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China Thursday rejected attempts by the United States to link human rights with trade privileges and

The European Community and six Arab gulf states will attempt today to accelerate negotiations on a

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA TIGHTENS IMPORT CREDITSNEW DELHI, India - India's central bank slapped

Strains in the Malaysia-Australia bilateral relationship witnessed in recent months may seem to an o

May 9, 1991 Copper Total, 27,130. Gold Total, .1,430,689.Silver Total, .260,593,287.

May 9, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Several days a week, Rome-bound cargo from Latin America is trucked in from Alitalia's new hub in Mi

GAS INJECTION VENTURE IN FULL OPERATIONNorsk Hydro A/S's Troll-Oseberg gas injection project

Alumix, the Italian state-owned aluminum producer, will close its 30,000-ton- a-year Porto Maghera s

Release of the last of 10 arrested ships belonging to Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro was be

Brazil is hoping that by renewing debt payments to Japanese creditors it will be able to tap Japan's

The European Community is striving to reach agreement by mid-June on a directive covering the accoun

Shearson Lehman Brothers and its parent, American Express Co., are facing a public relations problem

Connecticut businessman Gerald L. Minsky was found guilty Tuesday of taking part in a scheme to kill

RULING ON INSURANCE PENDING IN NORWAYSTAVANGER, Norway - The Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical

Thousands of Barrels Week Week WeekEnded Ended Ended5-3 4-26

May 8, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

As of May 8, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement announced postponement of a scheduled congestion surcharge

Hungary's privatization efforts are becoming bogged down in bureaucratic wrangling over the pace and

Vietnam has set up a shipping company to export crude oil and natural gas and to import fuel, accord

Labor unrest cost the economy $360 million in lost production in the first three months of this year

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

A Canadian company that operates the biggest coal terminal in North America is teaming up with the

INDONESIAN GROUP, FERRO FORM VENTURECleveland-based Ferro Corp. and the Sinar Mas Group of J

Scrap lead prices are edging up despite a "dead" market for new lead batteries, the Institute of Scr

The government's spotted owl recovery team has alarmed environmentalists with a draft memo that says

Rheumatoid arthritis patients showed rapid improvement after receiving the experimental, genetically

PROPELLER CLUB UNIT HONORS C. MENDOZAJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - C. Cliff Mendoza, Jacksonville Por

U.S. chemical companies that make olefins such as ethylene and propylene must continue to be flexibl

May 8, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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Czechoslovakia and the United States signed a historic customs cooperation agreement Wednesday that

The U.S. economy will begin to recover from its current recession in the second half of 1991, accord

President Bush is prepared to extend most-favored-nation trade status to China for another year, a U

Richard L. Tavrow, senior vice president, secretary, general counsel and a director at American Pres

Heavy trucks sales plunged 30.9 percent in April in their steepest loss of the year, raising fresh d

Weekly imports of radicchio by Algin Imports Inc. should have been stated as 5,000 cases to 10,000 c

The State Department has persuaded San Francisco International Airport officials to waive a ban on n