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The Japan Food Agency is reacting coolly to overtures from drought-stricken Australia about covering

Nippon Life Insurance Co., the world's largest insurer in terms of assets, will purchase New England

Bank of Japan authorities are expected to slash the official discount rate by 0.5 percent to only 5

U.S. machine tool manufacturers issued a public call Wednesday for a five- year extension of restrai

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 12, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Nov. 13, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

INDONESIA MAY REOPEN MINES TO FOREIGNERSIndonesia may reopen its coal mining sector to new f

These days, oil traders are talking more about spread and differential movements and the premium of

U.S. gasoline inventories declined by 4.1 million barrels during the week ended Nov. 8 compared with

Grain and soybean markets Wednesday moved higher on continued optimism that the United States will o

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based shipping and transport group, announced We

THIRD-QUARTER PROFIT FELL AT CNA FINANCIALCNA Financial Corp. reported a decline in third-qu

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

Spain's consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in October and 5.5 percent in the year through October

Overseas Ship- holding Group Inc. said its net income climbed 33 percent in the third quarter.

CF Motor Freight, looking to cash in on an anticipated boom in traffic in the Southeastand hoping to

China's southern Guangdong province will increasingly import from overseas and export value-added go

The government of Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari this week announced the extension to

Nov. 13, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The logistics of securing a loan guarantee for pork under GSM 102, the U.S. government's low-interes

Japan's crushers are anxiously awaiting their first new-crop U.S. soybean shipment, expected to dock

John Roby, the former FBI special agent who has pledged to root out wrongdoing at Lloyd's of London

Richard Russack was named vice president for communications. He succeeds John N. Etchart, who was na

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MALAYSIA, PERU SIGN BILATERAL TRADE PACTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia and Peru signed a

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Nov. 13, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Sea-Land Service Inc. is considering adding a ship to the North Europe-U.S. trade to improve service

The majority of Iraq's 17 million people are suffering from serious food shortages, the U.N. Food an

Workers compensation claims, once largely the domain of employees whose jobs included heavy physical

Insurers say they have little to fear from an anticipated upsurge in sexual discrimination suits. Bu

Uncertainty over the base year for agricultural subsidy cuts, and the year in which cuts would begin

The good will that the United States and the European Community received from other players at the o

Plans for U.S. food aid to the Soviet Union are stoking a coming battle between American grain expor

Governors from half a dozen countries agreed to establish a permanent secretariat in Anchorage to de

A shift in iron-processing technology is boosting business for Lake Superior ports and improving ves

Under communism, a photocopier was one of the most regulated of all imported goods, with as many as

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

Israeli trade officials hope a unique conference in Miami this week will serve as the springboard to

With military cutbacks looming, proponents of subsidies for the maritime industry must say a merchan