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Average consumer spending by all types of Japanese households in December was US$3,354 (432,639 yen)

A few years ago, Kyle, a recovering alcoholic with the AIDS virus, a bum knee and no job, would have

The New Jersey Administrative Court's recent decision to deny a 19 percent rate increase to Allstate

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, shifting policy to reflect the demise of the Soviet Union, said it will

DEVELOPMENT BANK TO BOOST CHINA LOANSThe Asian Development Bank plans to lend between US$700

Feb. 27, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Feb. 27, 1992 Copper Total, 29,010. Gold Total, .1,375,866.Silver Total, .279

Heavy buying interest from major and independent refiners spurred gasoline prices for April and May

Uncertainty about deliveries of March futures contracts prompted selling of wheat as Chicago Board o

Japan's imports of unwrought cobalt and cobalt powders increased to 6,694 metric tons in 1991 from a

Business spokesmen are voicing "serious concern" that a new international pact will give U.S. export

PACIFIC RESCUE DELAYS DOCTOR LYKES DEPARTUREA rescue at sea has delayed the initial

Officials claimed they had struck a major blow against mob influence on the hub of American fashion

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

A presidential decree has freed a major Russian fertilizer exporter from export taxes and forced sal

Following a series of reports, a U.S. government official denied that an eastern Germancompany has b

An Insurance Earnings item on Page 9A Feb. 26, "Pretax Income for '91 Rose at Sedgwick," should have

Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Old Faithful Life Insurance Co. was placed under state receivership by the Wyom

When Karen Fisher, a Los Angeles commercial designer, was offered the chance to work for a Japanese

A profitable subsidiary of Pan American World Airways went on the auctioneer's block Wednesday as pa

TWA TO BEGIN SERVICE BETWEEN NY, MOSCOWMOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Carl C. Icahn, chairman and chief

The U.S. dollar turned mixed early Thursday afternoon after rising earlier amid rumors of global int

Singapore's current account surplus doubled to over US$4 billion, and its economy grew by 6.7 percen

The brinkmanship tactics of the world's largest trading powers have shaken the besieged Uruguay Roun

American President Lines Ltd. has signed a priority berthing agreement with the Port of Singapore Au

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association. March 2-4. Baltimore. Course on International

A Bush administration official said Thursday the United States could accept a negotiated level of su

Deutsche Reichsbahn, the eastern German railroad, plans to improve its cargo transportation by build

The Chilean Minera La Escondida mining company, operator of the Escondida copper mine, will use a ne

A major new study on the economic impact of the proposed North American free- trade agreement contai

Aerospatiale General Aviation plans to become the first foreign aircraft manufacturer to assemble pl

An engineering union that represents more than 13,500 technicians at Boeing Co. will picket Boeing p

The United States and Japan said they had revived high-level talks on removing underlying barriers t

EC SIGNS FOOD CREDIT GUARANTEE FOR RUSSIABRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission

As of Feb. 27, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 27, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

The Coast Guard is likely to approve a plan to allow river barges to travelfrom Chicago alon

"Lykes Plans to Resume Direct Service to Middle East by End of March," a report in the Feb. 24 editi

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 27, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

IRAN TO BOOST OUTPUT OF OIL NEXT YEARIran plans to increase its oil production capacity in t