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THE PRICE OF NIGERIA'S RESTRUCTURED LOANS on the secondary market has climbedfrom lessthan $

Japan is making only "a start" on basic economic reforms, after nearly two years of urging by the Un

NORTH KOREA TO IMPORT RICE FROM SOUTH KOREASEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has told a South

Tue., April 16, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

DEVELOPMENT FEASIBLE FOR BARENTS SEA FIELDThe development of the giant Shtockmanskoye natura

International Trade and Industry Minister Eiichi Nakao said Japan is considering lifting sanctions o

The head of the Department of Energy division that monitors petroleum supply said Monday that he wou

The Department of Transportation urged the Federal Maritime Commission to suspend ocean freight cons

LUFTHANSA TO BOOST CAPACITY IN MIAMIWith the introduction of its summer timetable, Lufthansa

MARCH CONSUMER PRICES RISE 0.1 PERCENT IN FRANCEFrench consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in M

California's takeover of heavily indebted and nearly insolvent Executive Life Insurance Co., Los Ang

Steamship lines and their affiliated intermodal companies were keeping a close watch on last-minute

AGENCY FINDS DUMPING OF WORD PROCESSORSThe Commerce Department said Japan is selling electro

Tuesday Apr. 16, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

A slice of Hongkong International Terminals Ltd., Hong Kong's dominant boxport operator, was sold Tu

If Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad goes ahead with plans to abandon 695 miles of track in no

Japan's trading companies say they are not likely to launch new joint ventures in the cash-strapped

Thailand's government dealt a blow to state labor unions Monday when the nation's Parliament ruled i

The story headlined "S&P Study Focuses on Insurer Solvency," which appeared on Page 9A in the four-s

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U.S. textile producers this month agreed to a new agenda to protect their industry from imports from

US, URUGUAY FORGING ANTI-LAUNDERING PACTMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Uruguay and the United States

The United States is headed for a new outbreak of agricultural trade disputes with the European Comm

A federal judge in Seattle is expected to begin deliberations April 30 on a lawsuit that could resul

Declines in manufacturing and mining pushed U.S. industrial production down a seasonally adjusted 0.

As of Apr. 16, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

The commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command Tuesday outlined a program, including a m

New England rail executives expect a short-lived national rail strike, but the potential threat poin

Motor carriers in the Southeast have been expanding their line-haul operations for several weeks in

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

* Gordon Platt - Financing Trade 3A * A.E. Cullison - Asia View 8A* Don C. Becker - Publishe

S&P SLASHES RATING OF KEMPER NATIONALStandard and Poor's Corp. downgraded the claims-paying

The U.S.S.R. faces a critical need for three to four million metric tons of corn during the May-July

Australian Wheat Board Chairman Clinton Condon said returns for the 1991-92 (April-March) crop may b

Ramani Ayer was elected president and chief operating officer of domestic property/casualty and inte

Apr. 16, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.0

Apr. 15, 1991 Copper Total, 30,707. Gold Total, .1,521,529.Silver Total, .261,371,494.

Unocal Myanmar, a unit of Los Angeles-based Unocal Corp., will become the first U.S. oil company to

NutraSweet Co. plans a major move into the European market with a new division that is likely to ha

Kuwait is weighing options available to raise funds to rebuild the country after the gulf war and ha