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U.S. companies are behind their European counterparts in implementing global paperless trading stand

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, the Des Moines, Iowa, wholesale farm supplier, has donated its hard r

China's political turmoil has killed the passion foreign investors once had for the southern Pearl R

EUROSTAT PREDICTS STALL IN BOP IMPROVEMENTBRUSSELS, Belgium - The improved balance in curren

In a story appearing in The Journal of Commerce Feb. 23rd edition special section, College of Insura

The Belgian consumer price index rose by 0.34 point in February to 142.14, compared with an increase

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SINGAPORE REVEALS PLAN TO UPGRADE ITS AIRPORTSingapore will spend S$1.6 billion (US$850 mill

U.S. steam coal exporters heard more discouraging words Friday about their sales prospects in the Ja

The Republic of Congo has granted an offshore exploration permit for a 235,000-acre section in the C

The United States plans to donate and sell a total of 500,000 metric tons of feed grains and 7,500 t

The farmers of Western Europe hope the lifting of the Iron Curtain will open up a lucrative market a

The Mexican petrochemical sector will be the first local industry to host U.S. investors participati

Resolution of the recession question will be the key in determining the long- term direction of the

Shipping lines at the Port of Los Angeles took steps over the weekend to ensure their vessels would

PRICES OF OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES CONTRACTS last week moved up to near the top of a sideways trading r

Ground could be broken this fall for a 211-megawatt coal-fired cogeneration plant in upstate New Yor

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

An American-based chemical company will double the size of a pigment plant under construction here,

The Fraud Bureau of the California Department of Insurance has charged eight men in connection with

A House subcommittee report on insurance insolvencies, a pet project of Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.,

The scramble for hard currency among would-be Soviet entrepreneurs is leading many of them to falsif

A long legal battle is expected to continue today as West Coast longshoremen and the USS-Posco Indus

The Port of Portland awarded a $135,000 contract to Wilsey & Ham Pacific, of Portland, Ore., to do t

The Massachusetts Port Authority confirmed that it had agreed to assume some state costs for tourism

Two British companies - Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, and Dowty Group PLC, are stepping up activ

Feb. 23, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1591 (Feb. 23, 1990) Previous day - 1591 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

qThe Coast Guard has scheduled meetings on March 6 and March 8 in Miami and Key West to discuss a pr

SOVIETS LOOK TO BUY CANADIAN PORK GOODSWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canadian trade officials are cur

OECD OPENS SESSIONS ON ASIAN ECONOMIESThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developm

A top European Community official said closer EC ties with Eastern Europe won't lead to discriminati

CABOT OIL & GAS CORP. (Houston) - Charles P. Siess Jr., 63, was named chairman and chief executive o

The Justice Department Friday defended its negotiations with Exxon Corp. about settling possible cri

CAROLINA FREIGHT UNIT SERVING NORTHWEST ARK.CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers Co

John L. Mason, who retired as vice president, engineering and technology from Allied-Signal Aerospac

South Korea is encouraging its firms to help complete a huge war-damaged Iranian petrochemical plant

Cincinnati Milacron Inc., a leading U.S. maker of machine tools, plans to double the number of 90-to

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BROAD ACCORD BY JULY URGED IN URUGUAY TALKSUruguay Trade Round negotiators have until July t