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RIG COUNT CLIMBED BY 27 LAST WEEKNEW YORK - The number of rigs drilling for oil and

European insurers are getting started early in their fight to defeat proposals expected in the next

Trade negotiators from over 40 nations today will seek some straight answersfrom European Co

Shipments of promised U.S. pork, grain and other food donations to Russia could be several weeks awa

U.S. air quality showed major improvement between 1982 and 1991 because the amount of six major poll

OZONE-LAYER LOSS SEEN AT ACCELERATED LEVELTOKYO - Depletion of the ozone layer over

Sea-Land Service Inc. last week exercised a five-year option in its 20-year lease, guaranteeing the

Import cargo volume surged at the Port of Boston while exports declined in the first half of the yea

The European Commission is pressing ahead with plans to establish a European Community ship register

A California appeals court has shot down an attempt to force the Port of San Francisco to abide by a

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

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND DIRECT LINE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Jeffrey H. Heisler was named director of qu

U.S. importers could face embargoes on up to 30 categories of textiles and apparel from China before

The state of Alaska and Russia's Murmansk Shipping Co. have signed an agreement to test the shipment

Steve Favre is part of a new generation of college graduates joining the nation's majortransportatio

Caribbean Community heads of state are holding an emergency summit here this week to restructure a n

London market insurers were counting their blessings Monday over the rapid extinction of a major bla

The first official report ever published on Russia's environment was issued in early October, and it

The International Coffee Organization's Technical Sub-Group on Controls met here Monday to begin dis

Peru's National Federation of Mine and Metal Workers has postponed an indefinite national mining str

The London Metal Exchange and the metals industry in general will face a trying period over the next

An ocean freight consolidator charged that Evergreen Marine Corp., the giant Taiwanese shipping line

As businesses downsize, graduating students squeezing into the work force are asked to wear several

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

Italy has asked the United States to cooperate fully with investigations into the mysterious crash o

One week before the presidential election, trucking executives at the 64th annual American Trucking

India is lifting import curbs on a host of consumer items - linked to the export performance of Indi

1101 (Oct. 26, 1992) Previous day - 1093 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Russia's privatization vouchers are being offered in exchange for cows and clothes as the country's

Two Quebec companies with sawmills on the Maine border are fighting what they regard as an unwarrant

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 26, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oil prices appear set for a period of nervous consolidation and possible further losses as traders a

A uranium enrichment plant in northern Japan shut down automatically after lightning hit a power cab

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 200.35 off 0.83 which compares w

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 26, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

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

As of Oct. 26, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

International Maritime Organization officials will have to wait until sometime after anenvironmental

GE UNIT WINS BID TO BUILD ASIA SATELLITEGE Astro Space, a subsidiary of Fairfield, Conn.-bas

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 23, 1992.