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Saga H. Nelson, a Journal of Commerce reporter from 1954 to 1979, died last Friday. Shewas 88.

The Port of Singapore Authority will be among four statutory boards that are being corporatized in p

The price of palm oil should decline during the next three years, said a World Bank official.

The National Corn Growers Association is urging President Bush to act quickly to assure that ethanol

Federal funding of local dredge disposal costs could drain revenue resources and lead to fewer U.S.-

A century ago, the humble silkworm led Japan on its march to becoming an economic superpower. Silk f

A reduction in brokerage and fee income and an increase in costs contributed to lower profit during

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

United Airlines, the second-largest U.S. carrier, said Tuesday that it will expand alone internation

California's burdensome tax laws, costly workers compensation programs, traffic congestion and gener

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1075 (Aug. 18, 1992) Previous day - 1070 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

International trade talks will be turning greener over the next decade as trade negotiators bend to

Russia recorded a $700 million trade deficit during January-July, compared with a surplus $5 billion

Two shipping lines in the Puerto Rico trade are balking at supplying information about the mixed for

Any Cuban will tell you the Caribbean island's traditional national dish is roast pork, rice and bla

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An expected surge in aircraft delivery in June is expected to have offset higher oil imports and hel

The European Currency Unit, or ECU, will probably not be able to replace the Dutch guilder until at

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

You can't imagine all the moaning and wailing going on in this city over the impending loss of the b

South Africa's Mossgas oil-from-gas project mixed its first supply of petroleum from condensate Tues

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USDA CREDIT SHIFT LETS MEXICO BUY WHEATThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has shifted about

At the Port of San Francisco, the wants and desires of the pampered, prosperous and pretentious cut

The long struggle for control over the Masters, Mates & Pilots union will be settled by officers' el

Copper exports from Poland's Kombinat Gorniczo Hutniczy Miedzi mine, where miners are on strike, are

One of the most bizarre experiments in modern economic history ended quietly Monday, and economists

Carl J. Timpanaro was named managing vice president of the Tampa agency. Mr. Timpanaro formerly mana

A former insurance executive is headed to Albania to help disband a government-controlled insurance

Britain's newest bulk cargo port has won its first contract, a deal to handle more than 500,000 metr

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The number of U.K. residents jobless for more than a year jumped by 64,000 in the three months throu

Exports of machinery made in eastern Germany could be halved this yearbecause the Commonweal

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Bonneville Power Administration, the Pacific Northwest's major source of electrical power, said expe

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 17, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello and Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora, as expected, T