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

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 452,000 people during the week end

I HAVE A FRIEND I'll call Mark. He runs a 25-person plant in the South Bronx, one of the toughest ne

Southeast Asia continued to reverberate this week with ideas on fighting ship piracy in the region.

The U.K.'s preliminary gross domestic product fell by a real, seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in the

A bank examiner alerted the U.S. government to dubious financial practices at the scandal-ridden Ban

The U.S. dollar was trading broadly higher early Thursday afternoon despite bearish economic news of

The nation's gasoline storage tanks already are brimming this year, which could mean cheaper prices

China has called on the United States to end its annual practice of reviewing the most-favored-natio

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

As computer users increasingly shun large mainframes in favor of desktop units, one of the world's l

Small businesses in Pennsylvania which currently do not offer health insurance to employees would do

Feb. 20, 1992 Copper Total, 30,572. Gold Total, .1,374,083.Silver Total, .275

GRACE BUYS TECHNOLOGY ON BOVINE CLONINGDEFOREST, Wis. - W. R. Grace & Co., through its Ameri

In a rare move, some members of the National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association are

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

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

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended2-14 2-7

U.S. ports and dredging contractors Thursday voiced concern that a House bill to expand liability fo

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 210.88 up 0.77 which compares

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 20, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Top U.S., European and Japanese patent officials ended four days of talks here Thursday with an agre

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 19, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

A Russian team studying the U.S. grain and futures markets will recommend that the Commonwealth of I

The high bark content of the Texas cotton crop harvested this winter is encouraging Japanese spinnin

South Africa's trade surplus in January totaled just over $250 million (700 million rand), down from

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in 1991.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Products Finishing

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit widened sharply in December, but the deficit for the entire year

Mandating use of methanol as an alternative fuel would do little to reduce automobile emissions, but

The world price of cocoa is likely to rise 23 percent this year to 66.5 cents a pound, and tin price

Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the Pacific Northwest's largest timber companies, says it has reached tenta

Nevada, joining a growing list of states eager to calm consumer discontent, has appointed advocates

Actuaries who specialize in health-care financing favor the slow and steady approaches proposed by t

Billions of criminal dollars are being routinely laundered through seemingly legitimate import-expor

The United States is likely today to remove the European Community and South Korea from a list of co

THAI AIR SETS OFFERING OF 100 MILLION SHARESBANGKOK, Thailand - State-owned Thai Airways Int

COFFEE FUTURES JUMP ON SHORT-COVERINGCoffee futures jumped on fund and speculative short-cov

GERMANY, RUSSIA STUDY HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT FUELBONN, Germany - The German and Russian airline i

The Bundespost, Germany's postal service, will raise and streamline its prices beginning July 1, the