co. said Friday it has reached agreement wit

The European Community's Council of Ministers last week resolved a longstanding dispute with the Uni

Cummins Engine Co. said last week it has reached an agreement with Kamaz Inc., Russia's biggest truc