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U.S. Department of Agriculture officials refused to elaborate on plans to buy additional pork for sc

The United Nations' Conference on Environment and Development (Unced), to be held in Rio de Janeiro

Swiss exports rose sharply in March 1992 from a year ago, reflecting the improved competitiveness of

The United Arab Emirates this week passed federal legislation that would grant protection to tradema

Two trade associations representing over 700 property and casualty insurers said Wednesday the feder

Japan had a US$1.46 billion trade surplus on a customs-cleared basis in the first 10 days of April,

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 3.4 million barrels during the week ended April 17 compared with

Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan's prime minister, voiced deep concern Wednesday over Japan's burgeoning trade

President Bush is expected to extend his 90-day moratorium on new federal regulations in some form n

The volume of cargo moving through West Coast ports fell slightly last year, ending 10 years of unin

Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger doesn't want to shut Conrail down. He just wants to

REGIONAL TRUCKER INKS MEXICAN AGREEMENTVERNON, Calif. - Robert Reeder Trucking Co., a region

Continued U.S. opposition to a key Iraqi demand - the option to use its Mina al-Bakr terminal on the

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 22, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The International Cocoa Organization Wednesday reduced its October 1991-to- September 1992 world coc

Washington state is spraying thousands of acres to try to wipe out a virulent strain of gypsy moth t

U.S. Customs duties receipts, which some economists believe are an indication of U.S. merchandise im

Interest charges on export credit refinance are being trimmed by the central bank in an effort to bo

The U.S. dollar declined, except against the Canadian dollar, in quiet trading Wednesday. Th

The bunker fuel prices for the week ended April 16 and reported April 22 on Page 8B contained obsole

The chairman of the Moscow stock exchange warned Wednesday that misdirected Western aid risked imped

Hazardous Materials, two-day seminar on HM-181 and HM-126C, April 27-28. Sheraton Plaza Hotel,Chicag

U.S. railroads fear new electronic codes used to define the intermodal services they offer could lea

The idea of gambling aboard the Queen Mary appears to be sinking faster than the venerable liner wou

As the New York May cotton futures contract approaches expiration and planting of the 1991-to-1992 c

NEW METHOD IS TESTED FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUPDetroit's Marine Pollution Control, in conjunction

Taiwan has become the second-largest foreign investor in southern China's Shenzhen special economic

AT&T OFFERS CHINESE DIRECT SERVICE TO USNEW YORK - Chinese citizens will now be able

New York Mercantile Exchange Apr. 21, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

World economic growth will resume this year and strengthen in 1993, the International Monetary Fund

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr. 22, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metr

Shell UK Exploration and Production said Tuesday it will shut down the Brent Charlie North Sea oil p

Adelrick Benziger, general manager of The Journal of Commerce from 1956 until his retirement in 1973

Asian white and raw sugar prices are likely to remain flat to lower over the next week as demand for

The thousands of shippers that did business with Transcon Lines Inc. in the three years before that

1175 (Apr. 21, 1992) Previous day - 1173 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Sea-Land Service Inc. said Tuesday the headquarters of its Atlantic division will relocate by June t

France's main dockworkers' union, the National Federation of Port and Dock workers, CGT, has called

The expected flood tide of insurance claims and lawsuits resulting from the breaching of a tunnel un

Leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents of America met with President Bush recently to voice sup