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Nigeria may be forced to suspend its ban on cocoa bean exports, which is due to take effect from Jan

The New York Commodities Exchange Inc. announced that it will raise the spot April margin requireme

CARGILL EYES SETUP OF JAPAN OJ FACILITYCargill North Asia Ltd., a Japanese unit of Minneapol

PPG INDUSTRIES BUYS FRENCH SOLVENTS FIRMPPG Industries Inc. said Monday it acquired Establis

CONAGRA INC. (Omaha, Neb.) - James R. Tindall was named president and chief operating officer of Con

The Bush administration is backing a proposal for the Securities and ExchangeCommission, whi

Output from China's plastics processing sector this year is expected to be about the same as in 1988

Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical Co. Tuesday reported lower first-quarter earnings, as the companies fe

Cocoa prices were moderately lower Tuesday after the actively traded July futures contract dropped b

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Tuesday said it would require that futures exchanges retain

The near-term outlook for U.S. commercial sales of meat and poultry products to the Soviet Union is

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US WOULD CONSIDER FOOD AID TO LITHUANIAThe U.S. government would weigh emergency food aid to

Japan's vice-minister of finance for international affairs, Makoto Utsumi, spoke favorably Tuesday a

The Port of Portland said it is planning to build a $1.7 million, 100,000- square-foot general cargo

JAPANESE CAN ORDER NY GOODS IN THE MAILJapanese who haven't the energy to go to New York can

Zimbabwe has finally consented to sign an agreement with a U.S. government agency that offers politi

President Bush is undecided on what action to take against the Soviet Union for Moscow's economic bo

Venezuelan ship line Naviera Pacifico CA appointed Belgian Line Inc., New York,as general agent for

MC Shipping Inc. declared a dividend of 45 cents a share for the quarter ended March 31. "Th

It is tough to find anyone who is pleased with the government's study and assessment of natural reso

Brazil is expected to take a tough line in renegotiating payments on its $115 billion foreign debt,

Government reform of the waterfront received a big boost Monday when six maritime and dockworkers' u

An Ecuadorean freighter has started its trip home with seven stowaways who nearly died trying to mak

Atlantic Container Line has appointed Societe Navale et Commerciale Delmas- Vieljeux as its new agen

Karel Van Miert, European commissioner for consumer affairs, said Monday that consumers should be pr

NORTH AMERICA Caribbean Expo 90. April 27-May 6. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Contact

Implementation of copyright protection in China, something the United States is pressing for, will b

Apr. 24, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

THE JAPAN QUESTION: With Monday the deadline for a U.S. decision on which countries, if any, should

An underground environmental group has claimed responsibility for vandalism that cut power to 92,000

GATT TALKS ENCOURAGE HONG KONG OFFICIALA top Hong Kong official said he was pleased with tal

The U.S. Energy Department is creating a new export office to help expand international sales of oil

Sales at the current Chinese Export Commodities Fair are said to be running strong midway through th

FRANCE'S TRADE DEFICIT NARROWED LAST MONTHFrance registered a seasonally adjusted merchandis

NORSK HYDRO AGREES TO DEVELOP SOVIET FIELDNorway's Norsk Hydro group Monday signed a contrac

The Tehran Times Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of trying to put politicalpressure on other me

The move by some Third World countries to privatize state-owned airlines makes them more competitive

The U.S. dollar traded lower against most foreign currencies except for the Japanese yen, which move

Soviet authorities have slowed the pace of proposed radical economic reform following inconclusive d