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July 8, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Thursday, July 8, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The International Energy Agency estimated that crude oil production in the former Soviet Union in 19

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

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

The 1993 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award will be presented by the United Seamen's Service (USS) to Se

Thursday July 8, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

This week's announcement in Tokyo of a "breakthrough" in the Uruguay Round trade liberalization talk

U.S. agricultural exporters are paying an estimated 18 percent more in ocean transport costs than th

The U.S. dollar rose against the yen Thursday, but fell slightly against the deutsche mark.

From his office in a secluded plant in the Laurentian mountains, Naji Barsoumdrew a 200-mile

The Teamsters union, rattled by last month's shutdown of a large New England trucking firm that resu

Columbus Line Inc. said here that it presented Capt. Klaus H. Halstrick, master of the Navicana cont

Several industry members will testify on behalf of multiple-year reinsurance contracts before a Fina

A major shipping conference, facing antitrust action by the European Community Commission, Thursday

Florida Power & Light Co.'s allowable profit was reduced by roughly $50 million this week by state u

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has issued two decrees on the first stage of privatization of Norils

The state legislature adjourned Thursday apparently without acting on a proposed bill to increase by

CALIFORNIA WORLD TRADE COMMISSION (Sacramento) - Gov. Pete Wilson appointed Roger J. Baccigaluppi of

Apple Computer Inc.'s decision to pare 2,500 from its payroll will have little effect on its efforts

A European Community energy charter treaty is needed before the end of this year to get foreign inve

July 8, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

CALIFORNIA TO LIQUIDATE CAL-AMERICAN INSURANCECalifornia insurance regulators will o

Carolina Freight Corp. reported a second-quarter loss of $548,000 on revenue of $196.7 million.<

It could take 30 more years before Russia is able to enjoy an effective legal system that governs tr

A story on Page 3B in the June 23 edition concerning R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem, N.C

Taiwan, its economy becoming closely integrated with that of China, is watching anxiously as Beijing

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY OKS PACT WITH CUBANASSAU, Bahamas - The 13-member Caribbean Community (C

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

A third export-processing zone will be established in the southwestern Bangladesh city of Khulna, wh

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were down sharply Thursday on profit-taking,

American President Cos. has finalized commitments to build six containerships, three in South Korea

Struggling Westmoreland Coal Co. Wednesday lauded an agreement it reached last week with the United

Singapore's United Engineers Ltd. is leading a group of foreign companies in building and managing a

A whistle-blowing former tool maker will get $37,000 in the settlement of a lawsuit accusing a Newpo

Coopers & Lybrand has agreed to pay the state $3.75 million to settle possible claims arising from i

Ratings from Standard & Poor's judging the financial health of hundreds of U.S. property and casualt

The trade liberalization agreement struck Wednesday by the four main players in the Group of 7 indus

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

SWISS HELVETIA FUND INC. (New York) - Juerg Grimm was named assistant portfolio manager ofthis close