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Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry reportedly may soon advise the nation's auto ma

A group of shipbuilding countries hopes to move closer to an agreement on phasing out shipyard subsi

URUGUAY TRADE ZONE WINS LOAN APPROVALInter-American Investment Corp. has approved a $3.4 mil

Wall Street analyst Daniel Roling gave U.S. coal exporters eyeing the European market a little somet

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TO OPEN MARCH 30MONTREAL - The 1992 navigation season of the St.

Property and casualty insurers Monday opposed but did not dismiss an American Bar Association propos

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 211.22 up 0.32 which compares wi

Feb. 3, 1992 Copper Total, 34,864. Gold Total, .1,362,596.Silver Total, .269,

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago2/3 1/31 Change % Change: 1/10

ALUMINUM DEMAND ROSE 3 PERCENT IN JAPAN IN '91Aluminum demand from Japanese end-users rose a

Eastman Chemical Co., a division of Eastman Kodak Co., and Petroquimica de Venezuela SA, the petroch

Hong Kong's seaborne imports from the United States shot up sharply in the third quarter of 1991, wh

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

The long-running disagreement on farm subsidies is undermining attempts to slash global tariffs and

AMERICA WEST AIRLINES NARROWS QUARTERLY LOSSPHOENIX - America West Airlines narrowed

State officials and executives from the chemical, rail and trucking industries unveiled a new progra

German luxury automaker BMW AG confirmed it is scouting for a possible plant site here in the United

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce will go on its first trade mission to Korea, Sing

Massachusetts Port Authority awarded a contract for up to $700,000 to Normandeau Associates Inc. of

Two foreign-flag Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. ships will enter a joint U.S.-Africa service Lykes operat

Business Software Alliance announced late Friday it dropped its copyright infringement case against

Feb. 3, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

New York Mercantile Exchange Jan. 31, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

U.S. manufacturing giants voiced cautious optimism over the weekend that a slow economic recovery is

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Jan. 31, 1992.

Lloyd's broker C.E. Heath & Co. Insurance Brokers Ltd. has begun an excess- and-surplus lines broker

Feb. 3, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

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Global traders are anxiously watching South Africa to see how it will realign itself within a variet

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

Airborne Express' newest service, called Flight Ready Letter Express, made its nationwide debut Mond

The Russian Republic is committed to stabilizing the ruble and capping inflation, a top government o

Polish authorities have arrested the American founder of a Polish bank after the United States deman

U.S. electronics companies are out in force for a weeklong exhibition opening here today. Th

Feb. 3, 1992 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The North American free-trade agreement could be a first step toward further opening of Mexico's oil

Feb. 3, 1992 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Faugere & Jutheau, France's biggest insurance brokerage, passed into American control Monday when th

RUSSIAN PACT TO HELP CANADIAN GRAIN FARMERSWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The new five-year, 2