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A new round of talks between Australian dockworkers and waterfront employers has begun in the wake o

Despite gloomy forecasts, the Port of Oakland is climbing out of the red and expects to post an $8 m

Germany's new packaging laws are designed to achieve an environment-friendly system of waste managem

An Anglo-Japanese consortium won the coveted contract for a suspension bridge linking Hong Kong's ne

Russia's Aeroflot Airlines and two Miami-based cargo airlines have reached agreements providing all

Representatives of Japan's trade ministry may press the United States at the meeting of the Organiza

The Interstate Commerce Commission this week threw out grain shipper complaints about Burlington Nor

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JAPAN'S SHOWA TO HIKE ALUMINUM OUTPUTJapan's Showa Denko group companies plan to increase th

Brazil's government is structuring a tax and credit plan designed to stimulate up to 2 million metri

SETTLEMENTS REACHED IN RESERVE INSOLVENCIESSPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A group of settlement

The European Community Commission is preparing to challenge Germany's new packaging laws, which have

Honduras' president said he will sign a free-trade agreement Tuesday with Guatemala and El Salvador

The world's industrialized countries will try to narrow huge differentials in the cost of export cre

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A leading environmental organization reacted with disbelief Thursday to a report that Joseph Hazelwo

China will press ahead with capitalist-style reforms, including establishment of a nationwide unifie

Thursday May 7, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

GLASSWARE Glass pitchers, vases, bowls and candle holders. Contact Denizli Cam Sanayii ve Ti

AIR CANADA (Montreal) - Veteran U.S. airline executive Lamar Durrett was appointed executive vice pr

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as president of the former Soviet Union saw the end of the Communist Bloc, we

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

New York Mercantile Exchange May 7, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

May 7, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide in June if state voters can impose a tax on hea

A key New York State insurance official doubts if his committee can draft suitable risk-based capita

REINSURANCE SETTLEMENT CUTS RE CAPITAL NETSTAMFORD, Conn. - First-quarter net income

Ship Sale Report appears on alternate Fridays. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence In

House Democratic leaders introduced trade legislation Thursday that's designed to put trade high on

Ford of Europe wants to increase its presence in Eastern Europe gradually by setting up component op

The global business cycle remains flat, with leading indicators of future economic activity up 8 per

Ukraine's top economic priority is converting defense plants to peaceful output, Ukrainian President

The main pay commission of Germany's public service union Thursday agreed to accept the government's

MEXICAN OFFICIAL SEES END TO TUNA EMBARGOThe U.S. tuna embargo against Mexico could end by 1

A German subsidiary of Swiss-Swedish engineering conglomerate Asea Brown Boveri received an order wo

The United States must play an active role in bringing together nations of the Asia-Pacific, Taiwan

Finland's choice of McDonnell Douglas Corp. F/A-18 fighter planes for its air force has caused deep

Sources in the market analysis department of Cubazucar, the Cuban national sugar marketing organizat

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 206.64 off 0.27 which compare