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"Suitcase" traders are pushing sales in Africa of U.S.-made personal-care items to new highs.

Ostensibly, Japan does "the right things" to put non-Japanese products on store shelves across the U

July 6, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Ex

July 6, 1992 Copper Total, 31,907. Gold Total, .1,623,196.Silver Tota

Anticipated changes in the Insurance Business Act are expected to discourage Japanese life insurance

July 6, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals andthe es

The Port of South Louisiana said it handled 18.6 percent of all U.S. waterborne export cargo volume

Stepping up its drive for a larger share of the growing East-West trade, Polish Ocean Lines soon wil

A senior Economic Planning Agency official said Monday that final demand, which has been the main cu

Shipowners and insurers remain at loggerheads over the need for additional ship inspections.

Lord Sterling, newly elected president of the European Community Shipowners' Association, has warned

Japan's Ministry of Finance has failed to initially endorse Chicago's Globex after-hours electronic

June is one of the most difficult months for which to collect accurate jobs data, and this June had

Barbados is on a mission to sell quality to American companies and investors. The easternmos

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

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International Inc. said it entered the Dominican Republic cigarette market thr

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THAI AIRWAYS DELAYS BOEING, AIRBUS ORDERSBANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Airways International Ltd.

Interstate transport interests in Southern California fear a federal court ruling maybring about dra

Efforts to revive the flagging Uruguay Round of global trade liberalization talks appeared to falter

Export shipments of coffee picked up last week after a monthlong slump caused by market nervousness

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

GERMAN ENERGY TAXES POISED FOR SHARP RISEFRANKFURT, Germany - The German government

Royal Dutch/Shell Group ranks as the world's most powerful company, while Japan remains the undisput

American retailers are making inroads into European markets as that continent lumbers toward economi

SCIOS TO GET FUNDS FOR ALZHEIMER'S WORKMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Scios Inc. said Monday it agr

The U.S. dollar declined against all key currencies Monday on market participants' pessimism about t

Two of the three mutual funds launched by Western financial institutions last year to invest in Viet

The United States will decide by July 15th whether to investigate labor conditions in Guatemala in r

U.S. and European franchises for casual wear are reaping huge benefits as free-market reform brings

New York Mercantile Exchange July 6, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hig

American companies won several substantial contracts for automation and maintenance of China's strai

Last month's two-day strike and lockout that closed the nation's railroads, resulted inpermanent los

TRINITY MARINE ADDS REPAIR UNIT IN TEXASGULFPORT, Miss. - Trinity Marine Group has acquired

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

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

Despite attempts to improve its infrastructure and a rise in the number of foreign carriers that cal

When Kazuyuki Yonemura talks about international business and trade, he sounds a lot like a general

DEGUSSA SEES METALS STEERED BY G-7 NEWSFRANKFURT, Germany - German precious metals trading a

U.S. gasoline demand is likely to outweigh concerns over possible oil sales by Iraq in determining t