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A consortium of French banks signed a $391 million (2.2 billion-franc) food credit for Russia on Fri

NORTH AMERICA The 1992 International Automobile Show. Through April 26. New York. Contact: S

Shell Oil Co. said its marine department has become the first major U.S. oil company marine organiza

CFTC APPROVES TRADE ON COTTON STRADDLESThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission Tues

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the Commodity Exchange Inc.'s request to launch it

ELI LILLY REPORTS RISE IN FIRST-QUARTER NETEli Lilly and Co. said first-quarter net income w

WORLD TRADE FINANCE INC., Los Angeles, provided production financing for a small California company

McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s much-delayed plan to build its new-generation jet with a Taiwanese partner

Grain elevator operators in northeast Montana claim Burlington Northern Railroad's new rates will pu

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International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 21, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement and energy conservation will force Canada's major oil companies

AMERADA HESS RAISES NO. 5, 6 FUEL PRICESEffective Tuesday, Amerada Hess raised the tankcar p

As of Apr. 21, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Standard and Poor's Corp. said Tuesday it may downgrade the ratings of seven airline companies and t

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

An Insurance Brief on Page 8A in The Journal of Commerce of April 10 should have said the Oregon Ins

Sears Roebuck & Co.'s board of directors is recommending that shareholders vote against a resolution

When was the last time your company sought to find out what your employees really thought? I

President Bush is due to meet with European Community President Jacques Delors today, but they can d

United Parcel Service Tuesday said its domestic ground parcel volumes fell slightly in 1991, the fir

ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid its founder and chief executive Milan Panic about $6 million in 1991,

Ambitious port expansion plans by China are failing to draw the keen interest abroad that officials

Arab states fear Washington will soon seek tougher sanctions against Libya - probably a freeze on fo

Shippers in the United States are counting on their counterparts in Europe to take action against a

Philippine centrifugal sugar production is expected to rise by 25,000 metric tons next year, provide

A former senior vice president of Sanyo Securities Co. America said he filed an age and national ori

Labor unions in Bangladesh appear to be readying for battle with the government over plans to lop at

CSX Corp. Tuesday reported net earnings of $62 million for the 1992 first quarter, or 60 cents per s

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed in quiet trading Tuesday, and dealers said trading was aimless an

World 1992-93 oilseed supplies probably will rise by less than 1 million metric tons and remain rela

An Organization of American States (OAS) mission arrived in Peru hours before a rival president was

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 21, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Cuba's state radio Tuesday criticized President Bush for tightening a U.S. trade embargo against the

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

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China Air has a recruitment problem. The national flag-carrier is having trouble finding vir

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. reported first-quarter earnings of $14.6 million, an increase o

The number of U.K. companies closing down rose by 31 percent in the first quarter of 1992 compared w

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 20, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents