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While moving to strengthen its North American base, Air Canada is courting leading European carriers

Brazil's government has offered to roll over coffee producers' debts for five years and release $230

Under a little-known law, Great Lakes ports have for over 20 years enjoyed a federal dredging benefi

The federal government is trying to determine how and why tons of U.S.-made arms are turning up ille

Japan researchers are testing substances ranging from tropical plants and crab's blood to complex ch

Larger-than-anticipated liability claims from the late 1980s are forcing protection and indemnity cl

The falling U.S. dollar and rising domestic soybean prices have helped set the stage for Brazilian s

Diversion of millions of dollars in California ports' funds to California cities could make it diffi

ALUMINUM PRODUCERS TO MEET IN KUWAITABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Aluminum producers fro

SAUDIS OFFER JAPANESE '92 NAPHTHA PRICETOKYO - Samarec, the state-run Saudi Arabian

Major U.S. industrial gas producers are raising their posted prices for the first time in a year. Th

Has copper come full circle? After staging a strong rally in early August, prices spent the last few

The United States and Ukraine shortly will sign a new shipping agreement modeled on an earlier pact

As of Sept. 11, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

A still-burning Contship Containerlines Ltd. ship was being towed toward New Orleans late Friday aft

Thomas L. Moore was named director of public affairs, responsible for the port authority's public af

Rep. Gerry Studds, D-Mass., last week agreed to take over as acting chairman of the House Merchant M

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Sept. 11, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

Sept. 11, 1992 Copper Total, 40,557. Gold Total, .1,960,016.Silver Total, .27

GROUP URGED TO HELP BREAK GATT DEADLOCKBANGKOK, Thailand - Asia-Pacific Economic Coo

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 202.51 up 0.07 which compares

Multimodal Transportation and Computer Expo. Sept. 15-16. Miami. Contact: Sandra L. Sabo, (305) 591-

CARGOLUX TO INSTALL NEW SATELLITE SYSTEMMIAMI - Cargolux Airlines International SA o

Executives at some of the biggest American arms and ammunition manufacturers denied knowledge that t

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/11 9/10 Change % Change: 8/18

2 GHANA COCOA DEALERS OBJECT TO FARMER PACTACCRA, Ghana - Two prospective cocoa dealers have

New computer technology is allowing drivers to spin out, jackknife or crash their truckand maybe eve

REGIONAL BLOCS BUSINESS Opportunities in the former Soviet Union. Sept. 16-18. Wintergreen,

President Bush last week needed to draw on a clear economic accomplishment in his first term, to use

First Ukrainian International Bank, a banking joint venture here with U.S., Dutch and Ukrainian part

American President Lines and a California intermodal marketing company are teaming up to go after lo

Japanese government and political leaders said last week that the nation's prolonged business recess

GERMAN TRADE SURPLUS AT $906 MILLION IN JULYFRANKFURT, Germany - Germany posted a trade surp

U.S. businesses in the Ukrainian capital have come together to form an American Chamber of Commerce

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose last week to 0.1 point above its 1980 base of 10

William Libman knows the theory: The North American free-trade agreement between the United States a

The freight forwarding unit of McGraw-Hill Inc. in New York has bought Geo. S. Bush & Co., the Pacif

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 11, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

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