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Economic reform efforts in Eastern Europe will be plagued "for some time ahead" by low growth, risk

PERU SUGAR SHORTFALL MAY REQUIRE IMPORTSLIMA, Peru - Peru will need to import 290,000 metric

Reynolds Metals Co. has sold 60 percent of its 1991 gold production at a price of $417 an ounce, Wil

GHANA STUDYING COCOA INDUSTRY PRIVATIZATIONACCRA, Ghana - P.V. Obeng, the Ghanaian minister

Apr. 16, 1991 Copper Total, 30,447. Gold Total, .1,483,994.Silver Total, .262,427,093.

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

Singapore only received a minor mention in a recent U.S. trade report, but the nation is strenuously

Japan's 50,000-member longshoremen's unions called off a nationwide strike late Wednesday night and

The Bush administration has acted to put pressure on Japan in talks to open its construction market,

McDonald's Corp. is launching two pilot programs to gather and recycle low- density polyethylene fro

Last September, President Fernando Collor de Mello sent a provisional measure to congress imposing r

The Security Council's sanctions committee could meet as early as Friday to consider a request from

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

Wednesday Apr. 17, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

IS THE BIG POWER SUPPLY CONTRACT between the New York Power Authority and Hydro-Quebec in jeopardy?

CN Rail lost C$110.7 million (US$95 million) in 1990, compared with a profit of C$137.7 million the

GREENSPAN TELLS GROUP INFLATION SHOULD EASEFederal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Wed

Apr. 17, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Apr. 17, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.0

Wed., April 17, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American Airlines said for the first time Tuesday that it might not be willing to pay Trans World Ai

Sea Containers Ltd. lost money in this year's first quarter but is poised for a strong second half,

AMR LOSS BALLOONED IN FIRST QUARTERAMR Corp., parent company of American Airlines, Wednesday

The British government would have no objection to a foreign buyer purchasing a U.K. air or seaport,

COMMERCE SAYS CHINA DUMPING SILICON METALThe U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday made a final

Recyclers are taking the next step toward putting used plastics back into the product stream, with p

Pastor John Cunyus faced a moral dilemma when the health insurance bill for his small town Texas chu

French grain exporter Soufflet announced Wednesday that following payment of the debt by the Soviet

Shippers and carriers alike scrambled Wednesday to consider how to cope with the U.S. rail strike, h

CONRAIL EARNINGS FALL SLIGHTLY IN QUARTERConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $18 million, or 35 c

U.S. cotton shippers want to know what Pacific carriers plan to do about a special Indonesian surcha

Richard Syron, Boston Federal Reserve Bank president, Wednesday said that while the New England econ

Implementing a proposed rule banning foreign grain in U.S. warehouses from delivery against Chicago

Bread sold in Rio de Janeiro supposedly is the best in Brazil because it is all baked with imported

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 17, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Apr. 17, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 220.57 off 0.01 which compares

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/17 4/16 Change % Change:

RESEARCH CHAIR NAMED FOR LIFE EXECUTIVECOLUMBUS, Ohio - An endowed cancer research chair has

Keppel Corp. acquired Air Services International Inc. for $8 million in a move that brings the Singa