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China is believed to have chosen a site well away from Hong Kong for its next nuclear power plant, a

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

Three Weeks Ended April 11, 1992, vs. Similar 1991 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Japanese land prices, one of the spectacular boom-and-bust bubbles of the late 1980s, have crashed,

The incident was broadcast on television, astoundingly public evidence of the miseries lashing the f

Apr. 20, 1992 Copper Total, 28,717. Gold Total, .1,569,783.Silver Total, .259

Apr. 20, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Chemical industry representatives were dismayed by a proposal from a U.S.-Canadian agency recommendi

The Federal Reserve Board pushed the interest rate string down another notch on April 9, cutting its

North Sea Petrochemicals said it has opened a propane dehydrogenation plant, possibly the world's la

Grain market players were turning pent-up trading strategies into action Monday as the Chicago Board

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Apr. 16, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. opened an office Monday in Ho Chi Minh City, its first prese

The United States is expected to ask Japan, at a Group of Seven meeting later this month, to take th

Two crewmen died but 26 were saved Monday, after a series of explosions ripped through a Liberian-re

Imelda Sifuentes has hopes. "Something better for my children," Ms. Sifuentes said in Spanis

Cuba's state electricity company has started imposing daily four-hour power cuts in parts of Havana

Japanese copper smelters are aiming to sell between 500 and 1,000 metric tons of copper per month to

An air cargo terminal building leased to several tenants at Portland International Airport has a new

JAPAN PLANS TO PUSH FIRMS TO BOOST IMPORTSTOKYO - Japan's Ministry of Trade and Indu

Western railroads will have sufficient capacity to handle increased demand for Westerncoal at Easter

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a U.S. appeals court ruling that a federal pension law makes

Stolt Nielsen Inc. has added another fish farming company to its portfolio following its recent acqu

CP Rail, which has become a major force in the United States, is expanding its intermodal system to

The top attorney for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is visiting Panama this week to p

The new White House working group charged mith finding ways to revise maritime policy will meet form

The Federal Railroad Administration said the number of railroad employees testing positive for use o

From a distance, the growing steel skeleton of a new high-rise building may look much like those of

The use of barter and other non-conventional and cumbersome ways of conducting trade is expanding be

Dolphins and whales in the Mediterranean are being poisoned by mercury and choked by industrial wast

David Bogatin, the American fugitive who fled to Poland and started a thriving bank, will be extradi

SURVIVAL OF THE first, or "first to file" vs. "first to invent." Hearings begin April 30 on

The boom in exports to Venezuela that has pumped up South Florida's economy since 1990 has developed

New evidence of demand for manufactured durable goods is expected to bolster confidence this week th

Monday, April 20, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

TNT Freightways Corp. said first-quarter income rose sharply to $2.7 million, or 16 cents a share, o

A U.S. trading firm is interested in setting up in a free-trade zone at Tianjin, which believes it h

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group confirmed Monday it will move its personal computer business fr

Ports run the risk of losing business overnight if they fail to attach greater importance to marketi