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A unit of San Francisco-based Bechtel Corp. this week said it joined with Singapore-based Sembawang

Tuesday Oct. 13, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 201.01 up 0.93 which compares wi

Thailand could have a commodities futures exchange as early as 1993 if its Commerce Ministry lets th

RUSSIA REPORTEDLY PLANS TO REVAMP OIL SECTORRussia's oil industry is on the verge of a major

Pressure among leaders of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to bring back an industrywide practice kno

House Majority leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., have received the larg

Canada's major exporters, considered the engines of the economy, are poised to reap the benefits of

For the week ended Oct. 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 14

FORD MOTOR CO. (Dearborn, Mich.) - Lindsey Halstead, 62, chairman of Ford of Europe Inc., will retir

Slovakia can expect the same measure of financial help from the United States once it becomes indepe

The spokesman for Spain's leading opposition party called for the peseta to leave the European Commu

Foreign investors should not panic if Canadians vote to reject proposed constitutional reforms in th

Heavy trucks sales posted double-digit gains in September, marking the sixth consecutive month of re

Cargo consolidators in the Northeast have formed an association to address issues of special interes

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 9, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metri

Western oil demand should rise about 1 percent in the last quarter of this year, the Paris-based Int

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to ease regulation of inter- national services of fo

Growers and traders are bracing for sharply lower citrus product prices this season following the go

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

Aromatics (Thailand) Co. has delayed until December (from October) selecting a bidder to construct a

While other metals have been under price pressure all year because of huge supplies and disappointin

Producer groups have launched a grass-roots campaign urging agents and certified public accountants

Leaders of the textile industry have sternly warned White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker III th

Just before adjourning for the year, the Senate passed and sent to the president a three-year, $30 b

Friday, Oct. 9, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A huge landfill that would take 20,000 tons of Southern California trash daily cleared a major hurdl

Mexico's two biggest airlines are discussing ways to increase their ties - short of a merger - and p

China's gross national product is expected to grow by 12 percent this year, underpinned by a strong

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

Oct. 9, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari left the door open last weekend to a proposal by preside

Legislators from Florida and Maryland won a congressional order in the closing days of Congress for

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 9, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

Lawyers in a cruise-ship-sinking lawsuit that has raised troubling questions about the classificatio

Once feared as a resource-rich competitor for U.S. natural gas producers, Mexico now looks more like

Slovenia officials hope that the U.S. Export-Import Bank's first risk assessment of the former Yugos

Oct. 9, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

The Philippines is proposing to scrap its quantitative restrictions on coal imports from 1994, with

Congress finally left town last week after wrapping up work on a $2.2 billion water projects bill an