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(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 13, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

Raw sugar export prices in Thailand have been firming on trade house purchases for expected sales to

Four new ships to load 33,100 metric tons of Thai sugar are expected to arrive in Thai ports by Feb.

Japanese prosecutors raided offices of two former executives of a trucking company Thursday in the f

A MARION COUNTY, Miss., court will hear evidence against Sidney Barnett, a Mississippi Public Servic

Japan recorded an unadjusted trade surplus of $3.84 billion during January on a customs-cleared basi

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on strong U.S. retail sales figures that suggested consumers are start

China's hopes of rejoining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade now appear to hinge on a more

Norway posted a $728 million (4.57 billion kroner) provisional surplus in January, compared with an

Major chemical producers were quick to support President Bush's announcement that ozone-destroying c

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER POSTS 4TH-QUARTER LOSSNEW YORK - Insurance broker Alexander &

NY TAX LAW PORTION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONALJules Spdek, New York State Supreme Court judge, ru

The striking crew of a Maltese-flag tanker went back to work early Thursday morning in Bayonne, N.J.

As of Feb. 13, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Canada has delivered a protest to the Bush administration on the U.S. Customs Service's decision to

Earnings from a job overhauling Coast Guard cutters helped drive profit at Todd Shipyard Corp. up 61

Port Everglades executives worried so much about their offices being bugged that one of them met in

Chinese authorities unveiled Thursday an expanded plan to develop the Yangtze River's navigation and

Thu., Feb. 13, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Express shippers, trying to pinch pennies during the recession, are shopping for bargains and giving

SCISSORS Scissors. Contact Be There Enterprise Co. Ltd., Flat B20, 11/F., Hi-Tech Industrial

EC GRAIN EXPORTS RISE 1.5 MILLION TONSBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community countries expor

The American Medical Association has begun offering an insurance plan nationwide that will pay lump

A Czechoslovakian power plant partially fired by Ukrainian coal is the latest project to make the gr

Venezuela, rocked by a failed coup and a faltering economy, has split with former allies at the Orga

The war of nerves between France's port employers and longshoremen will soon end. Saturday m

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

As hundreds of negotiators head to Dallas next week for a week-long session of North American free-t

Albert H. Thomann announced his retirement as president of the International Business Center of New

South Africa has announced a series of measures designed to save its corn farmers from financial rui

Oil spill contingency plans required by the U.S. Coast Guard could prove the final straw for smaller

A French-owned cruise ship, the Ocean Pearl, caught fire off the tropical coast of Indonesia on Thur

India Thursday lifted its last official surcharges on imports and on interest charged on import fina

China's state-run offshore oil exploration company appears to be puttingpressure on its mast

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 13, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The New York Mercantile Exchange denied allegations by the chairman of Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

Colombia plans to offer cash incentives to coffee growers who prune coffee bushes and plant shade tr

Aluminum ingots_ $1,137 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7%Antim

COLOMBIAN COFFEE CROP EXPECTED TO HIT RECORDBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia expects coff

About two-thirds of the United States' ozone-destroying chemicals are released by the military, acco