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CARGILL SEEKS TO JOIN TOKYO SUGAR EXCHANGEGeneva-based Cargill International SA is applying

COLOMBIA HAS NO PLAN TO HOLD BACK COFFEEColombia will not withhold 10 percent of its 1989-90

Firmer cotton prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index higher last week.

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The Soviet Union will remain a net importer of grain in the future, although it will still attempt t

It is unlikely the United States will renegotiate the controversial U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement when

The Chicago Board of Trade signed a memo of understanding Friday to assist China's preparations in e

Just as first-generation expatriate Japanese businessmen come to grips with the unfamiliar ways of W

ETHYL CORP. (Richmond, Va.) - J. Garner Moore has been elected vice president of chemicalsby the Eth

Record spending by Japanese abroad, higher oil imports and a strong dollar helped cut Japan's trade

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Friday assured Brazil his government would cooperate in workin

The dollar remains locked in a narrow, nervous trading range, torn between uncertainties in Eastern

AIDS RESEARCH CENTER TO OPEN IN MANHATTANAn institute devoted solely to AIDS research will o

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Howard Simon - Simo

New Jersey lawmakers have scheduled six hearings over the next three weeks to address Gov. Jim Flori

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RATE COMPETITION that still refuses to abate in property/casualty markets?

A verbal threshold for personal injury lawsuits may save drivers money on automobile insurance and p

JAPANESE COMPANIES PLAN W. GERMAN FUNDSJapan's "Big Four" securities companies are planning

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

Maximum civil fraud damages awarded under the nation's major anti- racketeering law would be cut und

FACTORY ORDERS ROSE 1.9 PERCENT DURING DECEMBERNew orders for goods from U.S. factories rose

SAFECO REPORTS RISE IN FOURTH-QUARTER NETSafeco Corp. reported net income for the fourth qua

Poland has begun lobbying Western nations for a unique solution to its $40 billion debt burden that

Fri., Feb. 2, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

A Maritime Administration order effective March 1 requires subsidy-built containerships in the U.S.-

While the rest of Texas struggles to pull itself out of economic depression, this dusty town in the

Some time ago, the Soviet Union sold a piece of capital equipment to a buyer in Austria. The

Commercial air freighters would get a new place to land in the Pacific Northwest under a proposal by

The European Community's campaign for a more competitive airline industry is in small but determined

Long-stalled attempts by the government of the Philippines to privatize its debt-laden airline are p

FEDERAL EXPRESS ADDS TO MD-11 ORDERSLONG BEACH, Calif. - Federal Express Corp. converted thr

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

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

LAST WEEK was a quiet one for freight futures traders, with the Baltic Freight Index continuing to d

EUROPEAN SHIPPERS OK CONFERENCE RATE HIKEThe European Shippers' Councils and the North Europ

The Port of Halifax predicts it will overtake Montreal as Canada's biggest containerportduring the 1

Matson Navigation Co. has placed an order with a San Diego shipyard to build a $129 million containe

Feb. 2, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1638 (Feb. 2, 1990) Previous day - 1642 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sea-Land Service Inc. is the latest ocean carrier to install a system allowing computers to respond