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While vast areas of China remain almost medieval in structure, reflecting the country's rapid but un

MITSUI FIRMS TO BUILD CHINA CHEMICAL PLANTJapan's Mitsui and Co. and Mitsui Engineering and

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An agency dedicated to creating a free-trade area throughout the Western Hemisphere was proposed thi

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In a move apparently aimed at ensuring eventual Chinese control, the government in Macao said it pla

Shanghai Airlines is said to be negotiating with Western banks to finance the Chinese carrier's expa

SPAIN, BOSNIA SET UP DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSMADRID, Spain - Spain Monday established diplomatic

Once limited to labor issues, an out-of-court method of resolving disputes called "alternative dispu

PRODUCERS TO MEET PRIOR TO COFFEE TALKSCoffee producers will meet in London Jan. 21-22 prior

Coffee roasters, slow to reduce the price of a cup of coffee when bean prices were plunging to histo

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Lyondell Petrochemical Co. of Houston is putting the finishing touches on aninnovative deal

With three weeks remaining in 1992, rail intermodal traffic has exceeded full- year levels for any y

Wheat futures declined in early December in a nervous trading environmentbecause of Russia's

British researchers said they have found a key component that could form the basis for a vaccine aga

Shippers said a bankruptcy judge's decision last Friday to let the Interstate Commerce Commission de

The heads of the American subsidiaries of Switzerland's three largest, Basel- based pharmaceutical m

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to review a claim by Pacific Express Inc., a defunct Californ

SUN CO. TAPS EMERY AS PRIMARY CARRIERPALO ALTO, Calif. - Sun Co. has picked Emery Worldwide

At first, David Pierce didn't know what to make of the missing weight. U.S. poundage figures

One of the major reasons 28,000 engineers and technical workers at Boeing Co. rejected a contract of

The Interstate Commerce Commerce has refused to get involved in a jurisdictional dispute involving F

Concerned by recent findings that showed 6 percent of truck drivers who were stopped for random road

The federal government has agreed to ante up $19.6 million for the reconstruction and extension to 1

Like the proverbial cat, Baltia Air Lines appears to have more than one life. But now time may be ru

The first Polish-Belarus commercial bank, with headquarters in Warsaw and Minsk, will open at the be

As of Dec. 14, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The second day of trading for new catastrophe insurance futures contracts at the Chicago Board of Tr

The story, "CBT Disaster Futures Seen Timely But in Need of Support From Industry," on Page 16A Mond

CALIF. HALTS OPERATIONS OF UNLICENSED INSURERSANTA ANA, Calif. - A restraining order

The furious nor'easter storm that socked New York and New Jersey last week has Glenery Inc., a mediu

Ford Motor Co. has not yet decided how and when it will implement an accounting change for retiree h

For the week ended Dec. 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 14

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to step into the controversy over the rights of banks to sell

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

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

Dec. 14, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 202.50 up 0.43 which compares wi