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MALAYSIA CUTS LEVY ON FOREIGN WORKERSSINGAPORE - Malaysia cut to 300 ringgit (US$116

Political considerations, not solely hope of commercial gain, are behind an ongoing series of oil de

The impact of a foreign trade zone on the local economy is difficult to measure and may not be appar

Drought conditions in Brazil's northeast have begun to affect Bahia's cocoa crop, with growers and t

Inventories of crude oil rose 3.8 million barrels in the week ended April 2 compared with the previo

Despite the collapse of copper prices last week, prices for the metal remain well above average prod

The U.S. pork industry criticized a decision by a U.S.-Canada committee ordering the United States t

Years of negotiating for a massive coal export facility at the Port of Los Angeles is scheduled to f

A leading U.S. short-line railroad operator said it has shelved plans to acquire five small railway

A British Cabinet minister gently chided Boeing Co. last week for complaining about subsidies to the

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved lower last week as textiles, metals and plywood

Japan's Foreign Minister Kabun Muto said he favors inviting Indonesian President Suharto to Tokyo in

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

Iraq said its industry is nearly stopping because of U.N. sanctions. A government minister s

Moving to broaden its intrastate reach in Washington and Oregon, Trimac Transportation Inc. is buyin

Taiwan's trade surplus in the first three months of this year totaled $1.35 billion, down 47.7 perce

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

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 8, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

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

CMB Transport, Antwerp's leading owner of liner ships, is working its way back toward profitability

Hopes are fading among Lloyd's Names - the private individuals whose wealth secures insurance polici

As of Apr. 8, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY CUTTING AUTO SURCHARGECHARLOTTE, N.C. - Auto liability insuran

Anyone who thinks "The Insurance Industry" speaks with one voice should have been sitting with me at

UNITED AIR POSTPONES ORDERS FROM BOEINGUnited Airlines said Wednesday it reached agreement w

JAPAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles) - The association named new officers

Congressional action - not court decisions or regulatory intervention - is needed to end the truck r

The Dominican Republic has taken several steps to ease its Byzantine import tax system and has aboli

The United States wants to outlaw all shipping in Yugoslavia's 12-mile territorial waters as part of

An exhibition that brought together potential buyers and sellers of North American oil and gas prope

The Presidium of the Russian Council of Ministers Wednesday approved in principle a package of urgen

U.S. government backing for Conoco Inc.'s Polar Lights joint venture in Russia should pave the way f

UNION CARBIDE TO AID INDONESIAN RESIN PLANTDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. has licensed

As of Apr. 7, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

April 7, 1993 Copper Total, 107,614. Gold Total, .1,405,632.Silver To

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 7, 1993Bid AskedCopper_G

Gold prices will continue to struggle over the next year due to liquidity problems in the market and

Dockworkers and ocean carriers reached an agreement on working conditions late Wednesday that should

European manufacturer Airbus Industrie expects to win at least a third of the $60 billion of Middle

A majority of members of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee have asked U.S. Trade R