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The average hourly wages index for western Germany rose 7.2 percent in Aprilfrom the same pe

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 18, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Farmers throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin can expect large harvests this fall, providing the slow-g

An official decision on China's move to become a member of the Association of Tin Producing Countrie

FORMOSA PLASTICS REPORTS PROFIT INCREASETAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp. pos

A Mexican citizen has been arrested and charged with attempting to bribe two employees of a Huntingd

Record manufactured exports and record imports left Brazil a July trade surplus of $1.5 billion, a 7

Trailer sales in Mexico are expected to rise faster than new truck sales now that a free-trade treat

THREE LINES TO HIKE US-E. AFRICA CHARGESNEW YORK - Three steamship lines plying the

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U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Monday night told Republicans and a national television audien

Exporters in Bangladesh are banding together to press the government for a host of concessions and b

To sell the North American free-trade deal to millions of wary, recession- battered Canadians, Prime

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 18, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

As of Aug. 18, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The United States will not hit European Community products with $1 billion in retaliatory duties in

The U.S. dollar traded mostly lower Tuesday, pres- sured by ongoing weak U.S. economic fundamentals

NIPPON OIL UNIT PLANS LA. GAS OUTPUT HIKETOKYO - The U.S. affiliate of Japan's Nippo

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Oil shippers plan to unload an average of 730,000 barrels a day of mostly foreign crude oil at the L

The government of British Columbia has decided for the time being not to set up a provincial port to

Abundant rainfall this summer will bring record corn and soybean yields in the nation, although tota

Carriers and shippers are concerned they're about to be saddled with an expensive, complex and unwor

China wasted no time Tuesday in seeking to capitalize on a modification inplans for Hong Kon

Bahamian voters, whose last political campaign centered on cocaine and corruption, go to the polls t

Aug. 18, 1992 Copper Total, 37,378. Gold Total, .1,799,410.Silver Tot

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

President Bush, a former oil executive, was regarded as a friend to the energy industry when he took

As lawmakers get set to debate the open-access power transmission provisions of the National Energy

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA (TMM) is expected to exercise an option at the beginning of next

Truckers are hailing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruling designating used oil destined f

A joint venture company in China is expected to receive approval within two months for a listing on

MEXICO'S RULING PARTY SWEEPS STATE ELECTIONSMexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Part

Electric utilities will have less discretion to decide the sources and destinations of the power the

South Korean petrochemical companies are negotiating with refiners to change the domestic naphtha pr

Aug. 18, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Mexican government will allow foreign companies to produce 13 petrochemical products that were p

Aug. 18, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

COCOA FUTURES RALLY ON COTE D'IVOIRE NEWSCocoa futures rallied sharply at midday Tuesday ami

The Bush administration has no plans to further expand federal spending for highways or intermodal p