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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 211.36 up 0.95 which compares

The recent appreciation of the yen against the U.S. dollar is complicating annual negotiations betwe

Union Carbide Corp. said Thursday it intends to sell one of its worldwide specialty chemicals groups

A continued shortage of rail grain cars in the central and southern Plains States is hampering domes

The U.S. dollar was trading higher early Thursday afternoon, except against the Canadian dollar. But

The United States will not support the financial services draft text for the Uruguay Round, a senior

Date of award: "E" Award in 1991.Why the award was given:Beltwall Division o

Clothing and textile exports from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador - Central America's "jaguars"

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago1/23 1/22 Change % Change: 12/31

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 23, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Natural gas futures for February delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange continued their downwa

The eastern German economy appears to have overcome its weakest period and is now on an uptrend, Kur

A Tacoma port commissioner created a conflict of interest when he approved port use of a paint his c

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

STANDARD LIFE RATING IS AFFIRMED BY S&PNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's Corp. affirmed t

Longstanding relationships evidently still mean something in such trades as the U.S.-Venezuela route

About 35 Saudi Arabian companies seeking to boost purchases of U.S. health care products and service

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

Inchcape Group said Thursday it is consolidating several Singapore-based shipping agencies under the

Munich Reinsurance Group, the world's biggest reinsurer, is threatening to withdraw from the volatil

Bombardier Inc., the Canadian transportation giant, is counting on its management skills and interna

Koichi Suzumura, chairman and managing director of NYK Line (Europe) Ltd., is facing a hectic year m

Buoyed by onetime gains from the Persian Gulf war, American President Cos. posted $53.9 million in n

Taiwan officials, bolstered by sudden U.S. support for the island's bid to join the General Agreemen

DENMARK SLATES VOTE ON EC POLITICAL UNIONBRUSSELS, Belgium - Danish Prime Minister P

DROP IN OUTPUT HURTS ZAMBIAN COPPER MINESJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zambian Consol

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Jan. 23, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

American Metals & Coal International Inc. submitted the low bid among U.S. exporters trying to win c

Scientists soon may be free to patent their latest inventions of genetically engineered viruses, but

Ship Finance Conference. Jan. 28-29. New York. Speakers include Jack Goldstein, president of OMI Cor

The giants of the U.S. telecommunications industry stopped bickering just long enough Wednesday to a

The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. says it is seeking an injunction to halt the sale of a joint

A Coast Guard analysis of the benefits and costs of the double-hull tanker design says it is "no les

A group representing retirees of Hughes Aircraft Co. filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in the

ROHM AND HAAS REPORTS LOWER SALES, EARNINGSPHILADELPHIA - Rohm and Haas Co. Thursday

The president of the West Coast dockworkers union warned shipping executives that their operations a

Sweden's industrial production rose 1.5 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, compared

Despite Wall Street warnings, Gov. William Weld said Wednesday that he is determined to consider a p

DONALD D. DAWSON, ROADWAY EXECUTIVE, DIESAKRON, Ohio - Donald D. (Don) Dawson, vice