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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold its mid-year ministerial conference, sch

CHINESE ACCUMULATE $70 BILLION IN LOANSChinese companies and their overseas joint-venture pa

Unemployment in Poland, continuing its steep upward climb, reached nearly a third of a million in m

OIL IMPORTS HELP PUT JAPAN TRADE IN REDJapan, usually under fire internationally for running

REGIONAL BLOCS Eastern Europe Luncheon. April 26. Baltimore. Contact Suzanne Lewis, Maryland

LANOLIN AND LANOLIN DERIVATIVES Henkel Corp. will increase prices of lanolin and lanolin der

CME EXTENDS DEADLINE ON EXEMPTION RULEThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced it will exte

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. flew a daily average of 1.3 million express packages and documents in March, 1

The government is beginning to throw its leverage behind the island's struggling petrochemical indus

Apr. 20, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Crude oil prices retreated Friday, giving up some of Thursday's gains. The U.S. benchmark cr

Southern Co. Services Inc. has narrowed the list of coal companies competing for contracts to supply

INDIA'S GOVERNMENT RELEASES MORE COTTONNEW DELHI, India - The government has released an add

Iraq asked Japanese oil companies to help develop four oil fields which are expected to produce near

Transportation companies are developing electronic messages that will allow information to move easi

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said proposed changes to a controversial product liability bill, pendi

Major U.S.-Soviet business ventures will probably proceed regardless of events in Lithuania, unless

FRAUDSTERS BEWARE: Watch out for renewed enforcement of commercial fraud cases by Customs, trade law

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * Mark Magnier - Trade Talk 4A* JofC Industrial Price

With Indian land claims finally settled, the Port of Tacoma is getting ready to spend more than $100

After years of debate over whether the Port of San Francisco should be bulk, a boutique or a boxport

A nationwide port strike could begin this week, the latest shot in Thai port unions' long-running ba

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SHOWA DENKO CHOOSES CARBIDE UNIPOL PROCESSShowa Denko KK of Tokyo has announced that it will

Lamarian Systems Inc., Greenbelt, Md., says a $542,000 computer software contract for the Port of Ba

A House Agriculture subcommittee voted to boost rice and cotton target prices beginning in 1992 usin

CHINA MIGHT REFORM COSTLY SUBSIDY PROGRAMChina may reform its costly subsidy program, which

Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. transportation secretary, will let stand a maritime agency's order that rest

South Korea will seek joint oil exploration ventures with North Korea as part of efforts to make the

A company's annual meeting ordinarily is where shareholders can get their questions answered. UAL Co

BUSH URGED TO REHIRE FIRED AIR CONTROLLERSLAS VEGAS, Nev. - The union representing the natio

U.S. business leaders will gather here June 6 to discuss what's at stake for U.S. business in the Ur

Fri, Apr. 20, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved lower last week following a declines in the pri

As the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and the Soviet borderlands begin to revamp their econo

Frankfurt is looking for a larger global role, and West German bankers hope it will overtake London

Although Brazilian imports have been substantially liberalized under a broad economic reorganization

Mexican cement producers believe the U.S. cement industry is using U.S. trade regulations to bully i

Although the recently released interim report on Japan-U.S. trade talks was widely embraced as a bre

TORCHMARK IS WARNED OVER PROXY CONTESTIn an April 19 letter to Torchmark Corp.'s lawyers, th