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As trade negotiators gather in Denver to start talks on a new bilateral agreement for air transport

Even Oscar Rocha, the youthful deputy press secretary for Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gorta

As he slips from power, Mikhail S. Gorbachev is leaving an illustrious but ambiguous legacy in the f

Congressional supporters of a North American free-trade agreement are warning the Bush administratio

CONTINENTAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (New York, N.Y.) - The subsidiary of New York- based insurer Continenta

Two shipper groups are pursuing a new strategy to combat claims from bankrupt carriers: asking the I

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 16, 1991Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

The United States Monday set Jan. 16 as a "firm deadline" for China to meet U.S. demands on protecti

Dec. 16, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

The United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by a provisional 1.0 percent in

Robert W. Shinn was named resident vice president, state relations, for Virginia. He will be

Bruce Seaton says he is a happy man. It's unusual to hear that from the executive who has he

A bomb believed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army exploded on a track near one of the worl

Quotations, provided by Citybank/New Yoork, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York Cit

Japanese companies imported a total 9.02 million metric tons of coal in October, up 5.4 percent from

Long-term contracts to buy naphtha from Japan's "open-specification" market may prove attractive to

The Asian coffee market's outlook is bleak, depressed by rising regional output and jitters that Bra

As of Dec. 16, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

West Coast insurance agents and brokers are continuing a war with banks, who have been permitted to

Union Bank of Switzerland is going to start its own life insurance unit. UBS, Switzerland's

Approval from the Justice Department remains the final hurdle in a merger between Tidewater Inc. and

The status of a $36.4 million (UK20 million) insurance claim filed after the death of British Publis

CHINA TO CUT TARIFF ON IMPORTS OF WOODChina's decision to lower import duties on some wood p

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS BEGINS VIETNAM SERVICEHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Hong Kong's Cathay

1543 (Dec. 16, 1991) Previous day - 1547 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Portugal could join the first group of countries moving forward to final monetary union later this d

The Philippines reopens talks with the International Monetary Fund this week to try to hammer out an

Textile Quotas to Watch as of Dec. 13, 1991* Country Category Descriptio

FRANCE WILL LAY OFF 800 CUSTOMS OFFICIALSThe French Finance Ministry plans to lay off 800 cu

An agreement among industrialized countries to phase out shipbuilding subsidies is likely to be reac

European petrochemical companies that buy naphtha from Saudi Arabia are seeking changes to their ter

A regional committee charged with choosing a site for a major new passenger and cargo airport in the

The volume of container traffic through European ports could almost double between 1990 and the end

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

The European Commission is desperately seeking a solution to a last-minute legal hitch that threaten

Dec. 16, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

Federal drug agents belatedly disclosed Manuel Noriega's cooperation in a secret intelligence progra

The world's leading air freight companies are nervously bracing for the new year as the European Com

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

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