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Japan and Russia Monday reached a general agreement on a long-delayed $100 million emergency loan ti

Hong Kong posted a visible trade surplus of 2.41 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$312 million) in Augus

Nearly 10 months after the European Community lifted an embargo against South African coal, major co

THE CHONGQING INITIATIVE On Sept. 21, the International Training Division of the World Trade

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) expects to wait until late 1993 to launch futures and options based

1043 (Sept. 28, 1992) Previous day - 1045 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

There may be a bumper crop in the cornfields, but as far as agricultural equipment manufacturers are

The cotton market has been under pressure since the new season began in August, due to expected larg

An absence of bullish news for the crude oil market leaves prices on the verge of moving lower again

A process of "Darwinian evolution" is shrinking the aviation casualty insurance market, according to

Argentine grain shipping and handling costs are still too high, despite surface- and maritime-transp

Eastern German industrial orders fell 19.84 percent in July from June, pulled down by a 51.73 percen

A company with deep pockets starts throwing money around in Central America, buying up chunks of bus

A dinner cruise to benefit the Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler will be held Monday by the

Sixteen bodies were recovered over the weekend from the containership Ocean Blessing, which was invo

The Defense Department says it opposes paying for a portion of the new subsidy program that is the c

Nearly a third of the members of Parliament believe Great Britain should never rejoin the European e

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, extending its sharp overseas losses tied to the easing of tension i

Poland cannot initial a free-trade agreement with the European Free Trade Area until further market-

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 25, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

COMMERCE: S. KOREA DUMPING WIRE ROPESome South Korean steel wire rope is sold in the United

Sept. 28, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

Eastern Germany's business climate continued to improve in July from June, the Ifo Institute for Eco

Commissioners at the Port of Seattle spent a daylong retreat probing ways to devote nearly $500 mill

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 201.21 off 0.19 which compares w

About 2,500 Ciba-Geigy Corp. plant workers and contractors are being notified they could be at risk

The Port of Duluth-Superior is starting to see some pickup in international grain shipments, but por

Indiana officials, despite another defeat in their attempt to curb the flow of out-of-state waste in

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgExp

Monday, Sept. 28, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The United States plans to sign an agreement this evening with the Russian Ministry of Transport pro

The government has created a high-level committee to speed clearances of foreign investment proposal

The official Chinese media called Monday for constraints to be imposed on the country's stock market

Attempts to tie the fast-growing but often competitive economies of Southeast Asia into closer allia

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In a further effort to wrench its coal industry into profit, China is expanding the scope of layoffs

Sept. 28, 1992 Copper Total, 46,563. Gold Total, .1,943,010.Silver To

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Shipping a large tractor or combine overseas can be a daunting assignment. "Our real challen

Sept. 28, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen