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The government will not commit the U.K. to joining a European Community economic and monetary union

GERMANY DISCOVERS TANKS ON ISRAELI SHIPHAMBURG, Germany - Tanks bound for Israel, and listed

The U.S. dollar rose Monday following a Japanese newspaper report that the Bank of Japan will cut it

The Port of Ensenada, in Mexico's Baja California, has "great potential" for serving assembly plants

On Nov. 5, Mississippians will decide who is going to run the insurance department for the next four

Oct. 28, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A marble slab under a century-old pear tree commemorates the rags-to-riches fairy tale of this villa

The Port of Oakland, Calif., lost more money in its last fiscal year than it originally thought, acc

ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE (Waltham, Mass.) - Bernard G. Coulombe, president and chief executive off

Agriculture and services are among the major sticking points as Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary h

Oct. 28, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Wheat futures have climbed methodically about $1 a bushel from contract lows in early July, but many

A man in Wisconsin last year received a patent for a pesticide derived from the seed of the Neem tre

JAPAN POSTS INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTJapan's industrial and mining production index for

The car, once South Korea's ultimate success symbol, is now a sign of excess in a country where heli

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

President Bush probably will announce this week a major new export credit insurance package to help

Indian citizens based overseas and the companies they own will be permitted to hold up to 100 percen

The developer of the largest cruise ship ever proposed said it won't abandon Port Canaveral, Fla., a

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

Oct. 28, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 28, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Two years after taking over an agency that had alienated many shippers, U.S. Customs Commissioner Ca

Western coal producers, assessing opportunities in Eastern Europe, are weighing the state of the ind

RHONE-POULENC RORER POSTS JUMP IN EARNINGSCOLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. repor

OHIO PRISON WORKERS GET CAPTIVITY COVERCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Citing prison overcrowding and the n

The Bush administration appears to have let China off the hook for the moment in the battle to impro

PRESTON CORP. TURNED A PROFIT IN 3RD QUARTERPRESTON, Md. - Preston Corp., a truck holding co

A deal now taking shape between Consolidated Rail Corp. and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. cou

Trade between the United States, Australia and New Zealand soon will need a reduction in vessel capa

Russian President Boris Yeltsin said Monday Russia would maintain a tight budget to help price stabi

YARNS Cotton yarns. Contact China national textiles Import and Export Corp., Hebei Branch, 8

At least three ships sank off Taiwan in heavy seas when Typhoon Ruth lashed Taiwan and the northern

Central American officials will meet with representatives from the European Community next month in

American and Chinese ocean carriers likely will give the Federal MaritimeCommission some dif

South Korea's second-largest container manufacturer agreed with two Chinese partners to build a manu

CREWMEMBERS RESCUED AS FREIGHTER SINKSWELLINGTON, New Zealand - The 13 crewmembers of a frei

California Superior Court Judge Kurt Lewin said he hopes to resolve legal questions involved in the

The Inter-American Development Bank has agreed to provide millions of dollars in loans and technical

With a deadline fast approaching to choose a site for a big, new Chicago-area airport, Mayor Richard