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Light rain brought some relief to corn in South Africa during the week ended Saturday, but overall t

ICCO TO CONTINUE COCOA AGREEMENTThe International Cocoa Organization council has decided to

Latin America is attracting growing volumes of direct foreign investment, thanks to the wave of econ

So many different organizations want to carry out their own ship inspections these days that shipown

Taiwanese industry received export orders worth US$6.44 billion in January, up 10.88 percent from Ja

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 20, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories fell by 5.9 million barrels during the week ended Feb. 14 compa

PHILIPPINES PREPARES TO SUE WESTINGHOUSEMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is ready to ta

Florida Steel Corp. has made the Port of Morehead City the gateway for its exports of steel billets

Feb. 20, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

U.S. frozen striploins may be headed for some hard times here, but Japanese demand for short ribs an

Japanese opposition parties said Thursday they will push jointly for a full investigation of a new s

The United States and European Community made minimal progress this week in resolving a dispute on a

The state of Florida has proposed a 6 percent sales tax on all intrastate air freight and surface tr

Feb. 20, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

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