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Labor conditions - hiring and firing practices, size of the pool, skills, union activity, productivi

March 22, 1993 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

As the Commodity Research Bureau index of key commodity futures prices has been setting recent highs

Arco Chemical Co. is heavily promoting what it claims is an environmentally benign aircraft de-icer.

Raj Bagri, London Metal Exchange chairman, continued to defend changes to the LME's trading system,

Blasts of icy wind hit pilot Wayne Noonan as he hovered in midair over a canyon 1,000feet deep, tryi

J.B. Hunt, chairman of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., has been named to the board of directors o

1481 (Mar. 22, 1993) Previous day - 1476 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Rep. Sam Gibbons, D-Fla., last week introduced a modified version of legislation passed by the House

A U.S. submarine collided with a Russian submarine in Arctic waters over the weekend, Defense Depart

The U.S. dollar slipped to a new record low of 115.40 yen, while trading mixed against other currenc

UAL Corp., parent to United Airlines and often embroiled in international trade controversies involv

Canada's Nova natural gas pipeline restored normal operations last week after completing repairs to

The European Community faces a major internal row over trade next month following the landslide vict

Ranking trade officials from the European Community and the United States are due to hold a second d

Lawrence Summers, President Clinton's choice for a senior Treasury Department job, threatened to bla

ITC DISMISSES PETITION FOR DUTIES ON US STEELWASHINGTON - The U.S. International Tra

Japan, the world's largest consumer of whale meat, defied internationalpressure to catch 330

Greater liberalization of the European Community's telecommunications sector must be accompanied by

Chancellor Helmut Kohl voiced his support and trust Monday in Finance Minister Theo Waigel after acc

The prospects of international labor standards being set through a future global trade pact depends

Textile Quotas to Watch as of March 20, 1993* Country Category Description

March 22, 1993 Copper Total, 104,595. Gold Total, .1,404,118.Silver Total, .2

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said at the weekend that he was opposed to any lowering of cred

Upon walking into the exhibit hall at last week's Futures Industry Association annual meeting here,

As of Mar. 22, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez renewed his attack on the U.S. Export-Import Bank's loans to Russia, citing d

Troubles for the world's airlines and their suppliers are likely to get worse before they get better

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is expected to announce within a month the details of a far-reaching strate

UK RAIL UNION PLANS ONE-DAY STRIKE APRIL 2LONDON - The union representing rail worke

Comparing their company to "a homely girl in sexy clothes," the executives of Synthesia s.p., the Cz

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

Dresser Industries Inc. is close to signing a deal to manufacture oil-field equipment in Russia, sai

Mar. 22, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Brazilian negotiations with Iran on renewal of an oil-import contract with that country remain "very

Iran has failed to attract private foreign investment for a $1.2 billion gas project but still inten

Economic growth in most of Latin America is expected to slow to under 4 percent this year and could

George Sinner, a former North Dakota governor, said he's somewhat optimistic that the sugar beet ind

At least five major Japanese seafood companies may have violated U.S. antitrust laws by trying to fi

With tin consumption currently outpacing production, a significant portion of the supply overhang -