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1654 (Nov. 1, 1991) Previous day - 1655 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Official Soviet sources in Moscow Friday revealed no specific details on an agreement reached Thursd

Higher sales of natural gas are likely to boost the recurring profits of Japanese gas companies this

New rules for Thai oil refinery projects expected in early 1992 will let the market rather than gove

In light of a recent agreement on trucking restrictions and rail access for U.S. ocean carriers in S

THE FUTURES MARKET for ocean freight was sluggish again last week. The major event of the week was t

Zambians went to the polls last week for their first multiparty elections in almost two decades, wit

A growing number of Latin American countries appear headed for steady economic recovery in the 1990s

Sweden submitted extensive amendments to its proposal to open the maritime sector in Nordic countrie

India is looking for a foreign partner to share costs and help its oil exploration efforts in Vietna

Hanover Insurance Co. reported a fall in third-quarter net income to $5.5 million, or 27 cents a sha

"I think we've made great strides in dealing with the pressures of solvency regulation in the past y

Legislation combating foreign shipyard subsidies may be headed for delays and further changes before

Over half of expected world cotton exports had been committed as of mid- October, the International

The Japanese expect President Bush to press hard for major concessions in three key areas during his

DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT, UNION REACH LABOR ACCORDLONG BEACH, Calif. - After 10 months of off-and-on

The U.S. Customs Service this week is expected to block imports of woodplaner machine tools

A special counsel appointed by Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles to examine a proposed workers compensation

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND (Decatur, Ill.) - Paul Krug was appointed a vice president of the food proces

Talks on revising international anti-dumping rules have reached an impasse, and the United States mi

Fri., Nov. 1, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

CHINA LAUNCHES DEFENSE OF RECORD ON RIGHTSBuffeted by international criticism of its human r

The worst possible action to take against China at this time would be trade sanctions, a Chinese-Ame

President Carlos Menem last week issued a sweeping decree scrapping decades- old regulations over tr

The first round of major tariff reductions is slated for the end of November for the four countries

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YELTSIN SAYS CUBA WANTS DIRECT TRADECuba has sent Russian President Boris Yeltsin a request

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. is expanding its network of relay services in Southeast Asia, in part to f

BARLEY SALE TO ISRAEL APPROVEDThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said it had accepted a bid<

Japan's wholesale meat markets plan to allow trading firms and foreign packers to trade imported bee

Federal Express Corp., moving to beef up the management of its troubled international operation, nam

Japan's current account surplus of US$8.83 billion in September was the largest in a single month si

Octavio Berlanga was named manager of this less-than-truckload motor carrier's new northbound servic

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

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As the long process of negotiating a Mideast settlement began in Madrid last week, U.S. and Israeli