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Prices for most Third World debt in the secondary market dipped last week in thin trading as holiday

After a mid-April jump, the CRB Futures Index, containing prices in 21 futures markets, ended the mo

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

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos is faced with a capital investment dilemma. State-owned oil and

HYDROGENATED STARCH Lonza Inc. of Fair Lawn, N.J., will increase Sorbitol prices by 1.5 cent

Coal exports from Indonesia this year should triple last year's figures to more than 2 million metri

Soviets Become Reliant On Grain ImportsGrain agreements with the United States and other exp

CARRIERS SLATE JUMP IN BUNKER SURCHARGEShip lines sailing from the United States to Brazil a

GM DIPS INTO BUSINESS OF QUICK OIL CHANGESDETROIT - General Motors Corp. is offering quick o

Senate investigators say some oil firms have cheated Indians and the Interior Department out of mill

After a sharp slide earlier this decade, Bermuda's shipping registry has returned to buoyancy, and t

U.S. drilling for oil and natural gas dropped by a third in the first three months of 1989 compared

VARITY, FRUEHAUF SIGN DEFINITIVE MERGER DEALVarity Corp. of Toronto and Fruehauf Corp. of De

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Alaska's oil industry proved that its political clout remains strong despite the Exxon Valdez spill

Track repair work was scheduled to begin Monday at the Springfield Terminal Railway's interchange ya

The oil and gas rig count rose this past week by 13 to total 764, Baker Hughes reported Monday.<

The Santa Fe Pacific Corp. plans to appeal the $750 million award a Texas jury ordered it to pay for

Canadian Pacific Ltd. posted a sharp fall in profit in the first quarter due to lower railway traffi

Gasoline prices jumped nearly 2 cents a gallon in the past two weeks as wholesalers passed on rising

The next round in the attempted hostile takeover of the CNW Corp. by Japonica Partners LP is schedul

NY UTILITIES REVEAL TOP EXECUTIVE SALARIESALBANY, N.Y. - The men who run New York's seven in

Japan's six largest steel mills concluded a contract agreement Monday to ship 1.5 million metric ton

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

A federal district court in North Carolina overturned a bankruptcy court judge and ordered a truckin

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Canada's chemical industry is developing a proactive approach to responsible business practices and

American President Lines Ltd. has signed a pioneering five-year agreement with State Railway of Thai

About 20 percent of toxic chemicals emitted by North Carolina's industries will be regulated by the

1699 (May 8, 1989) Previous day - 1693 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The Federal Maritime Commission has told exporters of agricultural supplies that it is keeping track

South Korea will build two satellite cities in the Seoul suburbs to ease skyrocketing real estate pr

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL EYES W. GERMAN INVESTMENTSYDNEY, Australia - Australia has failed to att

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not met many of its Superfund cleanup deadlines, failed

A subsidiary of the vast insurance broker Johnson & Higgins has formed what it calls a unique ventur

The lobbyists are pouring into Brussels. The European Community's plan to create a single ma

PETROCHEMICAL DEMAND SEEN EXCEEDING SUPPLYCapacity shortfalls for petrochemicals appear like