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The Romanian government has ordered an across-the-board three-month freeze on wholesale prices, the

MEXICO WILL SELL STEEL FACILITIESMexico, Latin America's second-largest steel producer, said

Wheat futures rallied in late trade on Friday, buoyed by U.S. Department of Agriculture projections

Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group still hopes to build a US$7 billion petrochemicals complex, includin

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that, in a consent decree filed in federal court, Syn

UK RETAIL PRICES ROSE 4.1 PERCENT ON YEARUK retail prices rose 4.1 percent in the year throu

Britain's Private Eye satirical magazine marked 30 years of scandal and sarcasm last week with a bir

Ocean freight futures activity was slow last week, while dry bulk ship charter prices continued to r

Automation and a relentlessly changing marketplace are forcing shippers to forge new and more intima

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

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

In an indication of U.S. contingency strategy, the senior U.S. trade official said late last week th

AS SOUTH AFRICA struggles to earn a place in the family of democratic nations, officials of the curr

Canadian railroads, serving a nation with only 10 percent of the population of the United States, se

An Ivaran Line containership hit the Bayonne Bridge Friday, causing severe damage and closing for at

MAGMA COPPER, UNIONS REACH TENTATIVE PACTTUCSON, Ariz. - Magma Copper Co. and unions from it

A poor second flowering on orange trees accounts for an unexpectedly low forecast by the U.S. Depart

VIETNAM SEEKS INVESTORS FOR RUBBERKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Vietnam is seeking Malaysian part

A leading supplier of electronic communications software has teamed up with a major publisher of man

Continental Bank Corp. has farmed out virtually all of its data processing activities to Internation

Confusion over which Soviet agencies, ministries and independent refineries can sell Soviet crude oi

OASIS GROUP TO RESTORE 5TH VESSEL TO SERVICEThe Oasis group of shipping lines operating betw

A Houston shipper of petrochemicals and plastics says China Ocean Shipping Co. is refusing to provid

U.S. officials are hoping that China will come to the table this month with answers that will resolv

Phibro Energy Inc. said Friday it will relocate its entire refining, marketing and natural gas busin

The number of unemployed in Switzerland rose to 41,606 persons in Septemberfrom 39,489 in Au

Oct. 11, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

AFTER SEVEN DECADES during which Soviet mining statistics were state secrets and economic data were

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

U.S. companies aren't the only ones that find doing business in Japan a frustrating and irksome expe

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

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 11, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A spokesman for the National Marine Fisheries Service said President Bush will announce by Tuesday w

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Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, resisting fresh British demands to lift sanctions against So

Friday Oct. 11, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Industry representatives are formulating a rebuttal to the New York Insurance Department's proposal