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Presidents of Latin America's banana producing countries will meet on the Caribbean island of San An

World sugar prices have declined almost inexorably since topping 15 cents a pound last May, and many

Broward Sheriff's Office's three-year contract to patrol the Port of Port Everglades is far more cos

An early end to the Persian Gulf war and the recession could trigger a surge in air travel that is d

The director of the Soviet Union's state poultry industry, known as Ptistiprom, said that growth of

South Korea's customs-cleared trade deficit with Japan reached its highest ever totaling $5.93 bill

CONSUMER PRICES RISE SLIGHTLY IN OECDConsumer prices in Organization for Economic Cooperatio

Economists generally were pleased with an Economics Ministry plan to pump 10 billion deutsche marks

USDA ACCEPTS BIDS FOR SOVIET WHEAT SALEThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it

The Commodity Exchange Inc. will lower original margin requirements for gold, silver and copper futu

In a strategy fraught with risk, the U.S. military is depending heavily on civilian trucks to provid

Italy's national airline, Alitalia, which already has weathered significant losses due to the Persia

Primary inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, for theweek ending

Wed., Feb. 13, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Denmark posted a December 1990 current account surplus of 2.7 billion ($483.27 million) kroner, comp

Economic policy-makers from major nations are trying to have their cake and eat it too - run interes

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 13, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

As of Feb. 13, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

1576 (Feb. 13, 1991) Previous day - 1561 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 12, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Feb. 13, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

* Trading With Cape Verde 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Larry Kaufman - Inside Talk on R

Friday marks the beginning of the next phase of Brazil's five-year tariff reduction program, which o

ICO COFFEE EXPORTS FELL 10.9 PERCENT IN DECEMBERCoffee exports to all destinations by produc

RAILROAD CHIEF EXECUTIVES may be excused if they feel they are between the proverbial rockand a hard

A-P-A TRANSPORT SUPPORTS WAR EFFORTNORTH BERGEN, N.J. - A-P-A Transport Corp. has helped the

As slumping passenger traffic causes airlines to lay off thousands of workers, the Port of Seattle p

Financial analysts believe that the Home Insurance Co. can achieve a comeback following its purchase

A week-long strike by some 7,000 employees at the Port of Santos continued Wednesday with no end in

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Miami-based Sea Escape cruise line failed to detect safety defects that

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

Feb. 13, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Prem

John Bowers didn't get a very nice Valentine's Day present last year. Last Feb. 14 was the d

The United States said Wednesday it will ask an international trade panel to resolve its dispute wit

Ocean freight consolidators have an extra 60 days to post bonds and file tariffs at the Federal Mari

The Texas trade office in Mexico City recently came to the aid of Novem SA de CV, a Mexican rubber m

Stanley Gault, chairman and chief executive of Rubbermaid Inc., may also be its best salesman.

AT&T EQUIPMENT PACT INKED WITH MOSCOWPARSIPPANY, N.J. - American Telephone & Telegraph Co. a

Soviet cotton exports may not fall as sharply as predicted in the 1990-91 marketing year (October-Se

Prospects for relatively strong U.S. cotton usage to continue into next year seem to be limiting the