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President Bush signed a bill Monday mandating trade sanctions against any country fishing with drift

Nov. 2, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Supreme Court Monday refused to prevent the government from banning a group of New York longshor

The Federal Maritime Commission has proposed a new way for two or more unaffiliated shippers to nego

UK UNION ENDORSES BOYCOTT OF DIAMONDBritain's largest labor union endorsed an international

The poor North American economy is forcing hundreds of Hong Kong immigrants to leave their families

When voters across the nation go to the polls today to elect a president and other politicians, Sout

NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Airlines, plans to ask its banks for approval to sell some of its asse

Belying its image as a place of fun, food and fashion, France is also the world's fourth-largest ind

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

U.S. importers of textile and apparel, fearing that limits on imports from China will be reached ear

Spain's September current account deficit was 70 percent larger than in September 1991, and the trad

Nov. 2, 1992 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem

Iran's first nuclear power plants will be built under a 15-year agreement signed with Russian and Ch

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Nov. 2, 1992Bid AskedCopper_G

House Banking Committee Chairman Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas, said Monday the Federal Open Market Commit

What would have been Hong Kong's second largest real estate deal of 1992 fell apart over the weekend

International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 2, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Texaco Inc. Monday initiated start-up procedures on its 95,000-barrel-a-day crude unit at its Wilmin

German chemical company Bayer AG has slashed its profit prediction because of the weak world economy

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Edgar A. Chase III has been named chairman of the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans.

Making a telephone call in Prague requires persistence, patience and a good measure of luck.

India's annual inflation rate, aided by a mid-September increase in petroleum product prices, is edg

Coffee prices Monday slipped amid profit-taking following Friday's surge to a five-month high.

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

Masiek Seng organized a loan club with other Cambodian immigrants. The club failed, Mr. Seng says, w

Monday, Nov. 2, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Freight volumes on trans-Pacific liner routes will grow between 2 percent and 5 percent through next

Bank Negara, Malaysia's central bank, is expanding its presence in late European and New York market

Some 180,000 bottles of the first South African wine have flowed across the docks of Savannah, Ga.,

TAIWANESE TO HELP BUILD RAILWAY LINE IN CHINATAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese investment

Convinced that the multibillion-dollar boom in U.S. food exports to Mexico will continue, U.S. Secre

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Britain warned the United States Monday that it must approve British Airways PLC's planned $750 mill

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Sun Co. officials are talking with oil-producing nations both within and outside of OPEC about the p

Maurice Strong, a noted Canadian environmentalist and former chairman of Petro-Canada, has been appo

Prospects for release of government coffee inventories by Brazil, the world's largest coffee produce

As of Nov. 2, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su