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A government loan-guarantee fund agreed upon this week should enable small businesses in the Caribbe

Florida's largest sugar company and farm-worker rights groups have worked out a groundbreaking agree

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Biotechnology, the science that turns the minute intricacies of how our cells work into lifesaving d

Sept. 17, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Exchange

Ocean carriers moving meat exports from Australia to North America have agreed to take charge of sto

The U.S. dollar declined against most currencies Thursday, while the pound tumbled against the deuts

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 16, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

Opponents of the North American free-trade agreement see better chances of killing the deal than the

A record $45.1 billion in imports swelled the U.S. merchandise trade deficit in July to $7.8 billion

In a world where many ideas to slow poverty's ominous march have failed, attempts to stimulate growt

Legislation extending U.S. labor laws to foreign-flag ships, which has languished in the House for s

Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

Trans-Pacific air freight carriers were forced to divert some flights Thursday after Alaska's Mount

'92-93 COFFEE DEMAND FORECAST TO TOP EXPORTSHAMBURG, Germany - German coffee trader Bernhard

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 17, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

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

India's Commerce Ministry is drafting plans to increase exports by 13 percent this fiscal year as fi

Enjoying a brisk business since its inception a year ago, International Barter Exchange is planning

VIETNAM SUGAR OUTPUT REACHES 17-YEAR HIGHHANOI, Vietnam - Sugar cane production in southern

Sept. 17, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Navy's Military Sealift Command has undermined its bidding process by awarding a vessel charter

JAPAN SCANDAL SMEARS ANOTHER CABINET MINISTERTOKYO - A Japanese newspaper implicated

Garuda Indonesia may have to trim its expansion plans after the government decided to limit offshore

There are real barriers to exporting - and no end to the imagined ones. The first group below concer

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

Delaware River Port Authority commissioners took the first step Wednesday toward transforming their

UNDERWRITERS RE SIGNS LOAN DEAL WITH BANKWOODLAND HILLS, Calif. - Underwriters Re Corp. has

In a meeting Thursday with investors and airline analysts, USAir Chairman Seth E. Schofield disagree

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

Thursday Sept. 17, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

American steamship lines stand to benefit modestly - while European carriers will suffer tremendousl

A St. Lawrence Seaway trade mission to Europe kicks off Monday, with a special eye on potential mari

Rival bidders have criticized the U.S. Postal Service's decision to awardKitty Hawk Air Carg

Evergreen International Aviation Inc., the Pacific air cargo carrier based in McMinnville, Ore., is

The prospect of a costly trans-Atlantic trade war loomed larger Thursday after the collapse of high-

Crown Cork & Seal Inc., a leading packaging company, has offered to buy plastic container maker Cons

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

Japanese subsidiaries of four U.S. automotive parts makers have joined the Nisshokai parts associati