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A walk through Bangkok's chaotic Klong Toey seaport illustrates the opportunities for payoffs.

MARK-DOLLAR LEVEL CALLED UNREALISTICFRANKFURT, Germany - The current level of the deutsche m

Brazil has reached a "good" agreement with commercial banks on overdue interest payments, but the ti

MOBIL UNIT DRILLS GAS WELL IN GERMANYMobil Erdgas-Erdol GmbH, a unit of Mobil Corp., drilled

NORTH AMERICA Opportunity Fair '91. May 1-2. East Rutherford, N.J. Contact Monica Gray, New

U.S. entrepreneurs should stop looking at eastern Germany as a former East bloc nation and start th

International Maritime Carriers, a locally based bulk operator, is extending its shoreside interests

Morgan Grenfell Asia Holdings Pte. announced Tuesday that it has acquired a 30 percent stake in the

Dumping margins set by the Commerce Department on polyethylene terphthalate (PET) film products expo

Tue., April 30, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

Tuesday Apr. 30, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 30, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Burmeister & Wain Skibsvaerft A/S, one of Denmark's largest shipbuilders, is hoping to buy an intere

All set to slice yourself a big piece of that Kuwait reconstruction pie? Well, not so fast,

Simplified rules for employer-provided pension plans will encourage more employers to offer such cov

Thailand's government has launched a major push to stop corruption, payoffs and "tea money" at Bangk

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * EC 1992 Regulatory Roundup 5A* Soviet Collateral Might

The Canadian business community was incredulous over the magnitude of the deficit announced by Ontar

US ADMINISTRATION SEEKS ANTITRUST LAW CURBSWASHINGTON - In a move aimed at boosting U.S. com

Japan Management Research Institute USA Inc. (JMAR USA), the San Diego, Calif.-based subsidiary of a

Foreign ministers from 18 European countries will attempt in mid-May to jump- start the stalled nego

Cost containment - rather than government reform - is the only way to effectively address spiraling

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 216.15 off 1.59 which compares w

Apr. 29, 1991 Copper Total, 30,897. Gold Total, .1,473,250.Silver Total, .263,562,975.

The market for new aircraft has sustained a major setback in the last few months, but top executives

Just two months before the Department of Transportation issues its long- awaited aviation noise poli

US LABOR COSTS ROSE 1.4 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTERWASHINGTON - The U.S. employment cost index,

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD'S cut in the discount rate to 5.5 percent from 6 percent Tuesday took some

Finance ministers and central bankers from 155 nations concluded five days of meetings here with an

Some say the Persian Gulf war will have no impact on maritime policy because there is no maritime po

Despite their high profile and promise, Japanese joint ventures in India score poorly when measured

A story on Page 1A of The Journal of Commerce April 30, about Taiwan's state- run shipyard soliciti

Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan said Tuesday that the Interior Department's decision to designa

New York City is planning on dumping its department that serves the maritime industry, but its commi

Tricontinental Service, the round-the-world container service operated by German and Korean ship lin

Mexico, South Korea and several Eastern European countries may soon join the 24-nation Organization

SENATOR SEES CONGRESS PASSING CFTC BILLCHICAGO - Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill., a member of the Se

W.R. Grace & Co., in its newly released annual report, spotlighted its specialty chemicals division,