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World exports of textiles and clothing reached $208 billion in 1990, according to a study released h

Thursday Oct. 17, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The news of an attempted coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, followed quickly by news o

The Soviet Union's request for $3.5 billion in additional credits to cover U.S. agricultural purchas

For the first time in Japan's long history, there exist definite prospects that the country's tightl

Oct. 17, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

EXXON CHEMICAL CO. (Irving, Texas) - Ray B. Nesbitt was named president of this Exxon Corp. unit, ef

Canadian government officials expressed concern about unfair trade accusations leveled against Canad

The Japan Food Agency will consider importing more American or Canadian wheat to cover a likely shor

Soviet republics are eager to boost sales of their cotton abroad despite problems with outmoded tech

The Alliance of American Insurers, an insurance industry trade group, is closing its Boston and Atla

Comite Central des Armateurs Francais, the French shipowners committee, lashed out at the Socialist

International business can't be conducted by sitting behind a desk sending faxes, executives at the

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

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

RUSSIA DELAYING AWARD OF OIL, GAS CONCESSIONBRUSSELS, Belgium - Russian authorities delayed

A new bar code standard, identifying assorted meat products as they flow through the distribution sy

A coalition of small employers and health insurers is pushing for streamlined arrangements to make i

The Federal Aviation Administration will assemble a team to study ways to reduce aircraft noise in N

The Soviet Union has until spring to forge an economic union and initiate radical reforms before pol

"Yuck," you say? At a recent luncheon hosted by Texas A&M University, 140-day-old prime rib

U.S. auto and paper manufacturers suffer from Japan's keiretsu system of interlocking businesses, bu

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

India appears to have broken a French company's monopoly of Indian telecommunications' technology, o

The crown colony will introduce amendments in the current legislative session granting tax exemption

Oct. 16, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

India this week released a new import control code based on the internationally recognized harmonize

The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) a

HONDA REJECTS CHARGES AGAINST ADJapan's Honda Motor Co. rejected accusations Wednesday that

The little-used Port of Albany, N.Y., regained a great deal of lost ground this week,with word that

Japanese buyers are not interested in paying high premiums for long-term supplies of naphtha from Sa

Showa Denko, one of Japan's major ethylene producers, plans to cut ethylene production from October

The U.S. Commerce Department's recent decision to more than double the countervailing duty on Canadi

Nobody wheels into a gas station, fills up the tank and then pumps an extra gallon of fuel on the gr

A U.S. company appears to be a leading candidate in Germany's bid to combine 15 former East German s

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt flew to Bonn Wednesday for talks in Germany and later Austria on en

Oct. 16, 1991 Copper Total, 22,388. Gold Total, .1,283,234.Silver Total, .262

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

COTE D'IVOIRE TO SET COFFEE PRODUCER PRICEABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire, determined