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TOYOTA STUDIES PLAN TO MARKET GM CARSToyota Motor Corp. is considering whether to sell an an

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

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for July 1993 (see Note

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

International Petroleum Exchange July 6, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

July 6, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

Close to 60 years after the first Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Germany, Volkswagen's Brazi

Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. and Tokyo-based trading company Mitsui & Co. announced Mon

U.S. ports are continuing to see decreases in cargo that can be traced to the stagnant Japanese econ

Baghdad has indicated to the United Nations that it is no longer opposed to exporting oil via a pipe

U.S. trade officials Tuesday labored to prevent their ambitious goals for a new trade relationship w

Western Germany's seasonally adjusted unemployment rose 29,000 in June from May, the labor office sa

The summer driving season normally means higher gasoline prices, but thathasn't happened thi

Mediterranean Shipping Co. has emerged as the Port of Boston's biggest carrier, surpassing a host of

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has offered its Asian naphtha customers a term formula based on Persian Gulf

Despite increasing jitters about China's bubbling inflation rate, the country's leaders are unlikely

NORTH AMERICA Export Expo '93. July 14-15. Buffalo, N.Y. Food and forest showcase. Contact:

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

John MacGregor, Britain's secretary of state for transport, said Tuesday he will reconsider the gove

Nissan Motor Corp. has become the second major automobile manufacturer to convert to shipping vehicl

Iran and India agreed on Tuesday to set up a committee to study a pipeline project that would export

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

KOHL: WESTERN GERMANY POISED FOR RECOVERYBONN, Germany - Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the wes

Ann Panno remembers talking about buying flood insurance, along with her business-interruption polic

The impact of heavy flooding on mid-America barge freight shipping has gotten much worse in recent d

July 6, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

After creeping along as slowly as a glacier for several years, the Alaska economy is showing signs o

The European Community Commission will today discuss imposing sanctions against Italy for jeopardizi

WARNER-LAMBERT TO BUY FISONS PLC OPERATIONMORRIS PLAINS, N.J. - Warner-Lambert Co. will acqu

A factory explosion this week revealed a weak point of the mighty computer chip industry in Japan, a

Trading volume on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first half of 1993 was up 5 percent from

SASKATCHEWAN GROUP TO OBJECT TO BARLEY PLANThe Saskatchewan Wheat Pool announced it will cha

Taiwan's announcement that it will cut its huge infrastructure program is a long-overdue admission t

Continuing its testing of high-speed rail equipment, Amtrak has taken delivery of the German-built "

McDonnell-Douglas Corp. has received an order for eight F/A-18D Hornet aircraft from Malaysia, as pa

1993 Banyan Technical Conference. July 11-13. Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Mass. Contact: Schuman

Even before leaders of the world's most powerful economies landed in Japan for this week's summit of

The Japanese government is offering the biggest lot of state-owned shares to the market in six years