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Rural organizations in Bahia, Brazil's biggest cocoa-producing region, will support a new cocoa pact

Evergreen International Airlines is progressing toward resolution of a dispute with two Chinese carr

An overseas distributor of U.S. goods buys those goods for his own account, takes title to the shipm

Sept. 30, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pr

A snag in negotiations with the North Carolina insurer that won the first round of bidding for Kentu

After more than a month, the French Port of Le Havre is a long way from reaping the fruits of a new

MC SHIPPING (Monoco) - Guy Morel, vice president of marketing of V. Ships and president of MC Shippi

Most U.S. manufacturers wave a final goodbye to their products as the truck pulls out of the factory

Sept. 30, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Thursday Sept. 30, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

France's unemployment rate stabilized at 11.7 percent in August, the Labor Ministry said Wednesday.

Chinese firms are buying copper for nearby and three-month delivery from Asian and East European cou

U.S. ports said they are sick of having to deal with dredging issues on a case-by-case basis and ins

East Coast dredging rates have fallen with the awarding of a $2.3 million contract to clear navigati

The Federal Trade Commission, fearing creation of a monopoly in the supply of certain railroad boxca

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Petroleos Mexicanos announced that it manufactured 9.84 million tons of petrochemicals during the fi

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Troubled Malaysian insurance concern PanGlobal Equities bought a timber firm in a reverse takeover,

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP. (Norfolk, Va.) - The railroad company, widely known for orderly management ch

Increased highway routing flexibility in the proposed United Parcel Service- Teamster contract agree

Norway starts new gas deliveries to Europe worth $100 billion next month, marking a historic shift f

Convenient transport and good relations between Thai and Japanese traders suggest most Japanese rice

Motor carriers in California are being hammered by a dramatic rise in diesel fuel prices they say is

Members of the International Longshoremen's Association Tuesday ratified a two-year extension of the

A House maritime panel is looking at a proposal that would permit the immediate sale to foreign buye

Japanese food importers have decided to cool it on the West Coast. But that doesn't mean the

Angry U.S. officials have ruled out direct negotiations with France over settling a farm-trade dispu

A New Jersey salvage company will be allowed to recover $1 million of copper wire from a wreck off t

Three European aerospace firms called for a separate trade pact for their industry, saying that othe

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 29, 1993 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Crude oil inventories fell by 11.6 million barrels in the week ended Sept. 24 compared with the prev

The insurance industry was challenged this week to help prepare the nation for more weather-related

A Senate panel voted to lift restrictions on U.S. aid to the Palestine Liberation Organization, open

The European Aluminum Association (EAA) said Wednesday it would support an extension of restrictions

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 29, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/29 9/28 Change % Change: 9/3

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said states could hire insurance firms to run the system of health